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  • AF releases Form 910, implements forced distribution

    The revised Air Force Form 910, Enlisted Performance Report (AB Thru TSGT), and Interim Change 3 to Air Force Instruction 36-2406, Officer And Enlisted Evaluation Systems, have been published on the Air Force e-Publishing website. The interim change codifies forced distribution of promotion

  • Air University focused on deterrence

    The end of the Cold War, coupled with the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, caused American decision-makers to focus on present-day conflicts, but a resurgent Russia, the rise of new non-state actors and new threats in the cyber realm have brought about a renewed focus on the concept of deterrence,

  • 49th FTS IP turned F-22, F-35 pilot returns to Columbus AFB

    Two F-35A Lightning II aircraft visited Team BLAZE Nov. 13 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Piloting one of the aircraft was Lt. Col. Dan “Freeze” Hingley, 33rd Fighter Wing Chief of Safety and 58th Fighter Squadron Instructor Pilot from Eglin AFB, Florida.Hingley was a prior 49th Fighter

  • Team BLAZE surpasses CFC goal before final day

    By Nov. 10, one day before the Combined Federal Campaign was set to end, Team BLAZE donated more than $89,000, surpassing the 14th Flying Training Wing’s goal of $88,000. The mission of the CFC is to promote and support humanity through an employee-focused program, cost-efficient and effective in

  • Great American Smoke out to reach 39th Anniversary

    Nov.19 marks the 39th anniversary of the American Cancer Society Great American Smoke-out. Columbus Air Force Base Health Promotion will celebrate by distributing “quit kits” to tobacco users who challenge themselves to give up their tobacco for 24 hours. While efforts on that day will be geared at

  • Members of Team BLAZE participate in third annual Zombie Run

    A group of Columbus Air Force members run from a zombie during the third annual Zombie Run 5k Oct. 31 at Columbus AFB, Mississippi. The participants had to protect three flags hanging from their waist as they went through obstacles and past the undead. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class John

  • Hayes stresses readiness to new SUPT graduates

    Col. Jerome Hayes, the Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Division Chief, Air Force Senate Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, spoke to Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 16-01 during their graduation ceremony here Oct. 23.Hayes began by thanking all in

  • 63 years later: Columbus supports MIA ceremony

    Twenty honor guardsmen from Columbus Air Force Base and four T-38 Talons supported a missing in action ceremony Aug. 10 for a Mississippi Airman, exactly 63 years after his aircraft crashed.A native of Sumner, Capt. Frederick Partridge served in both World War II and the Korean War during his eight

  • Air Force upgrades 100-year-old technology

    Spatial disorientation, the inability to determine one's position in an open space, can be a cause of aircraft accidents.This disorientation is caused when the body's internal gyros do not match up with aircraft instrument readings and what the pilot expects to see. It occurs because current trainer