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200206-F-CY463-1074

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Justin Apticar, center, 19th Air Force command chief, is being instructed by Maj. Rachel Vargas, right, 37th Flying Training Squadron assistant director of operations, on proper use of the ejection seat for a T-6 Texan II, as Chief Master Sgt. Antonio Cooper, 14th Flying Training Wing command chief, looks on at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 7, 2023. Apticar and Maj. Gen. Philip A. Stewart, 19th Air Force commander, visited Columbus AFB to learn about the Airmen and mission first-hand. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Elizabeth Owens)

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200207-F-CY463-1075

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart, 19th Air Force commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Justin Apticar, 19th AF command chief, pose with members of the 14th Security Forces Squadron, combat arms division, at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 8, 2023. During their visit, Stewart and Apticar were able to fire several weapons on the new modular indoor firing range at Columbus AFB. The range is the first of its kind in all of Air Education and Training Command. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Elizabeth Owens)

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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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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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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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Columbus AFB chapel celebrates 80 years

Col. Seth Graham, 14th Flying Training Wing commander cuts a cake to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Columbus Air Force Base Chapel on April 5, 2022, at Columbus AFB, Miss. The mission of the Columbus AFB Chapel is to “Develop Spiritually Strong Airmen and Families”. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)

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Columbus AFB chapel celebrates 80 years

Capt. Paul Walker, 14th Flying Training Wing chaplain, speaks to a crowd at the 80th Anniversary of the Columbus Air Force Base Chapel on April 5, 2022, at Columbus AFB, Miss. Columbus AFB’s chapel was originally built in 1942. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)

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Columbus AFB chapel celebrates 80 years

Lt. Col. Christopher Watson, 14th Flying Training Wing chaplain, speaks to a crowd at the 80th Anniversary of the Columbus Air Force Base Chapel on April 5, 2022, at Columbus AFB, Miss. The Chapel is the oldest building on Columbus AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)

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