Columbus State plane honors memory of fallen officers

Columbus State Community College offers an Aviation Maintenance Technology program to students. That explains why the college is in possession of an old Boeing 727.The jet serves as more than a hands-on classroom for college students. Columbus State frequently allows law enforcement officers to board the aircraft for training exercises to prepare for terror incidents, hostage situations, and drug and explosives scenarios.The aircraft now bears the police badge insignias of Columbus Police SWAT O