Medical clinic receives $15 M facelift

A 12-phase, $15 million renovation to the 21st Medical Group clinic was celebrated at an Evening at the Clinic Open House on Peterson Air Force Base June 17. "With the tremendous amount of military growth in Colorado Springs, we need to ensure we have sufficient clinical space to treat our patient

Outbound lane closures scheduled at west gate

Peterson 'a-Twitter' with publicity

On Thursday, June 4, the 21st Force Support Squadron broke ground with another first. It sent its first "tweet," a Twitter message, which read, "Peterson AFB rafts the Royal Gorge Sat & Sun. Not for the timid! Call William or Dan: 719-556-4867 or 556-7753." Twitter is a social messaging utility

Sports and Field Day, change of command start summer

Summer is officially upon us, and we are "all in" with Air Force Space Command's Year of Leadership June theme of "fitness". On Thursday, we had a very successful Sports and Field Day. About 1,700 people from 56 units around the base gathered to participate in 25 individual and team sporting

First Knight

Tech. Sgt. Steven Clinger was selected for this week's First Knight award. This award is designed to recognize outstanding Airmen and civilians each week for the work they do every day. Name: Tech. Sgt. Steven Clinger Unit: Duty Title: Noncommissioned officer in-charge, Removable

Fitness center energizes aerobics, spinning classes

Peterson Airmen and civilians now have the chance to shake things up with Zumba dancing and develop core strength and balance through the Chinese martial art of Tai Chi. Both classes are featured on the fitness center's new aerobics and spinning class schedule. Zumba dancing consists of movements of

Peterson promotes fitness with '09 Sports and Field Day

76th SPCS gets new commander

Local ‘fire dawgs’ compete in ‘toughest two minutes in sports’

When the thought of the toughest two minutes in sports come to mind, many people's first consideration is not the Scott Firefighter Challenge. In reality, professional athletes from all over the world, who have put themselves to the test, agree: the Scott Firefighter Challenge is in fact, "The

Local 5K run supports fitness month, local veterans' non-profit

The Air Force Space Command's year of leadership focus this month is "fitness" and Peterson Airmen have a chance to practice their fitness focus by participating in the fourth Veteran's Home Run 5K run/1K walk June 27th at Air Academy High School on the grounds of the U.S. Air Force Academy. The