News

  • "Back to basics" for the BLAZE Team

    Colonel Roger Watkins, 14th Flying Training Wing commander, held a commander's call with members of the Columbus BLAZE Team Tuesday at Kaye Auditorium to discuss key issues guiding today's Air Force and Columbus AFB. Many new initiatives and policy changes stand to impact the Air Force a great deal

  • Career Day brings more than exposure to CAFB

    Months of planning by the 14th Operations Group provided current and future students with exposure to eleven separate airframes, including a C-17 Globemaster, B1 Bone, F-22 Raptor, B-2 Spirit, and the new U-28. In order to maximize the exposure, Career Day was only for Specialized Undergraduate

  • New changes for Columbus AFB Security Forces

    Fiscal year 2009 will bring many changes to Columbus AFB Security Forces operations. Most visible already, Security Forces Airmen have returned to the gates as Installation Entry Controllers. Beginning Oct 1, the security forces gate guard contract employees were converted to Department of Defense

  • Are you ready for flu season?

    When the weather turns cold, we all seem to get our winter coats out to protect our bodies from the cold winds outside, but we tend to forget how important it is for us to stay current on our vaccines. With cold weather comes runny noses, coughing and sneezing and in some cases "the flu." Influenza

  • Columbus honors boxing champ

    Columbus, Miss., is the birthplace of many prominent individuals, including playwright Tennessee Williams and baseball announcer Red Barber. One man, however, has slipped through the sands of time and fallen into obscurity, until now. Henry Armstrong, born Henry Jackson, was once referred to by the

  • It can happen to you

    We read about house fires in the newspaper and see them on television, but not many of us give them much serious thought. Fire Prevention Week gives your local fire department an opportunity to reach out to the public and offer assistance in the realm of fire safety, especially in preventing home