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  • CAP cadets receive weeklong SUPT experience

    Forty Civil Air Patrol Cadets came here to Columbus Air Force Base July 6 to 14 to catch a glimpse of just what Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training is really like.The weeklong camp, known as the Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Program Familiarization Course, is an annual event that

  • Trail BLAZE'r - July 13

    Name: Airman 1st Class Nicholas MackUnit: 14th Medical Support SquadronJob title: Medical Logistics TechnicianTime at Columbus AFB: One year, 1 monthTime in Service: One year, 7 monthsHometown: Carrollton, Ga.Career goals: Becoming chief master sergeant of the Air ForceFamily members: Mother:

  • CAFB holds memorial service for firefighter Airman

    Friends, family and wingmen mourned the loss of a 14th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter during a memorial service in his honor at the Columbus Air Force Base Chapel on July 3.Senior Airman Geoffry Cullen Jr., passed away June 29 due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Fellow

  • TrailBLAZE'r - July 6

    Name: 2nd Lt. Corbin LindUnit: 14th Flying Training Wing Plans and ExercisesJob title: Crisis Action Team AugmenteeTime at Columbus AFB: Three MonthsTime in Service: Four MonthsHometown: Idaho Falls, IdahoCareer goals: Manage the best intelligence team in the military somedayFamily members: Wife

  • Sears takes reins of 14th FTW

    The new leader of the 14th Flying Training Wing took command of the unit in a formal ceremony June 27.Col. Jim Sears was given command of the men and women of the BLAZE Team by 19th Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Mark Solo, only moments after the outgoing commander, Col. Barre Seguin, relinquished

  • TrailBLAZE'r - June 29

    Name: Capt. Joe StallingsUnit: 14th Student SquadronJob title: Transition Flight CommanderTime at Columbus AFB: Two and a half yearsTime in Service: Nine yearsHometown: Yorktown, Va.Career goals: Work as an Air or Defense Attaché in EuropeFamily members: Wife Laura and two sons, Luke and

  • Padilla gives life lessons to SUPT graduates

    The Deputy Inspector General of the Air Force spoke to the Air Force's newest pilots during the Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 12-10 graduation on June 15 in the Kaye Auditorium.Maj. Gen. Frank Padilla from the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington D.C. offered stories