Put a freeze on winter fires

Often called the silent killer, carbon monoxide is an invisible, odorless, colorless gas created when fuels burn incompletely. In the home, heating equipment that burns fuel is a potential source of carbon monoxide, with November, December and January representing peak months for (non-fire) carbon

Operation Safe Kids!

In Colorado, there are currently 38 missing children, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.Air Force Office of Special Investigators 8th Field Investigations Squadron, partnered with U.S. Secret Service, conducted a community outreach event known as Operation Safe Kids

Happy Thanksgiving

Personnel Deployment Function test readiness

Readiness and meeting the call of a rapid deployment is something Peterson Airmen are always prepared to do, and a specialized exercise as part of Condor Crest tested that ability.A Personnel Deployment Function is a rapid response to a request for additional personnel and equipment to any location

Storytellers: Healing through sharing

At Peterson AFB's second iteration of Storytellers, an eager audience shared laughs and tears as five of Team Pete's own presented some of the most intimate moments of their lives.The stories included tales of hardship and triumph, overcoming tremendous odds, and true sacrifice.Airman 1st Class

Condor Crest test response to in-flight medical emergency

While in-flight, the crewmembers of a C-130 became ill from an unknown cause, prompting Peterson first responders to meet the aircraft on the flight line as part of a simulated event during this quarter's Condor Crest exercise.Before boarding their C-130 for a return flight back to Peterson AFB,

Chief Peele discusses priorities as new command chief

"We come in thinking, 'I'll just do one term.' And then your first enlistment is up and you're just having fun and loving the job, so you re-enlist. Pretty soon 20 years comes and goes and before you know it, you're a command chief."Chief Master Sgt. Idalia Peele, 21st Space Wing command chief,

Cop corner

During October, the 21st Security Forces Squadron, along with facility parking wardens, issued 63 traffic citations. Citations included speeding, cell phone and registration offenses. Drivers were suspended for various offenses including unlawfully using a cell phone while driving.Tip of the Month

Operation Chill Out

Agencies on Peterson were given the chance to turn in refrigerators that did not meet building code requirements through a unique recycling program."Operation Chill Out is the 21st Space Wing effort to turn in refrigerators that were identified as being non-compliant electrically," said Phil Chase,

Airmen experience gourmet food, fine dining

Where there's smoke, there's fire. And typically when there's fire, it's not a good thing, but in Chef Mark Painter's case, the fire was an intentional part of his demonstration and his guests' dining pleasure.Painter, certified executive chef and instructor at Pikes Peak Community College, prepared