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  • Team Thule celebrates Armed Forces Day

    The 821st Air Base Group opened Thule Air Base April 4-5 for its Armed Forces Day celebration.The event provided the opportunity for U.S. service members and the local Danish community to build relations with the local Greenlandic villages. Visitors from Qaanaaq and the surrounding villages

  • A day in the life of a dental lab technician

    Dentures, crowns and night guards are just some of the unusual products made at the Peterson Area Dental Lab for personnel worldwide.Senior Airman Jonathon Stambaugh has been a lab technician for the ADL for more than two years, working on crowns along with other projects. He also trains and assists

  • Air Force squadron calls Fort Carson home

    Officially, service members assigned to the 13th Air Support Operations Squadron are U.S. Airmen, but if one were to judge them by what they do, Soldier seems an equally fitting title.They not only deploy along with 4th Infantry Division Soldiers, they eat, live, breathe and fight alongside

  • A day with the High Frontier Honor Guard

    Standing in front of the family of a fallen hero, a retirement, a community event or a sports stadium -- different venues with the common objective to display the American and Air Force flags with precision.The High Frontier Honor Guard graduates 45 Airmen a year to become ceremonial guardsmen.

  • Air Force Safety Center sponsors Fall Protection Focus weeks

    The 21st Space Wing Ground Safety Office will sponsor Fall Protection Focus weeks from May 4-15. This initiative is a partnership with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's campaign "National Safety Stand-Down."During fiscal

  • Cop’s Corner

    During March, the 21st Security Forces Squadron, along with facility parking wardens, issued 45 traffic citations. Citations included speeding, cell phone and abandoned vehicle offenses. Drivers lost on-base driving privileges for various offenses including excessive speed, driving on a suspended

  • The world's greatest fighter pilot

    The world's self-proclaimed greatest fighter pilot, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Edward Mechenbier, recently visited Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station and Peterson AFB as part of an American300 tour.Mechenbier began his career during the Vietnam War as a fighter pilot in the F-4 Phantom, F-100

  • Vendors show their stuff at technology showcase

    More than 30 technology and tech-related vendors descended on Peterson Air Force Base April 14 to display their wares and meet customers at the Tech & Space Ops Support Showcase held at The Club.Whether it was emergency management software, nearly indestructible communications devices and computers,