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Air Force Reserve says goodbye to weather satellite operations
For decades, Air Force reservists at Schriever Space Force Base have helped fly weather satellites that have guided global military operations. On Tuesday, the airmen connected to school-bus-sized satellites for the final time and honored their long history. The small ceremony marked the last time an Air Force Reserve unit will operate satellites, said Col.…
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Wind energy the new ‘cash crop’ for Colorado farmers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For more than a century, Jan and Virgil Kochis’ family has farmed wheat, corn and other cash crops on 10,000 acres of pasture and farmland near Matheson in Elbert County. It’s the only lifestyle they know, they said. So when crop prices started to plummet,…