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  • Supporting Operation Warm heart

    As the smell of steak wafted across Columbus Air Force Base, First Sergeants and other senior leaders were busy cooking steak and distributing it to Airmen at the Operation Warm Heart First Sergeant's Steak Burn April 11 at the Chapel Annex."We hold the Steak Burn on quarterly basis as means to help

  • Fear the roar of the Bengal Tigers

    When you hear the roar, try not to flinch. The 37th Flying Training Wing Bengal Tigers are here to show the world what flying is all about. The 37 FTS operates the T-6 Texan II aircraft to conduct flight training for beginner pilots. What is now the 37 FTS was first established as the 37th Pursuit

  • SOF program helps ensure pilot safety

    Very rarely do emergency situations occur in an aircraft at Columbus Air Force Base, but they do happen; as an Air Education and Training Command Wing, Columbus AFB has new pilots who are just entering their career field. To aid inexperienced pilots and keep them as safe as possible. During

  • Centerline: Distracted Driving; Beware of the "April Fools"

    Today's world is blanketed in a vast array of ever expanding technology. It's hard to find someone today who doesn't own a cell phone. Unfortunately, the use of this technology has expanded into the dangerous realm of driving while texting or talking on a cell phone. In response, the Department of

  • Air show brings together Columbus AFB veterans after 40 years

    April 5 and 6 became historical days for Columbus Air Force Base as the 2014 Wings Over Columbus Heritage to Horizons Open House and Air Show hosted base Airmen and the general public. This event was not only historical in the fact that it was the first air show that Columbus hosted in four years,

  • Red Tail Squadron educates air show attendees

    Triumph Over Adversity: Rise Above; that is the motto of the Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron.The mission of the CAF Red Tail Squadron is to show the story of the Tuskegee Airmen and educate on the values these revolutionary Airmen stood for. The CAF is a traveling exhibit that flies its

  • Airshow brings Air Force career opportunities

    Big events like Airshows often attract thousands of people from all around. It's the perfect opportunity for an Air Force recruiter to spread the word and introduce people to the U.S. Air Force life. At Columbus Air Force Base's recent Wings Over Columbus Open House and Air Show, Senior Airman

  • UMMC and 14 MDG stand ready during airshow

    When it comes to being prepared, no one does it better than the cooperative effort of University of Mississippi Medical Center from Jackson Miss. and the 14th Medical Group during the Wings Over Columbus Open House and Airshow.The UMMC is the health sciences campus of the University of Mississippi.

  • AOP displays capabilities during Airshow

    Aerospace and physiology specialists displayed survival and aerial sickness techniques to the public during the 2014 Columbus AFB Open House and Air Show."There are multiple stresses and human performance factors of modern flight, said Airman 1st Class Destiny Morris, 14th Medical Operations

  • DAV shows off the feisty ‘Panchito’

    Over 45,000 people came out to watch aerial acts and see ground exhibits held at the Wings Over Columbus 2014 Open House and Air Show held at Columbus Air Force Base. One of ten aerial acts at the show, was the B-25 Mitchell Bomber, "Panchito", brought to the base by the Disabled American