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  • Flu vaccine available

    Senior Airman Robert Carino, 14th Medical Operations Squadron, administers a flu mist vaccine to Capt. Fredrik Poole, 14th Mission Support Group, Oct. 16 at the Walker Center. The flu vaccine is available at the Walker Center for all active-duty Airmen and GS civilians (with an occupational need)

  • Open House kicks off Fire Prevention Week

    Columbus Air Force Base kicked off its Fire Prevention Week with an open house and parade Oct. 4 at McAlister Fire Station.Fire Prevention Week was started in memory of the great Chicago fire of 1871. Despite lasting only two days, the fire killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless,

  • Dunn celebrates American Airman pride

    The commander of the Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, spoke to SUPT Class 14-15 during their graduation ceremony on Oct. 3 in the Kaye Auditorium at Columbus AFB.Col. Jefferson Dunn shared with the audience including a group of newly graduated pilots

  • Combined Federal Campaign begins at 14th FTW

    The 14th Flying Training Wing kicked off its 2014 Combined Federal Campaign with a luncheon at the Columbus Club Sept. 30.The CFC takes place at Columbus Air Force Base Oct. 1-31.The mission of the CFC is to promote and support philanthropy through a program that is employee-focused, cost-efficient,

  • Honor Guard NCOIC recognized for dedication to team

    The Columbus Air Force Base Honor Guard hasn't always been the exceptional force it is today.In just one year, the Honor Guard has gone through many changes after hiring its first NCO in charge, Tech. Sgt. Jeri Catus."Catus provided Columbus AFB and our Honor Guardsmen with over 1,000 hours of

  • UPT 74-02 tours Columbus AFB for reunion

    Graduates from Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 74-02 stand next to a T-38 Talon during their reunion at Columbus Air Force Base Sept. 26. Members spent their reunion touring the base and getting reacquainted with their previous classmates. (U.S. Air Force photo/Elizabeth Owens) 

  • CGOC, Top 3 golf scramble tournament

    Members of the Company Grade Officer Council and the Top 3 pose for a photo Sep. 26 after a golf scramble tournament at the Columbus Air Force Base Whispering Pines golf course. The CGOC and Top 3 came together in a joint effort to not only raise wing morale and to build camaraderie, but also to

  • Koritz Clinic opens doors to new facility

    Columbus Air Force Base held a ribbon cutting ceremony Oct. 2 to mark the completion of Phase I of a two-phase renovation of the 14th Medical Group's Koritz Clinic.The clinic was chosen for renovation to increase efficiency and improve facilities. Among the sections that were renovated in Phase I

  • Fourteen enlisted Airmen promoted at ceremony

    Fourteen of Team BLAZE's enlisted Airmen sewed on their next stripe during the enlisted promotion ceremony, Sept. 30 at the Columbus Club.Promoted during the month of September were:Senior Master Sgt. Richard Lutz, 14th Communications SquadronMaster Sgt. Sarah Heideman, 14th CSMaster Sgt. Jason

  • Lile Outdoors: Properly bringing weapons onto an installation

    (Editor's note: This is the second article in a series about hunting.)So there he was; a young Airman waking up on a lazy Saturday morning in the dorms. He opens his door to stretch in the sunlight only to run into a Military Working Dog and other security forces personnel.He then realizes he forgot