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Columbus Air Force Base

Oct. 24, 2018
Update on Freedom, Lil’ BLAZEr parks

Team BLAZE, thank you for your feedback and interest in making our base a better place to Connect! We received inquiries regarding the Freedom and Lil’ BLAZEr parks and wanted to share an update with how the installation is moving forward with these two areas.
Oct. 24, 2018
CCAF no longer required for promotion

Due to an update to the enlisted personnel handbook, an associate’s degree from the Community College of the Air Force is no longer required for promotions, however, master sergeants still have to keep education in mind for their enlisted performance reports. While the CCAF itself is no longer
Oct. 23, 2018
Air Force extends high year of tenure for E-4s through E-6s

The Air Force is extending the high year of tenure for senior airmen through technical sergeants beginning Feb. 1, 2019.
Oct. 19, 2018
14th FTW rolls out new innovative app for Airmen, families

Since taking command of Columbus Air Force Base, Col. Samantha Weeks, 14th Flying Training Wing commander, has made it clear that her mission for the wing is to Cultivate, Create and Connect.
Oct. 19, 2018
Civilian Airman continues to show dedicated service after 50 years

Over 183,000 individuals who protect and serve the U.S. in the Air Force are civilian full-time, part-time, term, temporary, appropriated and non-appropriated fund Airmen.
Oct. 19, 2018
CAFB Fire Department reminds Team BLAZE to ‘Look. Listen. Learn.’

2018’s Fire Prevention Week theme was "Look. Listen. Learn. Be Aware. Fire can happen anywhere," and members of the 14th Civil Engineer Squadron did their best during Oct. 6-13 to involve the base and the local community in educating people about the importance of fire prevention.
Oct. 18, 2018
Weeks explains priorities, presents Economic Impact Report at BCC luncheon

Nearly 90 members of the local community attended the Base Community Council luncheon Oct. 11 at the Club here. Col. Samantha Weeks, 14th Flying Training Wing commander, was the keynote speaker for the event. During the luncheon she talked about the importance of a strong base and community
Oct. 17, 2018
First Sergeant Academy to increase course length, improve skills

The Air Force’s First Sergeant Academy is increasing resident class length to four weeks to help fuel the Chief of Staff of the Air Force’s initiative to revitalize squadrons. The updated curriculum starting Oct. 22, will now focus more on hands-on, scenario-based training to better prepare first
Oct. 12, 2018
Columbus AFB Airmen inspire 7,000 8th graders at 2018 Career Expo

More than 120 Airmen from Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, spent several days showing more than 7,000 eighth-grade students, from 17 northeast Mississippi counties, some of the vast career opportunities the Air Force offers during the Imagine the Possibilities Career Expo Oct. 2-4 at the
Oct. 12, 2018
Weeks, Villarreal talk priorities, expectations during wing all call

Col. Samantha Weeks, 14th Flying Training Wing commander, held her first wing commander’s call in the Kaye Auditorium here Oct. 5.