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  • Ceremony activates AF Reserve's first space wing

    Air Force Reserve Command ceremoniously stood up its first space wing here April 4, ten days before the command's 60th anniversary. The 310th Space Wing, which expanded from an Air Force group to a wing March 7, was officially recognized at the ceremony attended by Gen. C. Robert Kehler, commander

  • DOD to phase out full Social Security numbers on IDs

    As a means of combating identity theft, the Defense Department will issue identification cards without full Social Security numbers printed onto them, a senior official said here April 3. The Defense Department cares about protecting personal information as well as increasing database security, said

  • Air Force football schedule set for 2008

    Six nationally televised games and visits to Falcon Stadium by Southern Utah, Utah, Navy, New Mexico, Colorado State and Brigham Young University highlight the 2008 Air Force football schedule, released April 2 by the Mountain West Conference. The Falcons open the season at noon Aug. 30 in Falcon

  • Peterson Airmen help to cement Balad, Anaconda hospital in history

    Airmen from the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group and the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron worked together to preserve a piece of Balad Air Base, Logistics Support Area Anaconda and Operation Iraqi Freedom history. The emergency room from the old Balad hospital, which was a temporary tent

  • Fighting an enemy from within: Peterson captain defies Parkinsons

    The five-year-old curls up in his lap remaining focused as she listens intently and follows along although the storybook is shaking almost rhythmically. He tries his best to steady the book but it doesn't matter to her, because for as long as she can remember, these hand tremors are just how her

  • SnoFest ’08 best so far

    Yes, it's April and golfers are returning in droves to the golf course, but organizers for SnoFest are already scheduling meetings and making plans for next year's winter sports event. But how can you top SnoFest '08, which was dubbed by many as "the best SnoFest ever?" SnoFest, which started 18

  • The Services ‘Road Show’

    Spinning off the popularity of the PBS program 'Antiques Road Show,' the 21st Services Squadron has decided to host a road show, too. This time, instead of people coming to the 21st SVS, the unit would go to the people. "The Road Show is our way of reaching the scattered elements of the Peterson

  • Welcome home: deployed families reunite over dinner

    Supporting the real world mission and deploying servicemembers overseas in support of the Global War on Terrorism, the 21st Space Wing honors its returning deployed members and their families by hosting a welcome home dinner at the Peterson Club. The event is for all returning deployed members of

  • High Frontier Honor Guard supports region

    The 21st Services Squadron touches many areas of the lives of Airmen and their families, but none touch them at a more solemn time than the High Frontier Honor Guard, which renders military funeral honors for deceased active-duty members, retirees and veterans as well as those who have fallen in

  • Base auditorium shows free movies

    The base auditorium seems like a real movie theater again with Hollywood movies on the big screen and popcorn and soda for sale in the lobby. Thanks to the 21st Services Squadron, the base auditorium opened its doors Feb. 1 for what has been a well-received weekly event for Airmen and their