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  • BLAZE Team enters world of social media

    The BLAZE Team joined the realm social media June 17 with the launch of its Facebook and Twitter pages. Both pages will be used to help keep BLAZE Team members, the community, family members and others informed about what's going on at Columbus Air Force Base.The Facebook site may be reached by

  • Columbus AFB closings and reduced hours for Independence Day weekend

    Most Columbus AFB offices will be closed or have reduced hours between Friday, July 2 and Monday, July 5, in honor of the Independence Day holiday. This includes all flying and administrative functions at the base including all medical services.The Columbus AFB Base Exchange will be open Friday,

  • Base responds to mass casualty exercise

    BLAZE Team members worked together to respond to a mass casualty exercise held here on June 17.Following the exercise much of the information gathered during the event was discussed in order to evaluate and improve the base's performance.The goal of the exercise, according to Maj. Stephen Dawson,

  • 14th Flying Training Wing commander selected for new assignment

    The commander of the 14th Flying Training Wing has been selected for his next assignment following his two-year tour at Columbus AFB.After two years leading the 14th FTW, Colonel Watkins will pass command to Col. Barre R. Seguin, currently the commander of the 8th Operations Group, Kunsan AB, Korea,

  • BLAZE Team members selected for promotion to technical sergeant

    Fifteen BLAZE Team staff sergeants were selected recently for promotion to the next enlisted grade. Those staff sergeants selected for promotion were as follows:Melanie Hall, 14th Communications Squadron; Gabriel Hernandez, 14th Operations Support Squadron; Heather Hildrich, 14th Civil Engineer

  • Unique helicopters loaded for transport

    The Army filled a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III with a special cargo of three specially modified UH-72 Lakotas here on June 4.The Lakota helicopters are being taken to the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshal Islands, where they will be used for general

  • Command Chief Master Sgt. Smith has first enlisted call

    Command Chief Master Sgt. Zef Smith, 14th Flying Training Wing, spoke about many topics concerning enlisted members at Columbus Air Force Base during his first enlisted call on May 26 at the Kaye Auditorium.Airmanship, new opportunities for junior enlisted Airmen, kindergarten through 12th grade

  • 14th FTW/CC holds civilian call

    Col. Roger Watkins, commander of the 14th Flying Training Wing, hosted a civilian call on June 1 at the Kaye Auditorium to tell civilian employees about topics that will affect them.The unit compliance inspection, active shooter exercise, civilian personnel services and nonappropriated fund