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Runway construction at Columbus air base running ahead of schedule

Associated Press — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:32:57 +0000

COLUMBUS — Columbus Air Force Base officials say construction of a center runway is ahead of its projected late-August completion target. The Commercial Dispatch reports the work began in March and officials say it is about two-third complete. The $31.29-million project is the most extensive overhaul to the two-mile runway since it was built in [...]

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Air force base to feel impact of deep budget cut

Associated Press — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:50:58 +0000

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — The commander at Keesler Air Force Base says the base will ground planes and reduce training to deal with a 20 percent reduction in its budget. That’s the effects of the federal spending reductions, known as sequestration. The Sun Herald reports Gen. Brad Spacy, commander of the 81st Training Wing, told [...]

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Aircraft leave Keesler for Carolinas; Hurricane Hunters staying

Associated Press — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:19:58 +0000

BILOXI — The Air Force is transferring 10 C-130j aircraft from Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi to Pope Field near Fayetteville, N.C. The planes are part of the 403rd Reserve Wing, and are being used primarily for tactical airlift missions locally and overseas. Keesler officials say in a news release that the 53rd Weather [...]

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Governor’s son opens new aviation museum

Associated Press — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:07:34 +0000

VICKSBURG — The Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum held its grand opening over the weekend at the Vicksburg-Tallulah Regional Airport in Mound, La. The museum will be open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and at other times by appointment. The museum is closed on major holidays. “The inspiration for this museum [...]

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Study shows noise, accident potential drops at Columbus AFB

Associated Press — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:04:25 +0000

COLUMBUS — It’s been a little quieter around Columbus Air Force Base, and if nearby residents had complaints about noise levels or safety, they didn’t voice them during a presentation this week by Col. Barre Seguin, commander of the 14th Flying Training Wing. The Commercial Dispatch reports a recent study of noise and accident potential [...]

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Q&A: Richard Sun, Vice chairman and chief strategy officer, Best Tech Brands

Amy McCullough — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:00:08 +0000

Richard Sun is vice chairman and chief strategy officer of Best Tech Brands, maker of Synergyn fuel additive, the first fuel additive to actually increase gas mileage. A transplanted Jacksonian, Sun is the son of an Air Force officer who worked in missile development and grew up traveling. Sun earned his undergraduate degree at Princeton [...]

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Columbus AFB to lose 17 civilian jobs in cost-cutting move

Associated Press — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:51:11 +0000

COLUMBUS — Columbus Air Force Base expects to lose about 17 jobs as the Air Force moves to trim its civilian work force by 9,000 people. CAFB chief of manpower/personnel Christopher Chesser tells WTVA-TV four of those are positions that are already vacant, two are taking early retirement and the other 11 will be taken [...]

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Boeing to bid on Air Force tanker

Associated Press — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:57:06 +0000

Defense contractor Boeing said yesterday that it would bid for the Air Force’s troubled $35-billion refueling plane contract, leaving rival Northrop Grumman to decide if it would make its own attempt to build the long-delayed jets. Boeing said it plans to offer a military version of its 767 passenger jet for a fleet of 179 [...]

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