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Col. Douglas Gosney, 14th Flying Training Wing Commander, Justice Sharon Lee, from the Tennessee Supreme Court, and Rufus Ward Jr., retired attorney and Columbus native, speak before the Base Community Council luncheon Aug. 11, 2017, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Lee and Ward’s fathers worked together on the B-17 Flying Fortress, “Smokey Stover Jr.,” that was shot down May 12, 1944, over Frankfurt, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)


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Col. Douglas Gosney, 14th Flying Training Wing Commander, Justice Sharon Lee, from the Tennessee Supreme Court, and Rufus Ward Jr., retired attorney and Columbus native, speak before the Base Community Council luncheon Aug. 11, 2017, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Lee and Ward’s fathers worked together on the B-17 Flying Fortress, “Smokey Stover Jr.,” that was shot down May 12, 1944, over Frankfurt, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)

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Second Lt. Denis Aurelious, 14th Student Squadron student pilot, attempts to break his first set of wings during Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 18-04’s graduation Jan, 19, 2018, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. At the end of every graduation the pilots break their first set of wings as tradition promoting good luck throughout their flying career. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)
Lt. Gen. Mark Nowland, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C, speaks at Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 18-04’s graduation Jan, 19, 2018, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Everybody in this team is supporting one another, Nowland told the students during his speech. Everyone will continue to contribute and will fly, fight and win for the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)
Lt. Gen. Mark Nowland, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C, speaks at Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 18-04’s graduation Jan, 19, 2018, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Nowland gave every pilot statistics on the aircraft they would be learning how to fly, and he recognized the impact that each of them had together. He spoke about the refueling airframes, the cargo airframes, bombers, fighters and remotely piloted aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)
Emmie Sherertz, local artist, stands next to her work Jan. 12, 2018, inside of the Club on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The Club art gallery was created in 2015 with the opening of the newly renovated Club. The Columbus Arts Council switches the art out roughly every two months, providing six artists a year to showcase their work to the Columbus AFB service members and family. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)
Five members of Team BLAZE were promoted to their next ranks Dec. 28, 2017 at the December Enlisted Promotion Ceremony on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Airmen in the U.S. Air Force have to work hard and diligently to earn their next rank and when they do, they are held to a higher standard than their previous rank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sharon Ybarra)
Airmen examine M8 paper Jan. 9, 2017, outside Emergency Management on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, during chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense training. The Air Force recently shortened the timeframe for hands-on CBRN training from every three years to 18 months. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)
Col. William Denham, 14th Flying Training Wing Vice Commander, and the Adaptive Flight Training Study research team look onto Lt. Col. Marc Deshaies, 14th Student Squadron Commander as he flies a virtual aircraft Jan. 9, 2018, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The study was held primarily to find out if the VR environment would help adults learn at or above the rates they are currently learning, and how the brain works and reacts in conjunction with other parts of the body during the learning process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)
Second Lt. Kenneth Soyars, 14th Student Squadron student pilot, takes off during a virtual reality flight simulation Jan. 10, 2018, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Two subjects flew at a time but no other subjects were allowed to watch or learn from other individuals’ sorties. The Adaptive Flight Training Study pushed subjects to learn through the VR technology. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)
Participants of an Adaptive Flight Training Study complete a pre-study questionnaire Jan. 9, 2018, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Over 30 participants were involved in the study, with 15 of those subjects wearing heart monitors to gather additional data. Researchers were at Columbus AFB for three days, with each participant flying for up to an hour, two days in a row. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)
Second Lt. Madeline Schmitz, 14th Student Squadron student pilot, prepares to take flight in the T-6 Texan II flight simulator Jan 10, 2018, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The Adaptive Flight Training Study here pushed subjects to learn through the virtual reality technology but used the T-6 flight simulator as a baseline to compare the other VR sorties to. This allowed researchers to see if the subject’s flights got better or worse after the VR flight training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)
Chan Johnson, 14th Logistics and Readiness Squadron Material Handler, organizes presents Dec. 14, 2017, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, during the Happy Fund Shop and Wrap. The presents were sent to children chosen by their teachers at eight local schools. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)
Team BLAZE members pack and wrap gifts for the Happy Fund Shop and Wrap event Dec. 14, 2017, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. George