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  • T-1A transports transplant candidate

    A whole new meaning for Family Day was created at Columbus AFB Thursday.An 8-year old liver transplant candidate is one step closer to getting a new organ. Ryan McCalip, son of Maj. Randy and Heather McCalip, were notified shortly after 5 a.m. Thursday morning that there was a donor match in

  • General makes return visit to CAFB

    Major Gen. Mark Anderson was the keynote speaker at the graduation of SUPT Class 07-11 Friday. General Anderson is the mobilization assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, The Pentagon. He was also the head of the

  • CAFB receives new, improved fire station

    There was a ribbon cutting for the new Crash and Fire Rescue Station Tuesday. This $8.6 million project was started in June 2005 and was completed this April. This is the first public view of the new station. Mississippi Congressman Roger Wicker was on hand to cut the ribbon. While the old fire

  • 14th MSG Complex breaks ground

    Although it may look like the ground has already been broken for the new 14th Mission Support Group Complex, the official ceremony took place Tuesday. The $8.75 million project began in March and is scheduled to be completed in August 2008. The 28,090 square foot complex will consolidate several of

  • Aviation artist visits Columbus

    A preeminent military aviation artist paid a visit to Columbus AFB this week. Mr. Keith Ferris, a participant in the Air Force Art Program, is visiting Columbus to document the T-37's final days in Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training. He is no stranger to the T-37. In the mid-80s he had been

  • What do we know from psychological research

    In 1969, the president of the American Psychological Association, Dr. George Miller, gave a speech to the members of that group titled, "Giving Psychology Away." Dr. Miller pointed out that psychologists are often bad at telling the public what we have figured out and what we do not yet know in a