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  • 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

  • Sixteen join the ranks of front-line supervisors

    Sixteen Team BLAZE Airmen graduated from Airman Leadership School during a banquet on Sept. 4 at the Columbus Club.Graduates relaxed with friends, family, supervisors and commanders and shared stories of their experiences in the class. Sharing his son's stories of good and bad leadership to the

  • Eleven enlisted Airmen promoted at ceremony

    Eleven of Team BLAZE's enlisted Airmen sewed on their next stripe during the enlisted promotion ceremony on Aug. 30 at the Columbus Club.Promoted are:Tech Sgt. Roland Demoss, 14 Operations Support Squadron Tech Sgt. James Wells II, 14th Civil Engineer SquadronStaff Sgt. Jonathan Modrall, 14th

  • Surgeon General gives advice to SUPT graduates

    The Air Force Surgeon General gave the Air Force's newest aviators some career advice during the graduation address of Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 13-13 on Columbus Air Force Base Aug. 16.Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Thomas Travis, a command pilot and chief flight surgeon with more than 1,800

  • Lieutenant follows aviation passion to Silver Wings

    Second Lt. Jon Koritz joined 23 of his Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training classmates Aug. 16 to become the newest pilots in the United States Air Force during a formal ceremony in Kaye Auditorium here. Koritz, who shares a passion for aviation with many of his family members, is humbled to be