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  • Vance unveils Spatial Disorientation Simulator

    A new $1.2 million pilot-training tool was revealed during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Aerospace Physiology July 1.The Spatial Disorientation Trainer is designed to mimic what it feels like to fly in a T-6A Texan II, which every student pilot will do here.Students will be able to practice 22

  • Col. Edmondson takes command of 81st TRW

    Col. Michele Edmondson took command of the 81st Training Wing during a change of command ceremony at the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad, June 26, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi.Maj. Gen. Mark Brown, 2nd Air Force commander, officiated the ceremony."I can't think of an Airman better

  • Hohn takes command at Altus

    U.S. Air Force Col. Todd Hohn assumed command of the 97th Air Mobility Wing June 26.U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. James Hecker, 19th Air Force commander, served as the reviewing officer at the ceremony that honored former 97th AMW commander U.S. Air Force Col. Bill Spangenthal and inducted Hohn as the

  • Keesler program brings important practices to AF healthcare

    The Air Force is moving to standardize healthcare of its Airmen, dependents and retiree population with a new program called the Human Performance Concept of Operations. "The HP CONOPS is a big picture-style plan that will guide us for the next 10 or so years," explained Lt. Col. (Dr.) Shane

  • First Marine graduates Air Force’s only F-35 intelligence course

    The first U.S. Marine Corps officer graduated the Air Force’s only F-35 Lightning II Intelligence Formal Training Unit course, June 24, on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.The formal course combines fifth-generation fighter-specific and general intelligence academics applicable to the F-35 and the low

  • 19 years later, 19 still remembered

    In keeping with tradition, the men and women of the 33rd Fighter Wing held the 19th Khobar Towers memorial ceremony here, June 25, to remember 12 fallen Nomads and seven other service members.On June 25, 1996, a truck-bomb was detonated adjacent to Khobar Tower in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, that

  • CAP cadets learn about Air Force pilot training

    Civil Air Patrol cadets from across the country traveled to Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, June 22-26 to participate in the 2015 Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Familiarization Course.The course, held here annually, exposes the cadets to Air Force flight training.Offering a head

  • Community opens joint small arms range

    It became an historic day on May 8, 2015, when Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant came to Lowndes County, Mississippi, to officially open a new small arms range. The range will be used jointly by Columbus Air Force Base Airmen, Lowndes County, city of Columbus and other local law enforcement

  • Hecker assumes command of 19th Air Force

    Maj. Gen. James B. Hecker assumed command of 19th Air Force in a ceremony here June 23.Gen. Robin Rand, commander of Air Education and Training Command who presided over the ceremony, spoke to the importance of the 19th Air Force and the opportunity that awaits Hecker.“All aviators start in the 19th

  • F-35s gas up on fly

    F-35 Lightning II fighter pilots from the 61st Fighter Squadron connected with Airmen from the Arizona Air National Guard's 161st Air Refueling Wing June 5 to practice air-to-air refueling.The 161st ARW is right down the road in Phoenix and provides a valuable service to Luke Air Force Base and its