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  • Key Spouse Luncheon

    The 21st Space Wing hosts the annual Key Spouse luncheon at The Club April 18, 2019 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. The Key Spouse Program is an official Air Force unit family readiness program designed to enhance readiness, personal/family resiliency and establish a sense of Air Force

  • Chief's Choice Award Winner: Airman 1st Class Rebecca Ma

    Airman 1st Class Rebecca Ma was recognized as the Colorado Springs Area Chief’s Group Chief’s Choice award winner for March 2019, on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Ma was chosen because of the impeccable customer service she provides in the 21st Medical Support Squadron’s military records

  • Drones: What to watch for

    In April 2014, a 27-year-old Moroccan national was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for numerous immigration violations, but also expressed his desire to attack a federal building in Connecticut using a “remote-controlled, hobby-type airplane.” In September 2011, the FBI arrested a

  • SAPR Walk-a-Lap

    PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – In support of sexual assault awareness and prevention month for the month of April, the 21st Space Wing Sexual Assault Prevention and Response team sponsor a Walk-a-Lap event at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, April 26, 2019. Participants pledged how many laps

  • FREE kicks off on the Front Range

    The Front Range Exercise and Evaluation kicked off Monday, April 22, 2019, across military installations on the Front Range.The exercise was designed to test installation personnel’s ability to effectively respond to unplanned crisis events.On Peterson Air Force Base, day one started off with a

  • Space brigade officially moves to Fort Carson

    A ribbon cutting ceremony took place outside the 1st Space Brigade’s newly renovated facility here April 11, 2019 to signify the official transfer of their headquarters to Fort Carson.U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, 1st Space Bde., which stood up in 2001,

  • Providing leadership at the Airpower Leadership Academy

    The Airpower Leadership Academy on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, provides an academic environment fused with positive guidance, mentorship and passion. The academy is led by an experienced group of Senior Noncommissioned Officers.“The ALA first started in Korea and has been spreading across the

  • 20th SPCS radar celebrates golden anniversary

    The 20th Space Control Squadron celebrated the AN/FPS-85 radar’s 50th anniversary in a ceremony April 18, 2019 at Site C-6, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Presiding over the ceremony was Col. Sam Johnson, 21st Space Wing vice commander and Lt. Col. David Tipton, 20th SPCS commander. “We are honored

  • Financial Literacy Month events to emphasize education for teens

    April is Financial Literacy Month and the Airman & Family Readiness Center is hoping to educate service members and their families on the whys and hows of building a financially secure future. Victor Villarreal, personal finance manager with the AFRC, knows that financial responsibility starts