News

April 6, 2017
Developmental special duties broaden experience

The Air Force has identified 1,175 positions across 10 developmental special duties, or DSDs, for spring 2017.
April 5, 2017
NIMBLE TITAN Strengthens Multinational Missile Defense Cooperation

Twenty-six participant nations and international organizations came together March 13-17 for the first major event of the two-year NIMBLE TITAN 18 missile defense experimentation campaign.
April 5, 2017
Ospreys pay Peterson AFB a visit

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. —V-22 Osprey aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (VMM-261) prepare for take-off at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., March 28, 2017. VMM-261 is based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, S.C., and is at Peterson AFB conducting high altitude
April 5, 2017
1196 miles: Running to honor the fallen

From noon March 30 to noon March 31, 2017, Airmen of the 13th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Carson, Colorado, ran around the Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, athletic track honoring fallen comrades in the sixth annual 24-Hour Challenge run.
April 5, 2017
Peterson AFB Security Forces upgrades DBIDS access control system

The recent release of the Defense Biometric Identification System 5.0 provides base entry controllers the ability to conduct rapid identity proofing and vetting on all personnel requesting access onto the base.
April 5, 2017
Million-dollar babies

When the excitement of the news sank in, the reality of very real health issues set in, which forced Staff Sgt. Susan Edwards-Aagaard, 21st Operations Support Squadron intelligence analyst, to slow down. With her fierce independence, she said she never would have asked for help, but her squadron
April 5, 2017
Goldfein: Continuing resolution detrimental to Air Force

With the threat of a yearlong continuing resolution lingering, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein and his fellow service chiefs called on Congress to approve an appropriation bill for fiscal year 2017 during a hearing on the topic April 5, 2017 on Capitol Hill.
March 31, 2017
Peterson AFB hosts a Regional Professional Development Institute event for professional comptrollers

The American Society of Military Comptrollers Pikes Peak Chapter held an all-day event featuring multiple speakers for over 110 financial management professionals at The Club, March 30, 2017, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.
March 30, 2017
Deployed Peterson Airman passes away

A 21st Space Wing Airman died in a non-combat related incident while deployed in support of combat operations March 28, 2017.
March 28, 2017
Team Pete members participate in the 75th Bataan Memorial Death March

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. – Members from the 4th Space Control Squadron and 302nd Airlift Wing participate in the 75th Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 19, 2017. Approximately 7,000 military and civilians participated in the 75th anniversary march. The