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Aug. 6, 2025
Student Squadron prepares trainees to get airborne

The path from college graduate to military pilot runs directly through the 14th Student Squadron at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, where annually over 469 student pilots from 25 nations receive the administrative foundation and academic instruction essential to earning their wings.
July 30, 2025
Warrior’s Edge focuses on mental fitness in pilot training

Warrior's Edge is a mental training emphasizing deliberate, science-backed approaches to mental fitness for Airmen.
July 22, 2025
Future aviators take flight with lessons in safety, in-flight emergencies

Students from the Aim High Flight Academy visited Altus Air Force Base on July 17, 2025, to learn more about the Air Force and its mission.
July 18, 2025
Combat Arms teaches students proper handling, maintenance of firearms

U.S. Air Force 49th Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms Training and Maintenance instructors guide students about proper firearms handling and repairs at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, July 3, 2025. CATM instructors help daily carriers and deployers remain combat ready on various weapons,
July 17, 2025
High Heat, Higher Standards: What restaurants know about operational excellence

In the world of high-performance organizations, there’s often a tendency to look to Silicon Valley tech giants, Fortune 500 companies, or elite special operations units for inspiration. But sometimes, the best lessons on leadership, discipline, and operational excellence can be found not in a
July 3, 2025
Flight surgeons strengthen pilot readiness

Three flight surgeons at Columbus AFB recently obtained their Aviation Medical Examiner Certifications to administer required flight physicals for students starting Initial Pilot training (IPT) at select civilian aviation programs.
May 27, 2025
Historic Flight: AETC commander becomes first non-test pilot to fly T-7A Red Hawk

On a clear spring morning over the Mojave Desert, Air Force Lt. Gen. Brian S. Robinson, commander of Air Education and Training Command, made history as the first non-test pilot to fly the T-7A Red Hawk. The milestone flight took place April 30 at Edwards Air Force Base, underscoring the program’s
May 22, 2025
Back-to-Back? First Command looks to repeat success with another fatality-free summer

Don’t look now, but the 101 Critical Days of Summer kicks off this weekend. Air Education and Training Command achieved the holy grail of summer safety last year … zero fatalities! It’s looking to repeat that success again this year.
May 21, 2025
Wing reimagines pilot training, human performance with Tactical Athlete Program

Columbus Air Force Base is pioneering a human performance strategy that positions student pilots alongside Division I athletes in terms of care, conditioning and mental resilience – in a forward-thinking shift that blends military aviation with elite sports science.
May 16, 2025
Air Force ushers in Future of Undergraduate Pilot Training

History took flight here as Air Education and Training Command celebrated the first graduating class of pilots trained as part of the groundbreaking Future of Undergraduate Pilot Training (FUPT) program May 16, 2025.

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