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  • Senior Airman Miranda Fisher, 14th Operations Support Squadron Air Traffic Controller, poses for a photo August 4, 2020, on Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. The new Tower Coordinator position is vital in ensuring even safer and overall improved communication between controllers and from the tower to the pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keith Holcomb)

    ATC Tower gains new position, first two Airmen earn ratings

    The first two Airmen ever in the Air Traffic Control Tower are now certified in the Tower Coordinator position.
  • Jim Bailey, 334th Training Squadron air traffic control instructor, displays a Second Air Force command chief coin inside Cody Hall at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, June 17, 2020. Bailey served in the Air Force as an air traffic controller from 1961-1966 and then at the age of 76 he earned his associate's degree so he could become an air traffic control instructor. Bailey was coined by U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. JoAnne Bass, Second Air Force command chief. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Suzie Plotnikov)

    77-year-old ATC instructor returns to guide new Airmen

    Jim Bailey, 334th Training Squadron air traffic control instructor, served in the Air Force from 1961-1966, where he discovered his passion for air traffic control. If he was asked if he was going to be an instructor in the Air Force at 77 years old, he would’ve told them “no way.”
  • Instructor pilots, RAPCON and tower controllers from Columbus Air Force Base interacting with monitors in a training room Nov. 22, 2019, at the Memphis Center, Tenn. Columbus AFB is one of the busiest bases for Air Traffic Controllers with the average upgrade training time for Tower trainees being ten months and for RAPCON trainees is one year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airmen 1st Class Jake Jacobsen)

    Columbus AFB Airmen and Memphis Center connect

    Instructor pilots from the 37th, 41st, 48th and 50th Flying Training Squadron's joined Columbus Air Force Base’s Air Traffic Controllers on a trip to the Memphis Center in order to connect, share knowledge, ask questions and reinforce the connection between the two entities.
  • Scouts, Boy Scouts of America members try to push a tire with 14th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters March 30, 2019, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. There were many hands-on activities to teach scouts of all ages what different careers in the Air Force do. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keith Holcomb)

    Scouts take part in 2-day camporee at Columbus AFB, connect with Team BLAZE

    Over 150 members of Scouts, Boy Scouts of America, visited and toured Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, to learn about various jobs in the military and the 14th Flying Training Wing’s mission March 29-31.
  • Senior Airman Emanuel Leon–Santiago, 42nd Operational Support Squadron air traffic controller, demonstrates how air traffic controllers speak to pilots flying in their airspace to a group of students from Thelma S. Morris Elementary School Feb. 5, 2019, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Students in grades three through five had an opportunity to visit the 42nd OSS and meet the Airmen who make the mission happen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexa Culbert)

    42nd OSS teams up with local school to enrich students’ education

    Airmen from the 42nd Operational Support Squadron partnered with a local elementary school to provide the students an inside look at STEM careers within the Air Force, Feb. 5, 2019.Approximately 50 Thelma S. Morris Elementary School students, from grades three through five, visited the base with their teachers in order to learn more about what
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