Service members, Community Leaders From Across Colorado Springs Join for 9/11 Commemoration

More than 700 military members and community leaders from across Colorado Springs joined together to commemorate 9/11 at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in Colorado Springs, Colo. Throughout the previous dozen years, installations across the area have hosted their own, smaller events, but this

Peterson Airman to compete in England’s first-ever Invictus Games

Inspired by the annual Warrior Games, the inaugural Invictus Games are scheduled for Sept. 10-14 in London with Team Pete's very own Master Sgt. Benjamin "Paul" Horton slated as a competitor. The Invictus Games were born out of Prince Harry's desire to bring a similar event to the UK after

Air Force revamps AEF

The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a

21st SW team takes base softball championship

Tri-Wing Sports Challenge massive success

On a cleat-torn, sweat-soaked field of grass, fans hollered and cheered the tug-of-war teams from Buckley, Peterson, and Schriever Air Force bases during the final event of the Tri-Wing Sports Challenge hosted by Team Pete Aug. 27.Although the Airmen of Schriever dominated the tug-of-war

Christmas in August at Thule

CMAFS commander addresses MAC

Civil engineers improve traffic flow, ease congestion on Pete Boulevard

Anyone who has been stuck in rush-hour traffic on Peterson AFB's namesake boulevard will be pleased to hear the lights where Peterson Boulevard intersects Otis Street and Selfridge Street will begin a transition to alleviate this daily headache starting Sept. 8.During the first phase of the

Living history visits Peterson museum

Walking through the Peterson Air and Space Museum, she couldn't help but reflect on her own aviation past. Her journey began in the small town of Wymore in eastern Nebraska in 1921. From there, she went through the Great Depression where her father, a dentist, would accept chickens, eggs and cream

Hands-on training prepares EOD for real world operations

The berm shook with the force of the blast. The explosion was big and it was loud. After the smoke cleared, they were able to get closer; a five foot hole in the ground glared back at them. Not 10 minutes earlier, they were right there next to the hole watching as the Airmen from the 21st Civil