NASA using lasers to measure ice at Thule

NASA, the agency known for blasting into space, also has a mission going on much closer to the ground.The space agency is wrapping up three weeks of operations at Thule Air Base, developing software for a satellite due to launch in 2017."We're developing software that will ride on the ICESat-2,"

Twice the citizen: Reserve nurse serves military in dual roles

Esther Weightman's life revolves around taking care of Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines. When a Reserve unit training assembly happens one weekend a month, she dons the uniform of a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force and assumes the title of Chief Nurse of the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd

Gary Sinise visits the Mountain

302nd Airlift Wing Historian makes history winning AF Award

Tech. Sgt. Denise Flory, 302nd Airlift Wing Historian, is no stranger to significant historical events. She is less accustomed to her name in the history books. Flory won the Air Force History and Museums Program 2015 Robert F. Futrell Award for excellence in historical publications, becoming the

Know Ye By All Who Read This: Leaving the Top of the World

"(Service member) did, with my royal permission, enter this dread region of the earth by crossing the Arctic Circle. Having endured the rigors of winter storm conditions with frequent hurricane-force winds, seasons of 24-hour daylight and 24-hour night, mukluks, icebergs, 'Archies,' iron pants, and

Cheyenne Mountain firefighters conduct flashover fire training

Medal of Honor recipient stresses importance of service

After seeing the towers fall that fateful September day in 2001, a student who didn't want to learn about the viscosity of liquids said his life changed forever. He wanted to save the world, but his mom said "no."Fast forward nine years and Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, 25, would become the first

ATV ride at the Top of the World

Gearing up for STEM Rocks!

Military kids can be rock stars this month; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics rock stars that is.STEM Rocks!, a festival that celebrates and increases interest in STEM fields, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Peterson Air and Space Museum.Attendees will

Partnerships key in homeland defense says NORTHCOM commander

One of the nation's top military leaders spoke on the importance of U.S. missile defense capabilities during the 18th annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium at the Von Braun Center here, Aug. 11.Adm. William Gortney, commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, and commander, U.S.