Columbus Air Force Base (IATA: CBM, ICAO: KCBM, FAA LID: CBM) is a United States Air Force base located in Columbus, Mississippi.

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 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.

Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) 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.