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  • Early missile warning unit passes evaluation with 99 percent

    1st Space Company, Detachment C, Joint Tactical Ground Station, Osan Air Base, South Korea, is one of four JTAGS units worldwide that provides early missile warning for the United States and its allies, proved their mission readiness with 99 percent proficiency during their recent Operational

  • Air Force extends high year of tenure for E-4s through E-6s

    The Air Force is extending the high year of tenure for senior airmen through technical sergeants beginning Feb. 1, 2019.The memo, signed Oct. 18, 2018, extends the high year of tenure from eight to 10 years for senior airmen, from 15 to 20 years for staff sergeants and from 20 to 22 years for

  • Defending the ice twice

    Capt. Stephen Caple, 821st Support Squadron Civil Engineer flight commander at Thule Air Base, Greenland, has been defending the ice for the Air Force since 2008 when he enrolled at the U.S. Air Force Academy and played goalie for their National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice

  • USAFSAM readies operational mental health care providers

    The U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine has set up Air Force’s first operational training program for embedded mental health care providers and technicians, preparing them to join Integrated Operational Support teams.

  • Kestrel Eye demonstration comes to an end

    The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command Technical Center’s Kestrel Eye reached end of life in late August. As a Science and Technology demonstration, Kestrel Eye provided USASMDC/ARSTRAT vital data and crucial lessons learned for supporting future Army small

  • USSTRATCOM, Thailand sign agreement to share space services, data

    United States Strategic Command and the Royal Thailand Air Force signed an agreement for space situational awareness (SSA) services and data. Agreements like these lay the foundation that allows the United States to share information with allies and partners.Rear Adm. Richard Correll, director of

  • Closing the books on 2018

    While the rest of Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, was busy preparing for the week Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, some Airmen were awake finishing their week with the End of Year Closeout.  Members of the 21st Comptroller Squadron, Contracting Squadron, Space Wing, Civil Engineer Squadron, Wing Staff

  • Hammonds serve last meal at Peterson

    Two years ago, a couple stepped up and volunteered to serve a need in the community at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.  After signing up to serve in military relations, Sister Pam Hammond and Elder Doug Hammond, retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, moved to Colorado Springs from Utah.  Mission

  • 140th Wing bids final farewell to 200th Airlift Squadron

    Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper the Colorado National Guard, veterans, and their families for a formal deactivation ceremony of the 200th Airlift Squadron, Oct. 14, at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado.Until June 2018, the 200th AS was a geographically separated unit under the 140th Wing,

 

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