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  • Cheyenne Mountain, Cape Cod gain Federal recognition

    When the list of winners for the 2015 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards was announced July 17, two of them were from the 21st Space Wing. Cape Cod Air Force Station and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, geographically separated units of the wing, were each recognized by the Federal

  • COP’S CORNER – JUNE 2015

    During June, the 21st Security Forces Squadron, along with facility parking wardens issued 60 traffic citations. The majority of citations were written for speed violations. Drivers were suspended for various offenses including excessive speed, driving while using a cell phone, and driving on a

  • Logistics is key at the Top of the World

    THULE AIR BASE, Greenland - Logistics anywhere in the Air Force is all about planning. Making sure everyone has the supplies necessary to complete the mission. But what if the time frame for getting the majority of supplies is severely limited?The Airmen at the Top of the World know exactly how that

  • Kids learn robotics and aerodynamics in STEM camp

    The table was littered with Legos and small hands were busily putting them together in a very strategic order to make the biggest and best creation.Children of Peterson Airmen who signed up for the STEM Camp at the R.P. Lee Youth Center learned about science, technology, engineering and math

  • Airman Fitness Prepares Competitors in Rocky Mountain State Games

    Comprehensive Airman Fitness exists to enhance the resilience of individuals, families, and communities. The effectiveness of the program is obvious when many Airmen are among the thousands who participated in the state's largest sports festival - The Rocky Mountain Games.More than 10,000

  • The Queen of Denmark visits Thule Air Base

    Her Majesty The Queen of Denmark Margrethe II, accompanied by the Premier of Greenland and the High Commissioner of Greenland, spent two days touring facilities here July 10-11 as part of an annual visit to Greenland."It's very important for us to facilitate a visit like this," said Col. Stuart

  • Monitoring space from deep blue sea

    About 1,000 miles from the nearest continental contact, deep in the central Indian Ocean are three telescopes peering up into space, watching and tracking objects while the rest of the world sleeps.Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia is on a coral atoll in the British Indian Ocean Territories. The