Missile defense

Get 'bike' to work! HAWC sponsors bike ride, scavenger hunt

All Team Peterson members are invited to join the Health and Wellness Center for "Ride to Work Day," 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. June 10. Peterson Airmen and civilians are encouraged to ride their bicycles to work or park their cars at the office and ride to the chapel for a free breakfast prepared by the

VP visits Peterson on way to USAFA

Weighing the cost of unsafe activity

As we close this month's Year of Leadership focus on safety we find ourselves entering the 2009 Critical Days of Summer. In transitioning from a leadership perspective to a mishap prevention perspective, I would like us to consider two additional thoughts: "The Cost of Safety" and "Airmen are the

NASA testing new radars at Thule

Thule Air Base is serving as a staging base for a NASA crew to monitor changes in Greenland's and Iceland's ice caps using newly developed radars that may make their way into space in the future. From May 2 to June 8, a Gulfstream III aircraft carrying up to 10 NASA employees and two types of radar

Peterson nicotine habit goes up in smoke

By not asking for help to stop smoking tobacco, Airmen may create a missed opportunity at the doctor's office. The Peterson clinic, the Health and Wellness Center, and the base pharmacy are working together to provide dialogue and easy access to support through the Tobacco Cessation Program. "After

Air Force team on target at shooting competition

Peterson Airman participated in the 49th Annual Armed Services Skeet Shooting Championships in Albuquerque, N.M., May 11 through May 15. Rhythm met shooting excitement, as shooters took aim at clay pigeons. "It is a game of repetition - you have to do 100 things right to hit the target, but only one

Thunderbirds 're-up' Peterson Airmen on Memorial Day

Institutional accountability, personal responsibility are crucial safety elements

Seven-hundred and eighty two - the number of Airmen killed in mishaps over the last ten years. While the good news here is that the annual numbers are way down from their fiscal year 2004 high, the decline is no consolation to the families that suffer loss. Are these losses preventable? If so, what

Space operations vital to Air Force, nation

Air Force officials discussed the importance of space as a warfighting domain before members of the Senate May 20 on Capitol Hill. Senior Air Force leaders in the space realm answered questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee Strategic Force Subcommittee, telling them that Air Force