Time for students to apply to camp among the stars

This summer, some lucky students will get a chance to camp among the stars.The Air, Space and Missile Defense Association is offering 10 scholarships for selected children to attend a one-week long Space Camp this summer at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville July 3-8.These scholarships

Feels like the first time: 50 years sure changes a mountain

For retired Master Sgt. Robert Thibault, many things remained the same during his 21 years of Air Force service. For example he never worked on an Air Force base, never worked in a room with windows, and spent 15 years underground. But there is one thing from his long career that has undergone a

Child Abuse Prevention Month: Protect children, prevent neglect

To protect children and assure their safety the Department of Defense designated April as Child Abuse Prevention month.The theme for 2016 is Child Safety to Prevent Child Neglect. A Pinwheel Garden event is planned for each Peterson Child Development Center April 4, to promote awareness and show

Local High School Students Advance as National Youth Cyber Defense Competition National Finalists

A local team of students from the Civil Air Patrol's Colorado Springs Cadet Squadron will be travelling to Baltimore, Maryland, April 10-14 to compete in the CyberPatriot VIII National Finals Competition.CSCS is one of 28 teams out of a pool of more than 3,300 teams who advanced through four rounds

U.S. National Swim Team visits America's Fortress

To help highlight the 50th Anniversary of Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station becoming fully operational, more than 20 current and hall of fame members of the U.S. National Swim Team visited, toured and spent time with Airmen here March 30."It was amazing to see a city underground and to thank

SMDC’s Best Warriors face off for regional competitions

The battle began last week for the regional winners who will face off in the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command's Best Warrior Competition in June.The command's Eastern Region competition took place March 21-24 at Fort Meade, and the winners were announced the

Division ensuring vital systems sustained

Battle Management's Strategic Warning and Surveillance Division here is working to ensure the abilities of the system that warn the president and national command authorities of attacks will be sustainable for the foreseeable future.Officials from the division awarded a $28 million sustainment task

Danish Parliament visits Thule Air Base

Return to a whole different mountain

The last time Bill Bunker was at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station crews were blasting a new generator room from the massive slabs of Pikes Peak granite that form the mountain."It's night and day, it's altogether different. It's just like a different picture of everything," Bunker said.Bunker

Air Force Director of Weather visits Thule

Ralph O. Stoffler, Headquarters Air Force's director of weather and Chief Master Sergeant Ronald J. Richards, Jr., enlisted career field manager for weather, visited the three-person weather team of the 821st Support Squadron March 17 to see first-hand the transition of weather support from