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  • AFSPC commander visits Thule Air Base

    THULE AIR BASE, Greenland – Gen. Jay Raymond, Air Force Space Command commander, conducts an All Call at Thule Air Base, Greenland, Jan. 5, 2017. Raymond discussed the importance of space and cyber to provide national security. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Kaylan Lee)

  • Volunteering can save lives

    This is what happens every weekend here when a group of people volunteer with Airmen Against Drunk Driving. These volunteers give up their personal time to go out and save lives by providing safe transportation to other Airmen who may have had too much to drink.

  • The importance of file management

    Some people that work here may not realize the importance of having a proper file plan for office documents. A file plan is an inventory of every file that is managed, paper or electronic. Failing to have a plan can have a negative impact Air Force-wide, which is why all bases have a base records

  • Former teacher opts for new orbit

    PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – From as early as she could remember, 2nd Lt. Whitney Chenault, a crew chief with the 6th Space Warning Squadron at Cape Cod Air Force Station, Mass., knew she was destined to be a teacher. Her mother and aunt were both teachers and teaching was in her blood. She

  • SMDC welcomes new commanding general

    U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James H. Dickinson assumed command of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command and the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense from Lt. Gen. David L. Mann during a change of command ceremony conducted in the Von Braun III

  • Wind causes building, vehicle damage

    Communities across the Front Range of Colorado, including Peterson Air Force Base and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, experienced unusually fierce and damaging winds Jan. 9.

  • Museum: More volunteers needed to meet public demand

    Meeting visitor demand for tours of the Peterson Air & Space Museum requires a ready team of volunteers. Museum staff is looking to bolster its group of tour guides, or docents, by recruiting more volunteers to help share Air Force and Peterson Air Force Base history.

  • TOP 10 MOMENTS OF 2016

    Airmen from the 4th Space Control Squadron disembark a C-5 Galaxy to greet their families at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Aug. 13, 2016. The Airmen were deployed overseas and rushed to greet waiting family members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rose Gudex)

  • Road to resiliency tracks through stories of life

    The driver and passenger climbed out of the wreckage and, joined by a group of witnesses, turned over the hulking remains of a car only to find the driver’s three-year-old son crushed underneath. The driver and his family would never be the same.

  • Col. Doucet visits Cheyenne Mountain

    CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AIR FORCE STATION, Colo. – Col. John Doucet, 21st Space Wing individual mobilization augmentee to the commander, tours Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colo., Jan. 6, 2017. Doucet visited CMAFS to learn more about the wing and its mission as part of his immersion with wing

 

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