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  • Emergency Management embraces challenges, sets standards during COVID-19

    For many Airmen, staying connected while working from home can be taxing. Despite various video conference meetings, group text messages and email traffic, it is easy for people to feel disconnected from their peers and their mission.However, Staff Sgt. Hannah Jones, 21st Civil Engineer Squadron

  • Thule AB receives COVID test capability

    Thule Air Base, Greenland received COVID testing capabilities from Denmark on April 22. Thule’s medical clinic will then have the ability to test up to 60 personnel with the samples being sent to Denmark’s capitol, Copenhagen, for lab analysis and the results to come back within two days. Swab

  • Vice President Pence and SECAF Barrett lands at Peterson

    Air Force One carrying Vice President Mike Pence along with the Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett, taxis on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado on April 18, 2020. Colorado Governor Jared Polis, General John “Jay” Raymond, U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations and commander of U.S. Space

  • 21st Civil Engineer Squadron keeps workers safe with Plexiglass

    Lindsey Campbell, operations clerk at the Peterson East Child Development Center, works at the front desk behind a plexiglass window April 8, 2020, on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. In an effort to reduce the spread of germs, the 21st Civil Engineer Squadron structures recently installed

  • Peterson’s medical dream team keeps base safe

    The 21st Medical Group has stood up two operations in the matter of days, showcasing the true readiness capabilities of the group as a whole.Capt. Jennifer Shoemake, 21 MDG clinical team chief, and Capt. Lorna Neeley, 21 MDG patient administration team chief, have been vital in the efforts to stop

  • Finance Airmen driving the mission among COVID-19, teleworking concerns

    With much of the force working remotely, it can be easy to get bogged down with technical challenges and distractions. With a stay-at-home order in effect across the state, many people find themselves attempting to access the virtual private network or the outlook web access website as children or

  • Swinging for the Space Fence

    The 20th Space Control Squadron Detachment 4 at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama manages a fence. But not just any fence. A Space Fence. I know what you’re thinking…is it actually a giant fence in space? Kind of…yes, and kind of no. It’s a radar. On the ground. And now it’s operational.The Space Fence is

  • 21st FSS focuses on partnerships, support during COVID-19 outbreak

    Whether it’s providing meals for shift workers, or lodging for our mission partners, when it comes to supporting Airmen and families, no one is more prepared than the 21st Force Support Squadron.   According to 21st FSS deputy director, Dorothy Choate, the 21st Mission Support Group and its various

  • Peterson medical group fights disguised threat – COVID-19

    With the recent pandemic of COVID-19, the Air Force isn’t taking the safety of others lightly. The 21st Medical Group at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, has been working diligently to stop the spread of the virus to the base population and its families.The 21st MDG stood up the COVID-19 Point of

  • Peterson Air Force Base Increases to HPCON Charlie

    Peterson Air Force Base officials elevated its health protection condition to HPCON-Charlie March 25 to further safeguard service members, community, and the national defense missions supported here.Col. Thomas Falzarano, the 21st Space Wing and Peterson AFB commander, made this decision based on