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  • Columbus wings fourth generation officer

    Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training class 14-12 graduated 21 new pilots into the U.S. Air Force. Every pilot earned their wings after a long year of aviation education. One of those pilots has not only earned his wings, but has become the fourth generation pilot of his family.Matthew LeCraw has

  • Children experience simulated predeployment training

    Airman 1st Class Dimitri Munoz, 14th Medical Operations Squadron, measuresthe height of Charles Woford, son of Staff Sgt. Charles Woford, 14th FlyingTraining Wing Chapel, as he progresses through his mock deploymentprocessing July 31 during the Youth Deployment Camp at the Walker Center.During the

  • Columbus AFB encourages MSTI students

    Columbus Air Force Base hosted a base tour for 15 high school students in the Mississippi Summer Transportation Institute July 16. During the tour, the students learned about different ways science, technology, engineering and mathematics are applied every day in the Air Force."This is the eighth

  • Who is McAllister?

    Many streets, buildings, hangars and halls around Columbus Air Force Base are dedicated in honor of an exemplary Airman, who has gone above and beyond the call of duty and is deemed worthy of being immortalized forever. This remarkable firefighter is one such Airman. McAllister Fire Station was

  • AETC Command Chaplain visits Team BLAZE

    Team BLAZE personnel received a visit this past Tuesday from Col. Steve Schaick, Command Chaplain Air Education and Training Command. He was accompanied by Chief Master Sergeant Keller Benningfield, AETC Chaplain Assistant Functional Manager. During their tour of Columbus Air Force Base, AETC's

  • 2014 American Airman Video Contest

    We are almost to the end of the Air Force's "American Airman" Video Contest! There is just one week left to submit your video. Columbus Air Force Base has many remarkable Airmen who put a lot of pride into their jobs and demonstrate the Air Force's three core values every day. The Public Affairs

  • Col. Boster takes command of the 14 OG

    Col. John Nichols, 14th Flying Training Wing Commander, hands the guidon for the 14th Operations Group to Col. James Boster during the 14 OG Change of Command Ceremony, July 18, 2014 at the Columbus Air Force Base Crash and Fire Department. Before arriving at Columbus Air Force Base, Boster was the

  • The 49 FTS Black Knights fight as one

    After Graduating Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training, where do pilots who were tracked T-38 go to prepare them for the fighter pilot life?The 49th Fighter Training Squadron prepares pilots by teaching procedures and techniques of fighter aircraft."Our core job is to produce fighter wingmen,"

  • OG Commander takes final military career flight

    In preparation for his retirement, Col. Brett Pennington, 14th Operations Group Commander, flew his final flight at Columbus Air Force Base July 14.A "Fini Flight" is the final flight that an Airman takes before he or she leaves the squadron, group or wing they are assigned to. It can also mark the