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AMF-S First grad

Following undergraduate pilot training in the T-6A aircraft, pilots headed to future service in the air mobility community, leveraged the mid-tier devices alongside traditional T-1A Jayhawk simulators at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., Jan. 1, 2023. The first class of pilots to complete the Air Mobility Fundamentals – Simulator Course logged their final day of training at Vance AFB May 5, 2023.(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ashley Crist)
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AETC OAY

Senior Master Sgt. Joseph Arce, 14th Operations Support Squadron, Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, receives an award from Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, commander, Air Education and Training Command and AETC Command Chief Master Sgt. David Staton during a ceremony here, June 16. Arce was selected as the AETC Senior NCO of the Year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joel Martinez)
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Forecasters receive training on weather instruments

First Lt. Rob Curry, 14th Student Squadron, conducts training on maintenance checks and cleaning for a Tactical Meteorological Equipment-53 Sensor with 14th Operations Support Squadron Weather Flight members April 5 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The TMQ-53 Sensor's capabilities include the tracking of wind speeds, airfield pressure, visibility, precipitation and altimeter settings. The weather readings are put into a weather model to help predict weather patterns and are used in deployed environments for daily reports to aircrews preparing for missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class John Day)
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SOF Roadshow inspires student pilots

A static display of an AC-130U Spooky II sits on the SAC ramp March 23 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The AC-130 is primarily a gunship with a primary mission set of close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class John Day)
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First A-29 Afghan pilots graduate: ready for combat

An Afghan air force pilot salutes during the playing of the Afghan national anthem at the graduation of the first 81st Fighter Squadron’s student pilot class, Dec. 18, 2015, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The 81st FS graduated eight Afghan air force students trained as combat ready attack pilots on the A-29 Super Tucano. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ceaira Tinsley)
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First A-29 Afghan pilots graduate: ready for combat

U.S. Air Force Col. John Nichols, 14th Flying Training Wing commander, speaks during the graduation of the first 81st Fighter Squadron’s student pilot class, Dec. 18, 2015, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The Afghan air force pilots began their classroom training in February 2015 and launched on their first A-29 Super Tucano training sorties in March 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ceaira Tinsley)
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First A-29 Afghan pilots graduate: ready for combat

Afghan air force pilots await as their names are called during the graduation of the first 81st Fighter Squadron’s student pilot class, Dec. 18, 2015, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The 81st FS will train a total of 30 Afghan pilots and 90 Afghan maintainers over the next three years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ceaira Tinsley)
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First A-29 Afghan pilots graduate: ready for combat

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jeffrey Hogan, 81st Fighter Squadron commander, congratulates the Afghan air force pilots and instructor pilots during the graduation of the 81st Fighter Squadron’s first student pilot class, Dec. 18, 2015, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The 81st Fighter Squadron was reactivated in January 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ceaira Tinsley)
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Peterson hosts high-altitude training for Afghan pilots, 81st FS

Two pilots from the 81st Fighter Squadron out of Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, and an Afghan pilot walk to several A-29B Super Tucanos to prepare for high-altitude training Sept. 16, 2015, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Four Afghan pilots have been training with the 81st FS on the aircraft since January in Georgia and came to Peterson to experience high-altitude and mountainous terrain. After completing their training in the U.S., both the American and Afghan pilots will go to Afghanistan to help establish fighter squadrons. The 81st FS is a component of the 14th Flying Training Wing, Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, under AETC. (U.S Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rose Gudex)
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Team Cohesion Challenge

Participants in the Team Cohesion Challenge do push-ups while being dowsed by a fire hydrant Sept. 2, 2015 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. More than 30 Team BLAZE members participated in the Team Cohesion Challenge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Lile)
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Nigerian delegation visit

Col. John Nichols, 14th Flying Training Wing Commander, left, and Col. James Fisher, 14th FTW Vice Commander, right, stand with Nigerian air force Director of Training, Air Vice Marshal Christopher Emeka Okoye, center left, and Nigerian Embassy Naval and Air Attaché Air Commodore Muhammad Aminu Yakubu, center right, Aug. 24 on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Arriving from San Antonio, the delegation visited Columbus AFB to check in on the Nigerian air force student currently in pilot training here before traveling to Vance AFB, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melissa Doublin)
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63 years later: Columbus supports MIA ceremony

Staff Sgt. Sherring Goodwin, a honor guardsman from Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, presents the folded American flag to Joe Partridge, the brother of the late Capt. Frederick Partridge, Aug. 10, 2015, at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Full honors were presented for Frederick, to include a flag folding, firing party, color team and a bugle player who finished the ceremony with the playing of Taps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaleb Snay)
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63 years later: Columbus supports MIA ceremony

Four T-38 Talons prepare to begin the missing man formation in tribute to Capt. Fredrick Partridge Aug 10, 2015, at the end of his memorial service at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery. The T-38s from Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, performed the aerial salute to Partridge exactly 63 years after his disappearance during the Korean War. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Lile)
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Taps

Senior Airman Justin Keller, Columbus Air Force Base Honor guardsman, plays Taps for a Missing in Action ceremony for Capt. Frederick Partridge Aug. 10 at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery. A native of Sumner, Mississippi, Partridge served in both World War II and in Korea in his eight years of service until he was shot down the morning of Aug. 10, 1952. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Lauren Woods)
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Spatial Disorientation

Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Hoffman, 14th Medical Group Aerospace and Operational Physiology Flight Chief, and Maj. Michael Fleming, AOP Flight Commander, monitor Col. James Fisher, 14th Flying Training Wing Vice Commander, on the video feed from the cockpit of the new Spatial Disorientation simulator Aug. 5, 2015, Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Hoffman and Fleming directed Fisher through various sensations of roll, pitch and yaw to induce Spatial Disorientation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class John Day)
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Spatial Disorientation

Col. James Fisher, 14th Flying Training Wing Vice Commander, pauses in the cockpit of the new Spatial Disorientation simulator with Maj. Michael Fleming, 14th Medical Group Aerospace and Operational Physiology Flight Commander, and Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Hoffman, AOP Flight Chief, in the AOP simulator training room Aug. 5 on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Fisher visited AOP to experience first-hand the new Spatial Disorientation trainer in action. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class John Day)
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Bioenvironmental

Airman 1st Class Rolando Chavez, 14th Medical Operations Squadron Bioenvironmental Technician, tests the chlorine level of the base’s water supply outside of State Village at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Too much chlorine can affect the taste of the water and cause drinkers to seek other sources of water, but not enough chlorine will allow bacteria and other microorganisms to survive causing water supplies to carry diseases. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kaleb Snay)
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Bully

Mississippi State University's mascot, Bully the Bulldog, poses for a photo in front of a T-1A Jayhawk July 24 on the Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, flightline. Bully came to Columbus AFB before MSU’s college football season which starts on Sept. 5 against the University of Southern Mississippi. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Stephanie Englar)
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56th FW Commander

Brig. Gen. Scott Pleus, 56th Fighter Wing Commander, speaks to Columbus Air Force Base’s newest pilots July 24 in the Kaye Auditorium on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Pleus returned to Columbus AFB in an F-35 after graduating from here 24 years ago, to display the new aircraft to young aviators. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Lile)
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July 4th

Attendees watch in awe of the fireworks display July 4, 2015 at Fireworks on the Water event, Columbus, Mississippi. The event included food vendors, live music and an 18-minute fireworks display. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class John Day)
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