Aero club celebrates 60th year

An aero club is all about flying -- safely -- so you can get up and fly again the next day, and the next. An aero club gives people wings to soar, dive, spin, glide and flip for joy. Above the earth, man and machine become one. When World War II was over, passions about planes and flying remained

Disability etiquette explained

A group of employees were actively working on a project when an emergency alarm went off. As usual, all the workers immediately stopped what they were doing and rushed towards exit doors to evacuate the building. In doing so, there were also two employees with physical disabilities - one man who

CrossFit workout commemorates fallen Airman

The first thing Staff Sgt. Heather Ruhlman, 21st Space Wing paralegal, remembers about Airman 1st Class LeeBernard Chavis is his smile. "He had this huge smile, and he could always make you laugh," she said. In 2006, Ruhlman and Chavis were both deployed to Iraq with the 824th Security Forces

PeteLight practices energy savings

Port operations team harbors Gold Knight

The Thule Port Operations Team is the Gold Knight winner. The team supported the 821st Air Base Group's Operation Pacer Goose annual resupply of Thule Air Base. During this period, the Port Ops Team oversaw and supervised operations at America's northernmost deep water seaport, and the only seaport

Data breach may affect patients locally

On Sept. 14, Science Applications International Corporation reported a data breach involving personally identifiable and protected health information impacting an estimated 4.9 million military clinic and hospital patients. The information was contained on backup tapes from an electronic health care

Summit kicks off Comprehensive Airman Fitness for Space Command

Members from around Air Force Space Command gathered Sept. 20 to 23 at Peterson Air Force Base to make final preparations for the Command's Comprehensive Airman Fitness campaign. "Comprehensive Airman Fitness is really targeting our most important weapon system and that's our folks, our young Airmen

CFC kicks off 50 years of giving

The 50th annual Combined Federal Campaign for the Pikes Peak Region and Team Pete kicks off Oct. 7 and has some big goals to meet. "We're trying to raise $315,000. That puts us at approximately a 30 percent participation rate," said Lt. Col. John Duda, 21st Space Wing Safety Office and CFC

Peterson’s AFNet migration begins Oct. 11

The Air Force Network team will begin migrating Peterson's computer and network users into the AFNet Oct. 11. As the Air Force continues transforming its cyber operations, the AFNet transformation is a dynamic, schedule driven project that will collapse existing "stand-alone" network, e-mail, and

New exhaust boilers create heat, savings

Being located 700 miles north of the Arctic Circle means heat needs to be generated year-round. This adds up to one big heating bill for Thule Air Base. Thule has five locomotive-style engines in its M-Plant to generate electricity for the base and a steam boiler plant for heat. Thule currently uses