News

  • Roads close as hunting season begins

    There's a crisp chill in the air, and the leaves are beginning to change to the colors of Fall. Across the land men and women have already begun their Saturday and Sunday rituals, prepping for primetime: hunting.Yes, once again it's the time of the year that makes me smile inside and out--it's

  • The heroes among us

    As a father there is almost nothing worse than to be told your child is being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. Unfortunately, I know from experience. Just over a year ago now, Jack, my (then) one year old son, stepped in a fire ant nest in our back yard on Columbus Air Force Base. He was

  • West experiences Wings as Pilot for a Day

    Drake West, who suffers from cerebral palsy, never lets any of his physical disadvantages slow him down and with the help of Columbus Air Force Base through the Pilot for a Day program, Drake added something new to his long list of accomplishments Sept. 13."Today is great; I love having

  • Wall-Breaking Ceremony commemorates new phase

    The 14th Medical Group held a wall-breaking ceremony Sept. 6 outside the Koritz Clinic to commemorate the opening of the temporary medical facility as the current clinic, undergoes extensive renovations."The Wall breaking ceremony signifies the end of services and the transition to the temporary

  • Article Six team inspects Columbus AFB

    Maj. Gen. Steven Lepper, Deputy Judge Advocate General, Chief Master Sgt. Steven Wallace, Senior Paralegal Manager to The Judge Advocate General, and the Article Six team came to Columbus Air Force Base Sept. 9-10 to conduct part two of the Legal Office's Consolidated Unit Inspection.The JAG Corps

  • Runway opens on-time and under-budget

    Columbus Air Force Base's center runway opened today, Sept. 6, after a ribbon-cutting ceremony which concluded the six-month modernization and reconstruction efforts to replace the nearly 60-year old surface. The repairs, which began in March of this year, improve and support the pilot training