News

April 19, 2017
With upcoming 24-hour access, Peterson AFB Fitness & Sports Center lets you keep fit on your schedule

The Peterson Air Force Base Fitness & Sports Center is undergoing some major changes through May. The improvement project is scheduled to be completed May 19, 2017. With these improvements, a portion of the gym will be converted to 24-hour access.
April 18, 2017
MAFFS aircrew prepare for annual certification

Members of the news media capture video footage as a U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System discharges water during the 302nd Airlift Wing’s MAFFS wet-fire test at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., April 18. Members of the news media were invited here to witness the Air Force
April 18, 2017
TACP Airman receives scholarship

Staff Sgt. Trenton Keipour (third from left), 13th Air Support Squadron resource advisor tactical air control party specialist, is presented with a $500 scholarship by members of the Rocky Mountain Company Grade Officer Council at Fort Carson, Colo., April 17, 2017. The scholarship was awarded by
April 18, 2017
Air Force Assistance Fund: Making sure Airmen can focus on the mission

In the early 1990s a young second lieutenant stationed at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, with a pregnant wife, faced a family emergency requiring immediate action.
April 17, 2017
AFSPC members provide Kids Against Hunger meals

Volunteers with Schriever Air Force Base, Peterson Air Force Base and Cheyenne Mountain prepared 40,000 meals during a Kids Against Hunger event at Schriever Air Force Base April 11.
April 13, 2017
AF selects 2017 bowling camp candidates

The Air Force recently selected the candidates for the service’s 2017 Bowling Trial Camp May 2-4 at Camp Pendleton, California.Based on each athlete’s performance at the camp, coaches will select the top candidates to represent the Air Force at the 2017 Armed Forces Bowling Championship May 5-9 at
April 13, 2017
AF selects 2017 All-Air Force Women’s Volleyball Camp attendees

The Air Force recently selected attendees for the 2017 All-Air Force Women’s Volleyball Camp May 1-16 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. At camp, coaches will select the top athletes to represent the service at the 2017 Armed Forces Championship May 17-21 at Mayport Naval Station, Florida, as
April 12, 2017
302nd AW kicks off new civic leader outreach program

The 302nd Airlift Wing hosted its first event for the wing’s new Air Force Reserve Partners in Leadership program bringing in community leaders from in and around Colorado Springs, Colo., March 23, 2017.The program is designed to grow and reinforce existing relations between leaders within the local
April 12, 2017
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors hosts local event

About 300 people gathered March 31-April 2 at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort, Colorado Springs, for the TAPS Regional Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp. The event is one of five regional seminars hosted by TAPS this year.
April 12, 2017
Peterson pays respect to fallen Airman

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Members of Team Pete salute during a dignified transfer as the remains of SSgt. Austin Bieren, a 21st Space Wing security forces Airman, pass them at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., April 7, 2017. Bieren died in a non-combat related incident while deployed in support