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  • Columbus AFB Fire Department urges residents: Working smoke alarms save lives

    Fire Prevention Week kicks off at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, with a parade through the base housing areas beginning at 9 a.m. Oct. 4. The week continues through Oct. 11.During this year's fire safety campaign, the Columbus AFB Fire Department is joining forces with the nonprofit National

  • 49th FTS raises morale for fiscal year closeout

    The 49th Fighter Training Squadron held a squadron-wide paintball event on Columbus Air Force Base Sept.  30 at the end of the fiscal year."We are trying to raise morale and camaraderie," said Capt. Justin Andress, 49th FTS Assistant Chief of Scheduling. "We finished up the flying hour program

  • 14th FTW stands up 81st FS

    The 14th Flying Training Wing stood up the 81st Fighter Squadron Oct. 1 at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The squadron will be responsible for using A-29 Super Tucanos to train 30 Afghan pilots and 90 Afghan maintainers over the next four years.The 81st FS is a geographically-separated unit assigned

  • CMSAF Cody discusses future, heritage during visit to Columbus

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody and his wife, retired Chief Master Sgt. Athena Cody, visited Columbus Air Force Base Sept. 24-25, taking time to meet with Team BLAZE Airmen and discuss several of the Air Force's current hot topics."More than anything the reason Athena and I and our

  • Living dead invade Columbus for 5k

    Columbus Air Force Base held its second annual Zombie Run Sep. 20, which started at the graveyard on Independence Ave.During the event, runners navigated through five kilometers of muddy terrain. Participants faced many obstacles including crawling through tubes and mud, a tire pit and an eight foot

  • BASH program keeps pilots and aircraft safe

    The Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard or BASH program is a Department of Defense directive aimed at reducing the risk of aircraft striking wildlife.The safety office heads the BASH program at Columbus Air Force Base and at the Gunshy auxiliary airfield at Shuqualak."The whole idea of the BASH program is

  • CMSAF, spouse visit Columbus AFB

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody and his wife, retired Chief Master Sgt. Athena Cody, visited the Airmen and families of Columbus Air Force Base Sept. 24-25.During their visit, the Codys met with Airmen, civilians and spouses across the 14th Flying Training Wing to discuss Air Force key

  • Base, community honors Schafer after reaching 'High Flight'

    Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds and done a hundred things you have not dreamed of wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence.Columbus Air Force Base held

  • Nature Trail cleaned for hiking, biking

    As part of Public Lands Day, officially Sept. 27, Unit Environmental Coordinators from across Columbus Air Force Base took part in the annual Nature Trail clean-up by finding volunteers to help Sept. 15.Thirteen people teamed up to clear brush around signs, widen the five trail head entrances, and

  • Lile Outdoors: Pass it on

    (Editor's note: This is the first article in a series about hunting.)There is a deep and rich sense of tradition and conservation that flows in the heart of every hunter.  For me it started from the first moment I found that blood trail of that first big buck, to warming my hands on a steaming