Artist’s rendering of WGS-11+

News

  • "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" information forums coming to PAFB

    Members from the Department of Defense Comprehensive Review Working Group will visit Peterson Air Force Base, June 16. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates established a Defense Department Comprehensive Review Working Group to begin a review of the issues associated with implementing a repeal of the

  • 21st SW Airman honored by Colorado Springs chamber

    Senior Airman Olivia Gorman, 21st Contracting Squadron, is a top graduate from college and basic military training. She has earned numerous medals, including the Air Force Achievement Medal and the National Defense Service Medal. She has volunteered to help her peers, the homeless, read at the Pikes

  • Revised online coupon policy strengthens exchange benefit

    With a simple click of the mouse, saving at the base exchange is easier than ever before thanks to a decision to accept manufacturers' online coupons. "Frankly, the economy has spurred increased interest in electronic coupons," said Steven Collier, Peterson exchange store manager. "This, combined

  • Stress on your schedule?

    Military families can seem to eat, sleep and breathe stress. Some days, it can just feel like...oh, hold on a second.Hello? Air conditioning's going to break at 10 p.m.? On a Saturday? That doesn't work for me at all. How about at 8 in the morning on a Tuesday? Oh, hold on- I have to take this other

  • Officials release new selective re-enlistment bonus list

    Pentagon officials recently released the latest selective re-enlistment bonus list which contains 89 Air Force specialties.The revised listing places heavy emphasis on retaining Airmen with 17 months to six years of service, said Tech. Sgt. Dina Elefante, NCO in charge of Air Force re-enlistments at

  • Plant a tree, celebrate the future

    Planting a tree is a celebration of what is to come, said a Colorado State Forest Service representative who awarded Peterson Air Force Base the "Tree City USA" award May 25."Usually, whenever we get together to have a party, we party about something that has happened in the past," said Mike Till,