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  • Volunteer Income Tax Assistance helps members file returns

    Puzzled by the tax law or which credits and deductions to take? A Volunteer Income Tax Assistance representative may have the answers. The Internal Revenue Service-sponsored VITA Program offers free tax help for military members and their families.The Peterson AFB Tax Center opens Feb. 2 and

  • ENT services include financial education

    Ent is your convenient, on-base credit union with products, services and financial education resources to help make banking easy. Ent offers special loan programs, like ARK Loans to help you avoid payday lenders and VA mortgage loans to help with home ownership. Review all the military-related

  • Following his training, Airman assists injured skier

    It was a cold, sunny day at Monarch Mountain ski area near Salida, and Senior Airman Elliott Cox, 721st Security Forces Squadron Airman, was heading to the lodge to meet his companions after enjoying a day of snowboarding."It was a pretty good average day at the mountain," Cox recalled. But it would

  • Library not just for books anymore

    Since the Air Force became a separate service in 1947, libraries have fulfilled a significant function in the Air Force mission. The relationship goes back even further by about 30 years to 1918 when the first Air Corps was created. Libraries were established at McCook Field (now Wright-Patterson

  • Ask Carter P.

    With the New Year often come new resolutions to make our lives better. One of those goals for many will be to be healthier. The 21st Medical Group would like to help in that endeavor by offering a new feature.Ask Carter P. will be available to dispel myths and answer questions you may have about

  • Resurrecting a mission: Family christens ship for fallen Airman

    (Editor's note: Capt. David Lyon, a logistics officer from the 21st Logistics Readiness Squadron at Peterson Air Force Base, was killed in Afghanistan, Dec. 27, 2013. Air Force officials honored Lyon by naming the service's newest pre-positioning vessel after him. Secretary of the Air Force Deborah

  • Ship named in honor of Air Force captain

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus conducted the official naming ceremony of Motor Vessel Capt. David I. Lyon Jan. 14, at the Pentagon.Capt. David Lyon, 21st Logistics Readiness Squadron, was killed in action in Afghanistan Dec. 27, 2013. Air Force and

  • Chefs are cooking up changes at The Club

    Are you looking for a pizza or handcrafted burger to satisfy your hunger, but don't want to leave base to buy them? Fret no more because these and other homemade food items are now available at The Club right here on base.Joe Zamora, 21st Force Support Squadron Club chef, and Kirk Dunning, his sous