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  • Department launches online sponsor program

    The Defense Department has launched an online sponsor training and resource tool intended to boost the quality of the decades-old sponsor program and better assist relocating servicemembers and their families, a defense official said.The sponsor program connects incoming servicemembers with a

  • Postal cut-off dates for holiday gifts

    When it comes to delivering gifts to children all over the world in one night, Santa Claus has the market cornered. But when it comes to processing and delivering more than 20 billion pieces of mail through the holiday season, the U.S. Postal Service and Military Postal Service Agency come out on

  • GOV operator training aimed at reducing accidents

    Any time a government owned vehicle is involved in a mishap, whether it's a minor door dent or a serious crash, Col. Stephen N. Whiting, 21st Space Wing commander, hears about it.Government vehicle drivers involved in accidents, meeting certain criteria, must appear at his weekly wing standup

  • A base, and a legacy, built on 'the shoulders of giants'

    Bob Ferguson was in grade school when his family moved to Chambley Air Base, France, in 1956. He didn't really know the significance of the 21st Fighter Bomber Wing, but as his family, and others, built the base in an open field in eastern France, the Airmen of the 21st Fighter Bomber Wing were

  • Kids ready to deploy to Australia

    From mock dog tags and passports to qualifying on the M-16 rubber band guns, children on Peterson Air Force Base will experience and understand the deployment process during "Operations KUDOS," organized by the Airman and Family Readiness Center, Nov. 13 at the R.P. Lee Youth Center.Operation KUDOS

  • A CFC story

    My husband, Paul, and I have contributed to the Combined Federal Campaign since he came on active duty almost 18 years ago. The organizations we have chosen to support, however, have changed over the years. A personal experience or two will do that to you.In 2007, Paul was deployed to the desert

  • Voodoo coming in for final landing

    It's taken a while, but the Peterson Air and Space Museum's F-101 "Voodoo" is coming in for a landing. The aircraft will soon rest in a new display site at the intersection of Peterson Boulevard and Hamilton Street. Overlooking the Peterson AFB flight line, the location is very appropriate for this

  • Wing holding base exercise

    Peterson Air Force Base members will conduct emergency response exercises Nov. 1 to 5 as part of the 21st Space Wing's continued commitment to ensure base readiness. These exercises may cause delays at the gate. There will be some traffic disruption and potentially some temporary delays in services

  • Honoring the fallen

    Servicemembers and civilians from Peterson Air Force Base came out in full force to honor a fallen Colorado Springs Soldier whose remains were returned to his family Oct. 6. U.S. Army Sgt. Justin A. Officer, 26, was killed while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan Sept. 29, when

  • Ops group commander named 'Woman of Influence'

    Col. Nina Armagno, 21st Operations Group commander, has been named a "Woman of Influence" by the Colorado Springs Business Journal.Colonel Armagno is one of 30 women named in this year's Women of Influence list, which includes heads of private businesses, nonprofits and government figures. "I'm very

 

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