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  • Best Warriors face off for top honors

    Six of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command’s top warriors faced off this week to determine who would be the command’s Best Warriors.

  • Peterson, community respond to Air Force Thunderbird crash

    Peterson Air Force Base personnel, along with civilian community partners, provided emergency response June 2 to the crash of an Air Force Thunderbird F-16C Fighting Falcon.Thunderbird 6 was on final approach following a demonstration at the U.S. Air Force Academy.The pilot, Maj. Alex Turner, was

  • Peterson's Aquatic Center is now Open

    Children of Team Pete enjoy their first day in the newly renovated Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Aquatic Center on June 6, 2016. New features include scampering across an inflatable obstacle course or using the pools climbing wall. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Grimm)

  • Member of Team Pete rescues neighbor

    What began as a peaceful day of listening to the radio and painting the deck in his back yard quickly became a serious situation when Gary Roberts, recreational aid with Outdoor Recreation at Peterson Air Force Base, heard cries for help.

  • Santa Fe Trail on Academy opens again to general public

    Senior officials at the Air Force Academy said June 6 that the nearly 7-mile stretch of the New Santa Fe Regional Trail running through the base is once again open to the public.   Local joggers, hikers and visitors were barred from using the popular trail in May 2015 while the base dealt with

  • Recycling: Good intentions, poor practices

    Each year more than 230 million tons of solid waste is generated in the U.S. For perspective, that’s the equivalent of 2,300 Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carriers.

  • US Chief Information Officer visits Cheyenne Mountain

    CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AIR FORCE STATION, Colo. – Tony Scott, Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States, and Col. Gary Cornn, 721st Mission Support Group commander, pause outside the north portal to the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Scott received a personal tour of “America’s Fortress” as

  • Child Development Center students attend dog show

    PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Children from the Peterson Child Development Center, watch the Purina Pro Plan Performance Team show at the Peterson Exchange June 3, 2016. The show was attended by several children from the CDC. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jared Marquis)

 

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