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437th Airlift Wing commander speaks to Columbus’ SUPT graduates

Col. Clinton ZumBrunnen, 437th Airlift commander, poses for a photo with a graduate from Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 20-03 while family members take photos on November 15, 2019, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. ZumBrunnen was the guest speaker at the SUPT Class 20-03 graduation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Davis Donaldson)

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43rd FTS finds their new home

Col. Samantha Weeks, 14th Flying Training Wing commander, and Elaine Hobson, former 43rd Flying Training Squadron secretary, cuts the ribbon at the dedication ceremony Sept. 28, 2018, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The 43rd FTS is one of several units at Columbus AFB that aids in creating pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Hannah Bean)

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43rd FTS finds their new home

Lt. Col. Tom McElhinney, 43rd Flying Training Squadron commander, and Elaine Hobson, former 43rd Flying Training Squadron secretary welcomes attendees during the dedication ceremony for the squadron’s new building Sept. 28, 2018, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Hobson recently retired after 17 years of civil service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Hannah Bean)

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43rd FTS instructor pilot dedicates 20 plus years of training to CAFB

Lt. Col. Brent Green, 43rd FTS assistant director of operations, is hosed down after his fini flight April 13, 2018, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Green, is retiring April, 13 after 28 years of service and will continue to support the Air Force and Columbus AFB in the capacities he can. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)

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43rd FTS instructor pilot dedicates 20 plus years of training to CAFB

Lt. Col. Brent Green, 43rd FTS assistant director of operations, is sprayed with champagne and water by his family April 13, 2018, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. He is one of the original cadre in the Firebirds. It was shortly after the squadron expanded in 1999 from teaching only in the T-38C Talon to teaching all airframes that he was hired. Green has spent 22 years of his career in a full-time capacity learning or teaching in the T-37, T-38 and T-6A Texan II on Columbus AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)

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43rd FTS travels to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Members from the 43rd Flying Training Squadron traveled to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to put on a program for the kids Sept. 10. The kids built paper airplanes and had flying competitions against the Instructor Pilots. The trip gave the members the opportunity to put a smile on the faces of several children. (Photo Courtesy of Maj. Barry Russell)

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43rd FTS welcomes new commander

Colonel Terry Ross, 340th Flying Training Group, Air Force Reserve Command, Randolph AFB, Texas, hands the 43rd Flying Training Squadron guidon to Lt. Col. Brian Bowman in a change of command ceremony Jan. 9 in the BLAZE Hangar. Colonel Bowen was previously the director of operations here prior to assuming command of the 43rd FTS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melissa Duncan)

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454th Bombardment Wing veterans reunite during Columbus AFB airshow

The 454th Bombardment Wing reunion group gather around a B-52 Stratofortress static display April 21, 2018, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, during the 2018 Wings Over Columbus Open House and Air and Space Show. The group had veterans who worked on, with, or around the B-52 in different capacities for the 454th BW, and told each other stories of their experiences almost 50 years ago. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)

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454th Bombardment Wing veterans reunite during Columbus AFB airshow

The 454th Bombardment Wing reunion group and 14th Flying Training Wing pilots, who previously have flown the B-52 Stratofortress, stand next to a B-52 static display April 21, 2018, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, during the 2018 Wings Over Columbus Open House and Air and Space Show. The 454th conducted air refueling operations and trained in bombardment operations, so a B-52 taking flight was a normal sight for many of the veterans during their time at Columbus AFB Vietnam War. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)

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454th Bombardment Wing veterans reunite during Columbus AFB airshow

The 454th Bombardment Wing reunion group gather around a B-52 Stratofortress static display during a missing man formation in honor of Maj. Stephen Del Bagno, U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron Slot Pilot Thunderbird 4, April 21, 2018, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, at the 2018 Wings Over Columbus Open House and Air and Space Show. (U.S Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)

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48th FTS recognized as AETC’s Top Operations Squadron

Maj. Gen. Craig D. Wills is Commander, 19th Air Force commander, speaks with members of the 48th Flying Training Squadron on April 20, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. Wills is responsible for and oversees more than 45% of the Air Force’s annual flying hour program that trains more than 32,000 U.S. and allied aircrew annually flying 29 different types of aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)

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48th FTS recognized as AETC’s Top Operations Squadron

Maj. Gen. Craig D. Wills, 19th Air Force commander, and Lt. Col. Nelson Prouty, 48th Flying Training Squadron commander, unveil a poster to signify the 48th FTS as the Air Education and Training Command’s top operations squadron for 2021 on April 20, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. The mission of the 48th FTS is to develop professional military officers while empowering instructors to train pilots for the world’s greatest Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)

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48th FTS Reunion

Airmen from the 48th Flying Training Squadron attend a reunion in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Oct. 10-12. Eight instructor pilots and 16 T-1A Jayhawk Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training students went on a student cross-country mission that included training stop-ins in Colorado, Texas and Oklahoma. (Courtesy photo)

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48th FTS reunites at Langley AFB

48th Flying Training squadron members 1st Lt. Larry Cuculic, 2nd Lt. Dominque Haig, Lt. Col. Kelly Menozzi, 1st Lt. Ishan Avila, Capt. Beau Nicewanner and 1st Lt. Ian Haig pose with retired Col. Dick Stultz, 48th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, with the artwork he drew at the recent 48th Squadron Association reunion at Langley AFB, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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48th FTS sees squadron’s impact on national level during D.C. visit

Members of the 48th Flying Training Squadron gather in front of the White House Sept. 25, 2018, in Washington D.C. The visit was part of a squadron’s TDY that allowed 24 Alley Cats to see how their daily jobs fit into the greater Air Force mission. (Courtesy photo)

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48th FTS sees squadron’s impact on national level during D.C. visit

Maj. Todd Early, presidential operations coordinator for White House Military Office, speaks to the 48th Flying Training Squadron in the Indian Conference room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Sept. 25, 2018, in Washington, D.C. The trip included a tour of the building and briefs from WHMO, the ACTF, HAF A3, and the 89th Airlift Wing. (Courtesy photo)

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48th FTS sees squadron’s impact on national level during D.C. visit

Air Force One lands Sept. 27, 2018, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, as T-1A Jayhawk instructor pilots from Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, wait to start engines. Capt Rob Rohmiller, 48th Flying Training Squadron D Flight assistant flight commander and trip organizer, executed the 48th FTS’s trip dedicated to professional development and a big-picture view of the Air Force and UPT’s role in the mission. (Courtesy photo)

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48th Reunion

The 48th Squadron Association’s 2016 reunion culminated in a banquet Oct. 29, 2016, at the Columbus Club on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Seventy-six members and guests gathered to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 48th Flying Training Squadron here. The 48th Squadron lineage goes back 99 years and several members representing the 48th Fighter Interceptor Squadron era were in attendance.

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48th reunion photos

John Boudreaux, Graduate of Columbus UPT Class 74-04 and T-37 Tweet First Assignment Instructor Pilot, plays taps on Sept. 30 during a remembrance ceremony for the eight members of 48th squadrons who died in 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Chase Hedrick)

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48th reunion photos

Retired Air Force Col. Bob Jessup and his wife Linda Jessup pose in from of a 48th Flying Training Squadron T-1 Jayhawk on Sept. 30 at Columbus Air Force Base after his T-1 orientation flight. This year the 48th Flying Training Squadron hosted the 48th Squadron Association Reunion. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sonic Johnson)

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