Columbus Air Force Base
Near Columbus, Mississippi in United States of America
Northrop T-38C formation from the 50th Flying Training Squadron based at Columbus AFB.
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Coordinates	33°38′09″N 88°26′27″W / 33.63583°N 88.44083°W / 33.63583; -88.44083
Type	US Air Force Base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US Air Force
Controlled by	Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
Condition	Operational
Website	www.columbus.af.mil
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	1941–1946 and 1950 – present
Garrison information
Garrison	14th Flying Training Wing
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: CBM, ICAO: KCBM, FAA LID: CBM, WMO: 723306
Elevation	66 m (218 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 13C/31C 3,659 m (12,004 ft) Concrete 13L/31R 2,439 m (8,001 ft) Concrete 13R/31L 1,930 m (6,320 ft) Concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Columbus Air Force Base (IATA: CBM, ICAO: KCBM, FAA LID: CBM) is a United States Air Force base located in Columbus, Mississippi. The host unit at Columbus AFB is the 14th Flying Training Wing (14 FTW), which is a part of Air Education and Training Command (AETC).

The residential portion of the base is a census-designated place, with a population of 1,604 at the 2020 census.^[2]

Base history

Columbus Air Force Base (AFB) was established in 1941, after the US War Department authorized a pilot training base in 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. The base was deactivated after the end of World War II, but was reactivated four years later with the beginning of the Korean War.^[3]

In 1955, Columbus AFB was transferred to Strategic Air Command (SAC) and was occupied by the 4228th Strategic Wing, which later became the 454th Bombardment Wing. In 1969, Columbus AFB was transferred back to Air Training Command, and was occupied by the 3650th Pilot Training Wing, which became the 14th Flying Training Wing in 1972.^[3]

Based units

Flying and notable non-flying units based at Columbus Air Force Base.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Units marked GSU are Geographically Separate Units, which although based at Columbus, are subordinate to a parent unit based at another location.

United States Air Force

Air Education and Training Command (AETC)

• Nineteenth Air Force
  • 14th Flying Training Wing
    • 14th Comptroller Squadron
    • 14th Operations Group
      • 14th Operations Support Squadron
      • 14th Student Squadron
      • 37th Flying Training Squadron – T-6A Texan II
      • 41st Flying Training Squadron – T-6A Texan II
      • 43rd Flying Training Squadron
      • 48th Flying Training Squadron – T-1A Jayhawk
      • 49th Fighter Training Squadron – T-38C Talon
      • 50th Flying Training Squadron – T-38C Talon
    • 14th Mission Support Group
      • 14th Civil Engineering Squadron
      • 14th Communications Squadron
      • 14th Contracting Squadron
      • 14th Force Support Squadron
      • 14th Logistics Readiness Squadron
      • 14th Security Forces Squadron
    • 14th Medical Group
      • 14th Medical Operations Squadron
      • 14th Medical Support Squadron

Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)

• Tenth Air Force
  • 340th Flying Training Group
    • 43rd Flying Training Squadron (GSU) – T-1A Jayhawk, T-6A Texan II

Demographics

Columbus Air Force Base CDP
Census-designated place
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Lowndes
Elevation [9]	200 ft (60 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,604
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	2402790[9]

Columbus Air Force Base CDP is a census-designated place (CDP) and the official name for an area covering the residential population of the Columbus Air Force Base, in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in 2008.^[9] The population at the 2020 census was 1,604.^[2]

2020 census