Columbus AFB to celebrate Air Force Birthday

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  • By Airman 1st Class Beaux Hebert
  • 14th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. --  Columbus Air Force Base will celebrate the Air Force’s 70 years of excellence during this year’s Air Force Birthday Ball.

This year’s ball will start at 6 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Trotter Convention Center in Columbus, Mississippi.

Social hour starts at 6 p.m. with dinner following at 7 p.m. The menu consists of beef, chicken and vegetarian options. Alcoholic beverages will be available, but can be purchased with cash only.

A moment to honor and remember prisoners of war and those missing in action, a ceremonial cake cutting, and other formalities will take place throughout the evening. Maj. Gen. Mark Brown, Air Education and Training Command Deputy Commander and former 14th Mission Support Group Commander, is the guest speaker for the event. Brown’s current responsibilities include recruiting, training and educating Air Force personnel.

The 41st Army Band, the “Governor’s Own,” from Jackson, Mississippi, will play a set for the formal part of the evening but after dinner, formal toasts and the guest speaker’s speech, a live DJ will play for about two hours after the formal portion of the ball.

Transportation will be available throughout the night for members to ride from base to the Trotter center and back. The van will pick people up in the Columbus Club parking lot. The van will begin running at 5:15 p.m.

Child care will be available for $20 per child at the Child Development Center, for children 5 years old and younger; and the Youth Center, for children 6 years old and older. Register children by Sept. 13 by calling the CDC at 434-2479 or the Youth Center at 434-2504.

Tickets can be purchased at http://buytickets.at/columbusafbafbirthdayball/104296. The price is $45 for all commissioned ranks, E-6 and up, and $25 for E-5/GS-7 and below. For further questions, please contact your unit representative.

AF Ball Ticketing: Capt. Kelly Mangano
14th OSS: Capt. Zach Bennett
14th STUS: Capt. Matt Herten
37th FTS: Capt. Justin Pedone
41st FTS: Capt. Conor Murphy
48th FTS: Maj. Mel Hofler
49th FTS: Capt. August DeRosa
50th FTS: Capt. Addie Caple
14th CE: Airman 1st Class Michael Findlay / Tech. Sgt. Thomas Warner
14th CONS: Airman 1st Class William Johnson
14th CS: Staff Sgt. Sarah Spare / Airman 1st Class Kichae Farr
14th FSS: Staff Sgt. Reginald Roberts / Airman 1st Class Renaldo Sterling
14th LRS: Senior Airman Henry Shultz
14th MDG: Staff Sgt. Jo Jackson
14th SFS: Tech. Sgt. Neil Miller / Staff Sgt. Michael Flanagan
14th WSA: Airman 1st Class Beaux Hebert