Where Honor Finds a Home
From left, Maj. Gen. Jack Catton, retired, Gen. James Holmes, retired, Col. James J. Blech, 14th Flying Training Wing commander, Col. Jesper Stubbendorff, 14th Flying Training Wing deputy commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Lebaron King, 14th Flying Training Wing command chief, stand at a stone monument honoring the Holmes family's military legacy of service during a street renaming ceremony, Feb. 9, 2026, at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Gen. Holmes was the 14th Operations Group commander from 2002 to 2004, and his son, Capt. Wade Holmes, earned his wings at Columbus AFB as a graduate of Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 17-14 before he passed away from brain cancer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melissa Doublin)
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