Columbus Air Force Base News

Air Force trainer crashes in Webster Co. Friday, 10 July 2009 By PAUL SIMS and GWEN SISSON Starkville Daily News WEBSTER COUNTY - Emergency crews converged on northeastern Webster County tonight following the crash of a Columbus Air Force Base T-6 Texan II.

The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved funding for four defense projects in Mississippi, including $16 million for a project at Camp Shelby.

Dan King camped out on a blanket to see the Fireworks on the Water for the first time Saturday, and he knew he was in the right place.

'The purpose of why we're gathering is command control,' Sonic Johnson, director of public affairs for the Columbus Air Force Base, told representatives of city, county and federal organizations at a Wednesday afternoon meeting at the main pavilion of the East Bank Lock and Dam.

A Columbus police officer slams on the brakes in his patrol car as he hurriedly disconnects his seat belt, throws open the driver's side door and leaps from the siren-wailing vehicle.

The mouthwatering smell of the slow-smoking grill, the familiar feel of the Tombigbee River and fireworks dancing in the sky will help us celebrate our nation's birthday this Fourth of July, and organizers are asking for the community's help.

A military officer from Afghanistan has completed pilot training at Columbus Air Force Base as part of a program to help the Middle Eastern country improve its air capabilities.

For the first time in over half a century, an Afghan military officer received American pilot wings.

The first Afghan officer to train in the United States in nearly 50 years earned his silver Air Force wings in a ceremony at Columbus Air Force Base Jun.

Columbus Air Force Base will open new housing to part-time military members. Until now, housing at the base was reserved for full-time, active-duty Air Force personnel and their families.

The only things soaring in the skies above Vance Air Force Base Monday had feathers.

Escambia County's Emergency Operations Center is in full crisis mode this morning.

Part-time military members, not just full-timers, will be allowed to move into the new housing on Columbus Air Force Base after it opens in October.

Columbus Air Force Base Tuesday afternoon played host to a cosmic visitor, as the space shuttle Atlantis roared into town atop a modified Boeing 747 aircraft.

The NASA Boeing 747 carrying the space shuttle Atlantis from California back to Florida stopped in San Antonio on Tuesday.

Rear Adm. Donald P. Quinn, commander of the Navy Personnel Command and deputy chief of naval personnel at Millington, will speak.

For more than 50 years, Robert McAllister 'dedicated his life' to helping others, ensuring his co-workers' safety and serving his country in many different ways.

Five commissaries around the world have been named as the cream of the crop by Defense Commissary Agency officials.

A Saturday charity walk will benefit the Blair Faulkner Veteran's Memorial Endowment at the Palmer Home for Children.

Debra Key of Columbus has a plan, and she's 'particular' about its details. She likes her facts in A-B-C order; she likes structure; she likes things that have rules and make sense.