News

  • Wing launches information-sharing BLAZE Bulletin

    Want to have a better way of knowing what’s going on around base than having a bunch of individual emails filling up your inbox? The 14th Flying Training Wing is set to unveil a new information sharing tool, the BLAZE Bulletin.The BLAZE Bulletin is a tool Team BLAZE will use to disseminate relevant

  • Trusted Care is AFMS focus on ‘Zero Harm’ patient outcome

    The 14th Medical Group has rolled out the Air Force Medical Service’s Trusted Care concept.   Trusted Care is based upon healthcare organizations functioning as High Reliability Organizations.   HROs were conceived from the nuclear power and aviation industries, who consistently achieve

  • 14 FTW Commander Hosts New Year Community Reception

    Col. Douglas Gosney, 14th Flying Training Wing Commander, kicked 2017 off with a community reception for his Wingman, Honorary Commanders, Military Affairs Committee members and key government and civic leaders Jan. 7 at the Columbus Club. In addition, he invited all the 14th FTW group and squadron

  • Local brothers part of modern air refueling, aviation revolution birth

    With over 1,200 officers and Airmen, the 186th Air Refueling Wing in Meridian, Mississippi, is made of mostly traditional guardsmen who live and work throughout Mississippi and surrounding states. The 186th’s unique story began with two brothers from Meridian, Mississippi, in the midst of the great

  • FY 17 NDAA impact on Airmen

    The approval of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017 provides a number of changes for Airmen, retirees, and families, to include stabilizing readiness and end strength, improving pilot retention, modernizing compensation and benefits and enhancing transparency in the

  • Bomb Wing vice charges newest graduates

    Col. Brandon Parker, Vice Commander, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, visited Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, for Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 17-03’s graduation at Kaye Auditorium Dec. 16, 2016. Parker assists the 2nd BW Commander in providing for the

  • Purchasing, installing, managing software licenses

    Compliance with software licensing requirements is mandatory by United States Code, Department of Defense, and Air Force instructions. To ensure that Columbus Air Force Base and all subordinate units comply with these requirements, strict controls have been put in place. Procedures on how to

  • Recycling Center after hours deposit slots now available

    The Recycling Center now has deposit slots for common recyclable items such as metals, plastics, white papers, glass and cardboard at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Other recyclables such as used oil, electronics and batteries should be brought in during normal business hours 6 a.m. – 3 p.m.

  • Team BLAZE lights Christmas Tree

    Team BLAZE families watch as the lights on the Christmas tree in front of the base chapel is lit up Dec. 13, 2016, at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The evening began at Base Ops where Santa arrived via a T-1A Jayhawk aircraft and rode in a firetruck to the Base Chapel, where he watched the