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  • CFC kicks off on Columbus AFB

    The 2012 Combined Federal Campaign is now underway on Columbus Air Force Base. This year's CFC kickoff became official as Col. Jim Sears, 14th Flying Training Wing Commander signed his pledge form on the dotted line. This year's campaign will run from Oct. 1 to 31. Since 1961 the CFC has provided a

  • Sisson sees 14th FTW in action

    The Director of Logistics, Installations and Mission Support at the Headquarters of Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas visited Columbus Air Force Base Sept. 24 and 25.Barbara Sisson, a member of the Senior Executive Service, saw Team BLAZE and how it operates for the

  • Columbus AFB gathers to honor POWs, MIA

    Columbus Air Force Base held a prisoner of war and missing in action retreat ceremony at Smith Plaza Sept. 21 to remember those captured or missing during wartimes. Two repatriated POWs and two family members of former POWs joined the 14th Flying Training Wing and Col. Jim Sears, 14th FTW Commander

  • Team BLAZE celebrates 65th Air Force birthday

    Columbus Air Force Base celebrated the 65th birthday of the Air Force Sept. 14 at the Trotter Convention Center in Downtown Columbus.Retired Gen. Paul Hester, prior Pacific Air Forces Commander and Air Component Commander for the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, was

  • Team Blaze finishes MMRP ahead of schedule

    Only two years have passed since the first soil samples were taken from Magnolia Village and now 14th Civil Engineer Squadron Environmental Element is in the home stretch of the Military Munitions Response Program for Magnolia and State Villages. "Our contractors have really done an excellent job,"

  • TrailBLAZE'r - Sept. 14

    Name: Tim JacksonUnit: 14th Logistics Readiness DivisionJob title: Supply Systems AnalystTime at Columbus AFB: 18 yearsTime in Service: 21 years active duty, 11 years Civil ServiceHometown: Roanoke, Ala.Career goals: RetirementFamily members: Wife: Angela, son: Tech. Sgt. (Select) Russell Jackson,

  • Holmes reiterates core values

    The Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force spoke at the graduation of Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 12-14 on Sept. 7 in the Kaye Auditorium.Maj. Gen. Mike Holmes stressed to the newest Air Force pilots and the other Airmen

  • UPT Class 73-03 returns to Columbus AFB

    In the midst of the last U.S. ground troops withdrawing from Vietnam, the Dow Jones closing above 1000 for the first time in history and gasoline selling for 55 cents a gallon, members of Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 73-03 were walking across the stage for their USAF pilot wings. Members of