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All Bite No Bark

SrA Colin English 14th SFS K-9 Handler stands by K-9 Dalton during a dog bite demo at Columbus Air Force Base, MS, Oct. 16, 2023. The K-9s are trained to await commands from their handlers. (U.S. Air Force photo by A1C Jessica Blocher)
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All Bite No Bark

U.S. Air Force Col. Pedro Matos, 14th Mission Support Group commander runs from K-9 Dalton while handlers SrA Colin English and SSgt Devon Reynolds position themselves to be ready to assist at Columbus Air Force Base, MS, Oct. 16, 2023. Matos was still able to feel the strength of the bite through the safety suit. (U.S. Air Force photo by A1C Jessica Blocher)
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All Bite No Bark

U.S. Air Force Col. Justin Grieve, 14th Flying Training Wing commander, feels the thickness of a protective suit prior to a MWD demonstration at Columbus Air Force Base, MS, Oct. 16, 2023. The 14th Security Forces Squadron gave a tour of the kennels which included a demonstration of the professional gear they adorn during exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo by A1C Jessica Blocher)
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All Bite No Bark

A 14th SFS Airman attempts to break free from the hold of K-9 Dalton during a practice bite at Columbus Air Force Base, MS, Oct. 16, 2023. The K-9s are instructed to hold onto the perpetrators until police officers can make the arrest. (U.S. Air Force photo by A1C Jessica Blocher)
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CAFB celebrates AAPI Heritage Month with observance

Maj. Elizabeth Rainwater, 14th Communications Squadron commander, speaks at the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Observance on May 19, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. This month was specifically chosen to commemorate the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to the United States on May 7, 1843, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad, which was built by mostly Chinese immigrants, on May 10, 1869. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)
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CAFB celebrates AAPI Heritage Month with observance

Dr. Anthony Pham, Mississippi University for Women professor of Science and Mathematics, speaks at the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Observance on May 19, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. Pham is a native of the Mississippi Gulf Coast and a child of two Vietnamese immigrants. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)
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CAFB celebrates AAPI Heritage Month with observance

Col. Seth Graham, 14th Flying Training Wing commander, speaks to the crowd at the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Observance on May 19, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. About 6% of the population or 20 million Asian Americans were in the United States in 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)
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CAFB celebrates AAPI Heritage Month with observance

A volunteer hands out food at the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Observance on May 19, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. It was African American Civil Rights activists who paved the way for the Asian American social movement in the 1960s and 1970s, and the eventual demand for AAPI Heritage Month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)
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CAFB celebrates AAPI Heritage Month with observance

Second Lt. Ojas Parashar, 14th Mission Support Group financial service flight commander, explains various dishes native to Asian and Pacific Island countries on May 19, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. The observance took place at the Columbus Event Center and had multiple AAPI speakers. At the end, there was food available from various AAPI countries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)
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FAIP heritage aircraft revealed

Lt. Col. Russel Kirkland, 41st Flying Training Squadron commander, cuts the ribbon of a heritage painting for the T-6A Texan II on May 13, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. FAIPs instruct in the T-6, T-38C Talon, or T-1A Jayhawk. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)
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FAIP heritage aircraft revealed

On the tail of the heritage T-6A Texan II is a skull and crossbones, resembling the 14th Flying Training Wing First Assignment Instructor Pilot’s (FAIP) patch worn on the left shoulder of their uniform. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)
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FAIP heritage aircraft revealed

The newly added First Assignment Instructor Pilot (FAIP) heritage T-6A Texan II sits on the flightline for a static display on May 13, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. The T-6 is a single-engine, two-seat primary trainer designed to train Undergraduate Pilot Training, or UPT, students in basic flying skills common to U.S. Air Force and Navy pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)
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FAIP heritage aircraft revealed

“FAIP Mafia” is an exclusive club for First Assignment Instructor Pilots. FAIPs are pilots who have recently completed pilot training and their first assignment is to come back to training to be an instructor pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)
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AFSOC commander inspires UPT Class 22-09

U.S. Air Force Col. Seth Graham, 14th Flying Training Wing commander, shakes hands with 1st Lt. Wayne Morgan, Jamaican Defence Force pilot, at the graduation ceremony of Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 22-09 on April 6, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. The 14th Flying Training Wing trains pilots from various allied countries across the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)
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AFSOC commander inspires UPT Class 22-09

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, delivers a speech at the graduation ceremony of Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 22-09 on April 6, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. Slife was commissioned through the ROTC program at Auburn University and has spent the majority of his career in special operations aviation assignments, deploying extensively. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)
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AFSOC commander inspires UPT Class 22-09

Graduates from Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 22-09 sit at their graduation ceremony on April 6, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. The graduates completed a 52-week pilot training program including academics, physiological training, and flight training in the T-6A Texan II, T-1A Jayhawk, and T-38C Talon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)
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Columbus AFB chapel celebrates 80 years

A photo taken in the Columbus Air Force Base Chapel during the 1940s at a Catholic Mass. (Courtesy photo)
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First Sergeant Symposium

Chief Master Sgt. Trevor James, 14th Flying Training Wing command chief speaks to the students of the Additional First Sergeant Symposium July 16, 2020, on Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. Much of the symposium was discussion and participation based blocks in which students learned from first shirts across the base. Social distancing and masks were used when necessary to conduct the classroom within the Center for Disease Control guidelines. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keith Holcomb)
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First Sergeant Symposium

Tech. Sgt. Nazareth Oliver, 14th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron Aerospace and Operational Physiology Flight technician, receives his certification from Chief Master Sgt. Trevor James, 14th Flying Training Wing command chief July 16, 2020, after completing the Additional First Sergeant Symposium on Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. All of the curriculum for the symposium was given to the Columbus AFB First Sergeants running the program by the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keith Holcomb)
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McElhinney delivers final speech to SUPT Class 20-18/19

U.S. Air Force Col. Tom McElhinney III, 14th Operations Group commander, speaks at Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 20-18/19 graduation ceremony July 10, 2020, on Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. After graduating pilot training at Columbus AFB, pilots will now go to their specified base to start training on their assigned aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keith Holcomb)
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