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).

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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
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]

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

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]

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.

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]

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