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  • In-Service Recruiter briefs Airmen on AFRC

    Master Sgt. Dustin Ballingham, 908th Airlift Wing Recruiting Squadron Recruiter, briefs Airmen May 10, 2017, at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Ballingham talked about the Air Force Reserve Command, programs for transitioning, the benefits the Reserves has to offer and more. (U.S. Air Force

  • CAFB moves forward with Air Force Community Partnership Program

    Columbus Air Force Base hosted its second Air Force Community Partnership meeting on Wednesday at the Columbus Club. Over 70 base and community members attended this meeting to share their new ideas of how to create better partnerships between the base and the local Columbus community.

  • Team BLAZE is green for Earth Day

    For the last 47 years, April 22, Earth Day, has been a day where the focus is on the environment. Columbus Air Force Base is all about being ecofriendly and making sure that our mission to Produce Pilots, Advance Airmen and Feed the Fight doesn’t compromise the environment.The first Earth Day was in

  • SAPR office hosts bingo

    Dr. Marcia Stewart, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program Manager, and Carla Neal-Bush, SAPR Victim Advocate, host SAPR Bingo at the Columbus ClubApril 26, 2017, Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The SAPR office put on many events during the Sexual Assault Awareness Month including a 5K

  • Experience Coffee House on 5th, on base

    “It’s an experience, not just coffee.”The BLAZE Commons held its grand opening for Coffee House on 5th May 5, 2017, on Columbus Air Force Base.The base’s only coffee shop will be run by Coffee House on 5th, a local Columbus brewery looking to branch out.“We were excited when we were approached about

  • Lee outlines three pillars

    The Air Education and Training Command Director of Safety visited Columbus April 28, 2017, to speak to the graduates of Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 17-08.“What a pleasure it is to be here,” Lee said. “It is a privilege to be a part of it.”Lee began his speech by congratulating the

  • Team BLAZE international students attend social

    ALP is an aviation scholarship funded by the Secretary of the Air Force. Not only does Columbus train pilots, but also future foreign air force leaders. This builds relationships throughout the world for years to come.

  • Deputy Chief of Chaplains visits Columbus Air Force Base

    Deputy Chief of Chaplains Brig. Gen. Steven Schaick visited the Team BLAZE community April 18 – 20, 2017, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.He started the day off April 19 with a Unit Prayer Breakfast in the Wing Headquarters building.Schaick told a story of how he was on a plane that had to