Sept. 11, 2024 Final Call The giant voice speakers crackled as the notes of morning reveille signaled the start of the duty day, the firefighters gathered in the vehicle bay at the end of their 48-hour shift. Tired and with stiff shoulders they circled together around a dark brass bell. Today was different; today they
Sept. 11, 2024 Training Pilots for the Post 9/11 World On Sept 11th, 2001, I was 18 and beginning my military career at the New Mexico Military Institute for a year of academic prep before attending the U.S. Air Force Academy. I was studying for my first class of the day when my mother messaged me saying something terrible was happening in New York.
Sept. 9, 2019 Columbus AFB Airmen to march 100 miles to ground zero in honor of 9/11 Two Airmen from Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, will begin a 100-mile marching journey with an American flag beginning the morning of Sept. 10 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, and will travel through the day and night arriving at the Sept. 11 Memorial in New York City the
Sept. 7, 2018 Columbus AFB Airmen remember 9/11, its impact On Sept. 11, 2001, four orchestrated terror attacks occurred against the U.S. using passenger planes. This event impacted many Americans, young and old. Even though most of today’s Airmen were not in the Air Force or were children at the time, this event still influenced some of them to take the
Sept. 11, 2017 Remembering 9/11’s impact to Columbus AFB Nearly 16 years have passed since Americans experienced one of the most horrific attacks on U.S. soil.
