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  • Lt. Col. Winning takes command of the 14th Operations Support Squadron

    Col. Stan Lawrie, 14th Operations Group Commander, passes the 14th Operations Support Squadron guidon to Lt. Col. James Winning, the new 14th OSS Commander during a change of command ceremony April 13, 2017, at the McAllister Fire Station on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Winning was

  • Parrish receives BLAZE 5/6 Leadership Highlight

    Airman 1st Class Michael Findlay, 14th Civil Engineer Squadron Firefighter, and Carla Neal-Bush, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Victim Advocate, compete in a firefighter-themed obstacle course during the SAPR 5k Run For Recovery April 13, 2017, Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The SAPR

  • Hitting rock bottom: One officer's tale of resilience and recovery

    As a young boy growing up on Coronado Naval Air Station in San Diego, I used to watch my father fly A-6s in the Navy. His father had died at a young age, so he raised us the best way he knew how…through physical discipline, mental strength, and zero emotion. But he loved his three boys more than

  • Team BLAZE volunteers at Spring Pilgrimage

    Kristie Hover, spouse of the 14th Flying Training Wing Command Chief, takes tickets from guests touring the Old Waverly Mansion antebellum home April 5, 2017, in West Point, Mississippi. Hover, donning period late 1800's dress,joins 65 Columbus Air Force Base spouses and family members volunteering

  • 14th MDG Participates in Pilgrimage kickoff

    Members of the 14th Medical Group pose for a photo after participating in the Spring Pilgrimage Kickoff 5K and Half Marathon April 1, 2017 in Columbus, Mississippi. Eleven of the 12 14th MDG participants ran the half marathon.

  • SAAM begins with proclamation

    Col. Douglas Gosney, 14th Flying Training Wing Commander, poses for a photo after the signing of the Sexual Assault Awareness Month proclamation March 31, 2017, at Freedom Park on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Gosney was joined by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response team at the

  • ALS Class 17-3 graduates 16

    The graduates of Airman Leadership School Class 17-3 pose for a photo at their graduation March 30, 2017, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. ALS prepares senior airmen and staff sergeant selects to take on a supervisory role.

  • First Assignment Instructor Pilots visit McConnell

    Nineteen First Assignment Instructor Pilots visited McConnell Air Force Base, April 2.The FAIPs, currently stationed at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, as T-1 Jayhawk instructor pilots, made the trip to get a closer look at the KC-135 Stratotanker and learn about the base mission before they

  • OG Honorary Commander takes flight in T-38

    Gary Dedeaux, 14th Operations Group Honorary Commander and owner of Gary’s Pawn and Gun, poses for a photo before a flight March 22, 2017, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Dedeaux and his family visited the base to take flight in a T-38C Talon.