News

  • AF awards recognize pilot excellence

    With a continued focus on solving the pilot retention problem and maintaining air dominance, Air Force senior leaders look to celebrate the culture and flying expertise of their pilots.

  • AETC explores learning possibilities through new pilot training program

    Air Education and Training Command is looking to explore how people learn and making a more efficient path to pilots earning their wings by revolutionizing training through the Pilot Training Next initiative.Scheduled to begin in February 2018, the program’s goal exemplifies the command’s concepts

  • Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders visit CAFB families during USO tour

    Members of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders visited Columbus Air Force Base Dec. 4 where they were given a flight line tour, did a meet-and-greet at the Exchange, were shown a military working dog demonstration and conducted a Cheer to Fitness Clinic for children at the Youth Center.

  • Columbus AFB wraps up CFC 2017

    The 14th Flying Training Wing 2017 Combined Federal Campaign came to a close Dec. 1 and the wing campaign definitely stepped up to the plate and executed the CFC mission of promoting and supporting humanity through a program that is employee-focused, cost-efficient and effective in providing all

  • Hover speaks at enlisted all call

    Enlisted members of Team BLAZE attended one of two all calls with Chief Master Sgt. Johnathan Hover, 14th Flying Training Wing Command Chief, Dec. 1 at the Kaye Auditorium on Columbus Air Force Base.

  • Columbus AFE keeps pilot production going

    The U.S. Air Force is known for its air supremacy around the globe, and pilots are recognized for their ability to keep the skies safe from America’s enemies. But who keeps the pilots safe?

  • Assignment night: Where dreams come true

    Two weeks before student pilots at Columbus Air Force Base graduate Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training, they find out their first assignment and aircraft during a casual, long standing tradition known as assignment night.

  • RSUs: A critical role in air traffic control, pilot production

    On most days, aircraft on Columbus Air Force Base fly from dusk ‘til dawn, making the airspace full of moving pieces that Airmen on the ground must direct and communicate with to ensure pilots are landing, taking off and navigating the skies safely.