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Dec. 5, 2017
Chapel hosts Holiday Tree lighting

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Santa oversees the base holiday tree lighting at the Chapel on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 1, 2017. The Chapel hosted Airmen and their families for cookies and cocoa after the event. (courtesy photo)
Dec. 5, 2017
Bringing in the holidays

Signs of the holidays are cropping up all over Colorado.
Dec. 4, 2017
Cavalier breaks ground on new dorm

The 10th Space Warning Squadron held a ground breaking ceremony November 7, 2017 at Cavalier Air Force Station, North Dakota to celebrate the start of construction on a new 5,683-square-foot unaccompanied dormitory.
Dec. 3, 2017
AFSPC commander becomes JFSCC, joint space forces restructure

Air Force Gen. Jay Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command, became the Joint Force Space Component Commander today, taking operational responsibility for employment of all joint space forces.
Dec. 2, 2017
Maj. Gen. Whiting takes command of 14th Air Force

Air Force Maj. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting took command of 14th Air Force and became the Deputy Joint Force Space Component Commander during a reorganization and change of command ceremony at the Joint Space Operations Center, Dec. 1.Air Force Gen. John W. Raymond, Commander, Air Force Space Command,
Dec. 1, 2017
Athlete in Focus: Capt. Michael Lyons

Lyons is a member of the All-Air Force men's basketball team.
Nov. 30, 2017
Space Tactics Internship inspires creativity among operators

Space operations groups from across Air Force Space Command have collaborated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory on a Space Tactics Internship that allows space operators to work with scholastic experts in a research environment.
Nov. 30, 2017
A layer of defense watching the sky

With a constant threat of ballistic missile launches by North Korea, the Army maintains forward Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance Systems, otherwise known as AN/TPY-2, on mainland Japan to keep a watchful eye above the skies scanning for threats.
Nov. 30, 2017
53rd Signal Battalion leads the Army's space operations

The 53rd Signal Battalion is the oldest operational battalion in the 1st Space Brigade and the only unit in the Department of Defense that conducts payload and transmission control of the Defense Satellite Communications System and Wideband Global System satellite constellations. The management of
Nov. 29, 2017
Thule lights up the tree

Thule Air Force Base, Greenland -- Col. Thomas Colvin 821st Air base Group commander and the Capt. Richard Casey 821st ABG chaplain kicked off the holiday season during the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at Thule Air force Base, Greenland, on Nov. 17, 2017. Afterwards, Airmen spent time wrapping