Tag: peterson air force base
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Space Command loses cyber unit
Peterson Air Force Base will lose 72 airmen and civilians after Air Force Space Command was stripped of its role overseeing the service’s computer warfare efforts. The Air Force announced the change Thursday afternoon, moving the service’s cyber component from Colorado Springs to Virginia where it will become part of Air Combat Command. “This move…
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Veterans Day events and closures around Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Events around the Colorado Springs area and the Pikes Peak region in observance of Veterans Day. FRIDAY Combat Paper Workshops – Dedicated to honoring the stories of veterans and active duty service members by giving…
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Veterans Day events and closures around Colorado Springs
Events around the Colorado Springs area and the Pikes Peak region in observance of Veterans Day. FRIDAY Combat Paper Workshops – Dedicated to honoring the stories of veterans and active duty service members by giving them a creative outletc whereby they turn memories into personal documents. Military uniforms are turned into paper pulp and workshop…
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Peterson Air Force Base marks string of birthdays
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Peterson Air Force Base held a birthday party last week where the participants got to pick the celebrated age. Like 25? You can celebrate the silver anniversary of the 21st Space Wing. Is a mature…
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Peterson Air Force Base marks string of birthdays
Peterson Air Force Base held a birthday party last week where the participants got to pick the celebrated age. Like 25? You can celebrate the silver anniversary of the 21st Space Wing. Is a mature 35 more to your liking? Blow out the candles for Air Force Space Command. Bigger numbers were offered, too –…
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Peterson Air Force Base colonel facing rape charge found dead in his home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Air Force colonel facing life in prison for rape at an October court-martial apparently took his own life Sunday, police said. Colorado Springs police spokesman Sgt. Tim Stankey said Monday that officers were called…
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Peterson Air Force Base colonel facing rape charge found dead in his home
An Air Force colonel facing life in prison for rape at an October court-martial apparently took his own life Sunday, police said. Colorado Springs police spokesman Sgt. Tim Stankey said Monday that officers were called to Col. Eugene Marcus Caughey’s home in northeast Colorado Springs just after midnight Sunday on a reported suicide. Police did…
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Pentagon: Space Command’s Hyten to take helm at U.S. Strategic Command
Space Command boss Gen. John Hyten will move up to lead U.S. Strategic Command in Omaha, Neb., the Pentagon confirmed Friday. The long-rumored appointment came a day after the Air Force announced that Lt. Gen. John. “Jay” Raymond would replace Hyten at Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base. Hyten’s new role would put him…
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Investigation continues three months after Thunderbird crash in Colorado Springs
The Air Force’s investigation into the graduation day crash of a Thunderbirds jet in Colorado Springs remains underway, and the service won’t say when it will be complete or what steps have been taken. Air Force guidelines call for most accident investigations to be finished a month after a crash, but Air Combat Command, which…
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Colorado Springs area military events starting Sept. 4, 2016
WEDNESDAY Navy League Dinner – Featuring Lt. Cmdr. Colin O’Neil, Commanding Officer, Naval Operations Support Center Fort Carson, 5:30 p.m. social hour, 6:30-8 p.m. dinner and presentation, The Club, Peterson Air Force Base, 240 Glasgow Ave., Building 1013. $25. Those without a military or DoD ID card for base access, contact Steve Bethke, 359-3710, stbethk@aol.com.…