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Nov. 18, 2022
Columbus AFB FAIPs experience mobility airpower first-hand

Eight First Assignment Instructor Pilots from Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, visited Altus AFB, Oklahoma, Nov. 15-17, 2022, to get first-hand experience on the KC-46 Pegasus and C-17 Globemaster III.
Nov. 18, 2022
Columbus AFB FAIPs experience mobility airpower first-hand

Eight First Assignment Instructor Pilots from Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, visited Altus AFB, Oklahoma, Nov. 15-17, 2022, to get first-hand experience on the KC-46 Pegasus and C-17 Globemaster III.
Jan. 18, 2022
Class 22-04 graduates, earns their wings

Twenty-four officers prevailed after a year of training, earning the right to become Air Force pilots. Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 22-04 earned their wings at their graduation ceremony on January 18 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.
Jan. 18, 2022
Class 22-04 graduates, earns their wings

Twenty-four officers prevailed after a year of training, earning the right to become Air Force pilots. Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 22-04 earned their wings at their graduation ceremony on January 18 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.
Dec. 15, 2020
Columbus AFB hosts two graduations amidst COVID-19 regulations

Thirty-two pilots graduated from Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. on Dec. 11, 2020.In order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the larger class was spilt up into two ceremonies, allowing proper social distancing among the graduates and family members
Feb. 4, 2020
Instructor pilots: Creating world-class aviators

In the U.S., an Air Force instructor pilot’s job is to nurture the transition of a casual officer into becoming a world-class aviator; instructor pilots feed the fight directly and have a significant role, not only in the Air Force, but the Department of Defense as a whole.
Dec. 4, 2019
Team BLAZE welcomes Santa, celebrates holiday season

Team BLAZE kicked off the holiday season with Santa’s T-1A Jayhawk arrival followed by a tree lighting ceremony Dec. 3 on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.
Aug. 17, 2018
GTR provides alternate location for T-1 operations, tests 48th FTS

Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, has three runways, each with thousands of landings from airframes as small as a training aircraft or as large as a C-5 Super Galaxy.
April 15, 2018
The 48th FTS makes a ‘heavy’ impact on student pilots every day

A high pitched whirring begins as three pilots prepare for their flight inside a T-1A Jayhawk on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.
April 20, 2016
AETC team keeps Laughlin’s student pilots on track

A little over a month after a hail storm devastated Laughlin Air Force Base, Air Education and Training Command-wide teamwork is still apparent in recovery efforts.