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  • Professional Development Courses teach Airmen tricks of trade

    The Columbus Air Force Base Chiefs Group and Top 3 Organization held a Professional Development class Oct. 22 to teach junior enlisted Airmen and NCOs the skills they will need to excel in their careers.This class was the second course in a series of Professional Development courses. While the first

  • Columbus holds final Autocross of 2014

    The Sports Car Club of America held a two-day Autocross event Oct. 18 and 19 on Columbus Air Force Base's SAC ramp.The event occurs several times a year on base and allows drivers to race their personal vehicles around a track, competing against others for the best time."Autocross is an entry form

  • Tricare Provider Collaboration tours Columbus AFB

    First Lt. Jennifer Mouser, 14th Medical Group Clinical Laboratory Flight Commander (center), briefs Dr. Barbrette Baldwin, OB/GYN, The Women's Group (left), and Angela Pendas, Columbus Orthopedic Clinic (right), Oct. 16 in the newly renovated MDG building about the services the MDG laboratory

  • MSU veterinary students watch MWD demo

    Students from the Mississippi State University's Veterinary School Club watch as Cherry, a military working dog, and his partner, Staff Sgt. Jason Ashmore, 14th Security Forces Squadron, take down Senior Airman Michael Hitchens, 14th SFS, during a MWD demonstration Oct. 17 at the MWD kennel. The

  • Two Tops In Blue Airmen perform close to home

    Tops In Blue is the Air Force's premier entertainment group made of active-duty Airmen who perform worldwide to include stateside bases, overseas bases and deployment locations.With this high amount of travel, Airmen who participate in Tops in Blue may not see family and friends for up to a year,

  • Columbus AFB reaches 30 percent of CFC goal

    A sign near the main gate displays the Oct. 15 status of the Columbus Air Force Base Combined Federal Campaign, which runs Oct. 1-31. The base has raised over $28,000, which is more than 30 percent of its goal of $85,000. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kaleb Snay)

  • Tops In Blue rock the MUW

    Over 1,000 Team BLAZE and local community members attended the Tops In Blue performance at Mississippi University for Women's Whitfield Hall Rent Auditorium Oct. 14.The Tops In Blue performers rocked the house with family-friendly covers of popular songs ranging from today's hits to country to rock

  • Who is Downs?

    Columbus Air Force Base often honors its heroes with a tribute to their great sacrifice in the form of dedication of a building, street or hall.The previously known E Street was renamed Downs Street in honor of Maj. William Downs, a decorated pilot who graduated from Columbus in Undergraduate Pilot