Senator visits CMAFS

Upcoming VA forum to help build women veterans communities, networks

Department of Veterans Affairs officials opened registration on July 8 for a women veterans forum that will address the quality of VA health care, the provision of benefits for women and ways for VA to continue improving access to the care and benefits for women veterans."The VA forum will bring

NORAD holds Joint Staff Conference

Peterson Air and Space Museum's EC-121T

Fitness a cool thing at ’10 Sports and Field Day

Despite partly cloudy skies and unseasonably cool temperatures, Team Pete's Sports and Field Day was a ray of sunshine for more than 2,500 people from units around the base. Airmen from the 21st Space Wing and its mission partners got out of the office and engaged in games of skill, finesse and

Airmen with ‘excellent’ PT score test only once a year

Air Force officials have a little carrot for Airmen who score "excellent" on their physical fitness test: they only have to take the test once a year."Those who test in all four components - and earn 90 or above in each - can go to an annual test schedule," said Capt. Jesse Johnson, 21st Force

RAIDRS team marks 5 years of continuous deployment

The 16th and 380th Space Control Squadrons achieved a historic milestone recently when their deployed mission, Operation Silent Sentry, surpassed five years of continuous deployed operations. Employing the Rapid Attack Identification Detection Reporting System Deployable Ground Segment Zero,

Every drop counts: New tech saves base dollars

By this time next year Peterson Air Force Base will have a high tech irrigation system that acts like an achy elbow - it will sense when it's about to rain.The 21st Space Wing Civil Engineer Squadron is installing an intelligent irrigation system that will shut down when its built-in weather system

NSPS positions assigned GS pay grades

With only weeks remaining to classify Air Force civilian jobs into the legacy General Schedule personnel system, Air Force classifiers are ensuring NSPS positions have a current GS title, series and grade before the NSPS conversion out date.The Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act

Upgrade allows civilians to update awards online

Civilian employees can now update their non-monetary awards through the self-service module in the Defense Civilian Personnel Data System using the "Awards and Bonuses" tab in "My Biz." The ability to update non-monetary awards, such as length of service recognition, exemplary civilian service award