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Town hall meeting eases housing privatization concerns

More than 100 people attended the Housing Privatization Town Hall meeting at the Peterson Air Force Base auditorium March 22. Ms. Johnna Phillips, Chief of Housing at Peterson Air Force Base, and Mr. Bob Mathis, vice president for Actus Lend Lease, gave briefings and fielded questions from the

Santee inspects 'Fence'

Col. Jay G. Santee, 21st Space Wing commander, visited the 20th Space Control Squadron Detachment 1, a 21st Space Wing geographically separated unit, at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren on March 14 and 15.    The Dahlgren detachment, commanded by Maj. Steven Krehbiel, was established in 2004 to

Wing re-launches Space Observer as publisher stands down Space Guardian

It's back! The Space Observer will roll off the presses and into the base news racks again on April 5. Seven months ago, in a move to operate more efficiently and migrate base newspaper readers to the new www.peterson.af.mil web site, the 21st Space Wing shut the doors on the Space Observer. During

The heat is on

Red Devil gives Airmen taste of deployed life

About 150 Airmen from the 21st Space Wing recently deployed from Peterson to the high desert plains on Fort Carson for Exercise Red Devil. The group, made up of Airmen in Air Expeditionary Forces that could deploy in the next few months, deployed March 11 for a week for convoy operations, weapons

Museum seeks volunteers to maintain aircraft, missile displays

In a neatly landscaped and manicured setting occupying the middle of Peterson, a group of war veterans still stand guard. Some of these veterans are "forward deployed" geographically around the base. While most of them never fired a shot in anger, they all guarded the skies of North America against

Mission accomplished: CET returns from the fight

Welcome home and farewell ceremonies are a staple part of life at U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command. Soldiers deploy and redeploy regularly; it's part of their jobs. Recently the Commercial Exploitation Team from 2nd Space Company, 1st Space Battalion

Training standardizes honors among honor guards

Folding flags, posting colors and firing party training were on the agenda as the Air Force Honor Guard mobile training team arrived here recently. The team, from Bolling AFB in Washington, provided two weeks of training for Peterson, Canon, F.E. Warren, Schriever and the Air Force Academy honor

Housing Privatization 101: Why must I sign a lease

Most bases within the Air Force and Air Force Space Command are transitioning to privatized housing. This transition may be a frightening concept for some military families, especially when asked to sign a new lease. "This is not an unusual requirement," said Ms. Johnna Phillips, Peterson Air Force