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• Change of command at Schriever Air Force Base

  August 4, 2011 8:41 AM

  The 50th Space Wing at Schriever Air Force Base is getting a new commander. Col. James P. Ross will assume command of the wing from Col. Wayne Monteith in a ceremony on Friday. The 50th Space Wing is responsible for operating and supporting more than 170 Defense Department... more »

• US sends cargo planes to help Mexico fight fires

  April 17, 2011 10:57 AM

  PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) - The United States has sent two specially equipped military cargo planes to help battle wildfires in northern Mexico. The U.S. Northern Command says the C-130 planes were requested by the Mexican government and the U.S. State Department. They left their home base... more »

• Colorado AF Reservists answer call to provide assistance for Mexico fires

  April 16, 2011 2:14 PM

  PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Approximately 30 Air Force Reservists and two Modular Airborne Firefighting System equipped C-130 Hercules from Colorado's 302nd Airlift Wing will leave Saturday, April 16 to begin travel to support wildland fires in Northern Mexico, approximately 60 miles south of the Texas border. The MAFFS... more »

• Gate at Peterson AFB closed

  March 16, 2011 1:42 PM

  The west gate to Peterson Air Force Base has been closed because of a propane leak in the fire training center. The leak has been contained, but the gate will be closed temporarily as a precaution until repairs are made. People needing to enter the base should use... more »

• Traffic advisory: Peterson AFB Gate change

  October 4, 2010 9:37 AM

  If you're heading to Peterson AFB, allow extra time for road construction. The inbound lanes of Stewart Avenue at the West Gate are closed for repair. All traffic has been shifted to the outbound lanes. More than 12,000 vehicles use the west gate on a daily basis. Peterson... more »

• Northcom chief: US must work with Mexico, Canada

  September 30, 2010 2:54 PM

  The leader of the U.S. military's homeland security command says the nation needs to work with the Mexican and Canadian armed forces to ensure its own security. Adm. James Winnefeld Jr., head of Northern Command at Peterson Air Force Base, made the comment this week in a blog entry... more »

• Peterson AFB plans homecoming for deployed soldiers

  August 27, 2010 8:38 AM

  Eight soldiers from the Colorado Army National Guard are returning home after a nine-month deployment in Bahrain. A homecoming ceremony is planned Friday at Peterson Air Force Base. The soldiers are members of Commercial Imagery Team 4 from the Colorado Guard's 117th Space Battalion. The unit provided commercial satellite... more »

• NORAD, Russia to test hijack response

  August 3, 2010 8:19 AM

  The U.S. and Russia are planning a joint exercise to see how well they can coordinate their efforts in the event of an international hijacking. Military aircraft from Russia and the North American Aerospace Defense Command - based at Colorado Springs' Peterson Air Force Base - will track a... more »

• Search to resume for F-16 fuel tanks

  July 23, 2010 8:37 AM

  The Colorado Air National Guard will resume its search today for external fuel tanks jettisoned over open country as the pilot of an F-16 prepared to make an emergency landing in Colorado Springs. The fighter landed without incident. Maj. Nicole David says the tanks aren't dangerous but are important... more »

• Peterson AFB to track updated GPS satellites

  May 17, 2010 3:54 PM

  The Air Force is launching the first of a new generation of Global Positioning System satellites expected to last longer and perform better. The satellite is scheduled to lift off Thursday at about 11:30 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral. GPS uses 24 satellites beaming signals to Earth that... more »

• Schriever opens new community center

  March 22, 2010 6:51 PM

  Shriever Air Force Base celebrated the opening of a brand new community center on Monday. It's one of the finishing touches on a brand new housing community on base, the first of its kind. "In the quarter century that we've been here we've never had homes and we've never had... more »

• 1 dead after car runs gate at Ariz. air base

  February 23, 2010 11:38 AM

  One man was killed and another injured after they drove a stolen car through the entrance to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona and security forces opened fire, police said. The car went through the entrance without stopping as required and security forces then used a vehicle to set... more »

• Family center opens at base where war dead return

  January 5, 2010 11:32 AM

  The military mortuary in Delaware where casualties from overseas are brought back home is opening a new center for families who come to witness the return of their loved ones. The Center for Families of the Fallen will open Wednesday at Dover Air Force Base. It will be staffed by... more »