Enlisted leaders converse at NCO Academy

The Forrest L. Vosler Noncommissioned Officer Academy had a special visit by the sergeant major of the Jordanian army, Mohammad I. Al-Smadi, June 24, for a look into how the Air Force prepares enlisted leaders.Accompanied by Army Master Sgt. Dan Churchman from Fort Carson, Colo., the small group of

Universal waste: Everyone's issue

As the name implies, universal waste can be found, well, everywhere.Universal waste consists primarily of fluorescent light bulbs, batteries and aerosol spray cans. The results of the 2011 Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health Compliance Assessment and Management Program evaluation,

Wing gets new old commander

Col. Chris Crawford took command of the 21st Space Wing June 28 in a ceremony on Peterson Air Force Base.In what Air Force leadership called an auspicious occasion for the 21st Space Wing, Col. Stephen N. Whiting relinquished command to Colonel Crawford before the wing's Airmen and distinguished

4th MRS change of command

ESOHCAMP demonstrates culture of compliance firmly in place

From June 8-17, the 21st Space Wing conducted an Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Compliance Assessment and Management Program assessment of Peterson AFB and Cheyenne Mountain AFS. This represented the first time Peterson AFB and Cheyenne Mountain AFS conducted such a joint assessment. The

Mystery CMAFS artist identified

Protect yourself this summer

More Americans are diagnosed with skin cancer each year than cancers of the prostate, breast, lung, colon, uterus, ovaries and pancreas -- combined.All together, says the American Cancer Society, that equals two million new cases of skin cancer a year, making it more common than any other cancer.

Two brothers, small Air Force

It had to be fate. Driving down the main thoroughfare at Kandahar Air Base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Capt. Jay Harris, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, approached a four-way stop. With his mind on other things, he started to drive when a uniformed military member stepped in front of his car nearly

Dahlgren space radar reaches 50 years and counting

When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first man-made satellite, in October 1957, the space race began. The United States didn't have the capability to detect satellites. But, by 1961, the Naval Research Laboratory's innovative research made such detection a reality with its Naval Space

Police services captures Gold Knight

The 21st Security Forces Squadron Police Services Section is the May Gold Knight recipient. The police services section took the lead on two short notice fallen Airmen arrivals and soundly led the security and escort of the procession through a cordon of hundreds of base personnel. They also