COLUMBUS AFB NEWS

  • Forging Future Aviators: Training for Great Power Competition

    The 14th Operations Support Squadron has always championed the wing’s effort of ensuring Columbus Air Force Base is a developmental campus that sustains and prepares Airmen for the future fight. The future challenges of Great Power Competition require us to look for new ways to improve not only our

  • CAFB UPT Class 25-03 Graduation

    Sixteen Undergraduate Pilot Training student pilots of Class 25-03, graduated on December 13, 2024, at the Columbus Event Center on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The UPT graduation ceremony officially marks the completion of initial flight training in the T-6 Texan II as students earn their

  • Happy Irby; A Legacy of Giving

    Over 60 Airmen and civilian volunteers teamed up at the CAFB Event Center to wrap donated presents for children in need throughout the local community.

  • CAFB Elevates Instructor Pilot Coaching

    The 14th Operations Group hosted two effective coaching guest speakers on December 3, 2024, at the Columbus Event Center on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.

  • CAFB NCO Induction Ceremony

    Nine Columbus Air Force Base Airmen were formally inducted into the noncommissioned officer corps after completion of the NCO Foundations Course 500.

  • “Strikin Snakes” host Pilot Reunion

    The 50th Flying Training Squadron “Strikin Snakes”, hosted over 30 former T-38 Talon instructor pilots during a 50-year CAFB pilot reunion on, November 13, 2024.

  • CCAF Returns to CAFB

    Nine 14th Flying Training Wing Airmen received their Community College of the Air Force degrees November 12, 2024, at the Columbus Air Force Base Event Center.

  • CAFB hosts last 2024 Base Community Council

    The 14th Flying Training Wing hosted the last monthly Base Community Council meeting for 2024 on November 13, at the Columbus Event Center, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.  

  • 19th Air Force commander receives pilot training immersion

    Maj. Gen. Gregory Kreuder, 19th Air Force commander, toured the 14th Flying Training Wing, 14th Operations Group for an immersion tour of Undergraduate Pilot Training at CAFB, preparations for the new T-7A Red Hawk bed down facilities, and to discuss the future of the next generation of pilots,

  • FSS: The Force Behind the Mission

    During an assumption of leadership ceremony, Col. Scott D. Ryder, 14th Mission Support Group commander, presented the 14th Force Support Squadron guidon to Andre Logan, appointing him as new director of the 14th FSS on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, October 18, 2024, at the Columbus Event