News

  • Koritz Clinic Laboratory keeps Airmen healthy

    It is inevitable Airmen will sometimes get sick.When they do, the 14th Medical Support Squadron’s Laboratory Flight is responsible for identifying what illness is stopping Team BLAZE from Producing Pilots, Advancing Airmen and Feeding the Fight.The mission of the Lab Flight is to ensure the 14th

  • Columbus bids farewell to MWD Rex

    After five years, or 37 dog years of Active Duty military service, Military Working Dog Rex retired May 17, 2017, at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.

  • Columbus Air Force Base observes Police Week

    Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi observed the 2017 Police Week, May 14 – 20, 2017, to honor Security Forces, the Defenders, who work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, rain or shine to keep the base safe and secure from all threats.

  • Controlled burn at Shuqualak

    The pine tree stands surrounding the auxiliary airfield at Shuqualak were burned April 1, 2017. This was a controlled burn conducted by the US Forest Service through the Air Force Wildland Fire Center. Controlled burning is any fire intentionally ignited to meet specific land management objectives.

  • Help prevent storm water pollution

    Storm water flow is the leading source of water pollution in the U.S. As storm runoff flows over our roads, parking lots and yards, the rain water picks up and carries away debris, chemicals, dirt and other pollutants through the storm drains to lakes, rivers, streams and wetlands. Storm water

  • Honor Guard spends time with elderly

    Senior Airman Jeremiah Necaise, Senior Airman Johnathan Rosales, Airman 1st Class Camren Smith, Tech. Sgt. Damon Snead, Columbus Air Force Base Honor Guard members and The Honorable Robert Smith, Mayor of Columbus and Columbus AFB Wingman, pose for a photo May 15, 2017, at the Windsor Retirement

  • Bat survey

    In 2015, an endangered species of Indiana bat was found in Northeast Mississippi. The range of the bat would include an area extending to Hwy. 82 and includes Columbus Air Force Base. During the 2015 annual review of the Columbus AFB Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan, the US Fish and

  • Rainy days don’t stop Team BLAZE

    Weather can be tricky to predict and it takes highly trained professionals to read the signs and make the call to fly or not to fly.