Operations Group hosts semi-annual Career Day

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  • By Maj. Jay Mahajan
  • 14th Operations Group
COLUMBUS AFB, Miss. --  Aircraft and aircrews representing the spectrum of Air Force missions will descend upon Columbus AFB, Saturday, November 7th to provide students, instructor pilots and their families with first-hand accounts of each airframe's role in current global operations. Career Day is a semi-annual event hosted by the 14th Operations Group Commander to expose students, first assignment instructors and their families to the mission and lifestyle of operational Air Force aircraft.
Aircraft will arrive Friday afternoon, and the aircrew will attend the class 10-02 Assignment Night, providing an informal forum to meet and converse. Briefings on nearly every major airframe will begin at 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning in Kaye Auditorium, and are mandatory for all students and FAIPs. Family members are also encouraged to attend the briefings. A cook out will be held in Freedom Park from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. following the career briefings.
In the afternoon, several aircraft, including the F-15C, F-16, C-17, KC-135, RC-135, TH-1H, C-21, and C-130J will be parked on the SAC ramp and open for viewing from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. The static displays are open to all base ID card holders and families are encouraged to attend. Buses will shuttle attendees from the base theater to the flight line beginning at 12:30 p.m., and will run continuously until the end of the static display period. Parking will not be available on the SAC ramp, so use of the shuttle is required. Refreshments will be available near the display area.
For more information, call the 14th Operations Group Commander' s Action Group at 434-7522.