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  • Air Force addresses base housing concerns

    Responding to reports of poorly maintained and unsafe housing across several installations, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein on Feb. 19 directed commanders at every base worldwide to conduct a “100 percent review” of the condition and safety of all

  • Team BLAZE’s outstanding Airmen showcased at award banquet

    Members of Team BLAZE celebrated the hard work of Airmen throughout the wing during the 2018 Annual Awards Banquet Feb. 8 on Columbus Air Force Base. Forty-three members and four teams, representing 16 categories, were recognized and competed for wing-level awards.

  • Columbus AFB, local community honors MLK

    Members of the local community and Columbus Air Force Base attended a Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Breakfast at the Trotter Convention Center in Columbus, Mississippi, Jan. 21. To kick off the commemoration breakfast the Columbus AFB Honor Guard presented the colors as Capt. Alisha Foster,

  • Palmer Home for Children visits Columbus AFB

    About 40 children and volunteers from the Palmer Home for Children in Columbus, Mississippi, visited Columbus Air Force Base Jan. 4. The visit, hosted by the 49th Fighter Training Squadron, began with a military working dog demonstration at the kennels on base. Afterward, the visitors continued to

  • Airmen ‘hack the mish’ through professional development

    Members of the 14th Flying Training Wing attended Fight’s On: Airmen Hackin’ the Mish, a professional development day, Dec. 7, at the Club here. This Airmen development initiative hosted representatives from various combat career fields from across the Air Force. 14th FTW Airmen listened first-hand

  • 5-year-old experiences pilot for a day at Columbus AFB

    Tobias Taylor, a 5-year-old boy who suffers from cystic fibrosis, never lets any of his disadvantages slow him down and with the help of the Pilot for a Day program, Tobias got to experience something new Dec. 6, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.

  • Team BLAZE gets colorful during run

    Participants begin the sixth annual Color Run Sept. 22, 2018, at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The event consisted of a 5K run or a 2-mile run that participants could choose from. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Hannah Bean)

  • CMSAF Wright: The Airmen We Need must be resilient

    In order to win tomorrow’s war, defend the homeland and remain a safe and secure nuclear deterrent, Airmen must be well trained, well led, agile and resilient, according to the Air Force’s most senior enlisted leader.Building upon Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson’s discussion of the “Air

  • 37th FTS IPs conduct off-station training, train Notre Dame AFROTC cadets

    Instructor pilots and 22 T-6 Texan IIs from the 37th Flying Training Squadron recently returned from a TDY to South Bend, Indiana, where they conducted instructor continuation training for end of year requirements and were also able to work with cadets from the Notre Dame Air Force ROTC detachment