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Columbus Air Force Base (AFB) was established in 1941, after the US War Department authorized a pilot training base near Columbus, Mississippi. It was originally named Kaye Field, after World War I flying ace Samuel Kaye Jr., but confusion with nearby Key Field in Meridian, Mississippi led to it being renamed as Columbus Army Flying School.
Columbus Air Force Base: Columbus: Mississippi: Air Education and Training Command: 14th Flying Training Wing: Provides specialized undergraduate pilot training in the T-1A Jayhawk, T-6A Texan II and T-38C Talon [11] Creech Air Force Base: Indian Springs: Nevada
Atterbury Air Force Base: Columbus: Indiana: 1954 Redesignated as Bakalar Air Force Base: Avon Park Air Force Base Avon Park: Florida: 1956 Redesignated as Avon Park Air Force Range: Bainbridge Air Base: Bainbridge: Georgia: 1961 Closed Bakalar Air Force Base: Columbus: Indiana: 1970 Closed Barking Sands Air Force Base: Kekaha: Hawaii: 1954 ...
Location Nickname Note ... Columbus AFB "Bengal Tigers" T-6 Texan II: 39th Flying Training Squadron ... Fairchild Air Force Base: Survival Training
Moved to Dyess AFB, TX after closure of Carswell AFB and transfer to US Navy as NAS JRB Fort Worth/Carswell Field; became B-1B Wing (9th BS) 9th Bombardment Squadron 20th Bombardment Squadron (from 2d BW 6/65 to 2d BW 12/92) 492nd Bombardment Squadron (to 4228th SW at Columbus AFB) 11th Bombardment (later Strategic Aerospace) Wing, Altus AFB ...
Rickenbacker ANGB operates at the airport as a tenant of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, sharing the facility with commercial airlines and other civilian aircraft operators. The air base is a joint military facility whose own tenant activities include the Ohio Army National Guard 's Army Aviation Support Facility #2, Navy Reserve and ...
Namesake: Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale Second Air Force 1949–1975. Eighth Air Force 1975–1992. 4th Air Division 1952–1964. 311th Air Division 1949. 2d Bomb Wing 1963–1991.
The 14th Flying Training Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The 14th Operations Group and its six squadrons are responsible for the 52-week Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) mission. The group also performs quality assurance for contract aircraft maintenance.