Tag: schriever space force base
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ENDORSEMENT: Jeff Crank keeps CD-5 on cutting edge of national defense
Most members of Congress have to tout a laundry list of good deeds for their districts as they seek reelection after their first term in office. Jeff Crank’s winning efforts speak for themselves. After only two years in Washington, the southern Colorado native and longtime Republican champion of the Springs’ local military presence already has…
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Space Training and Readiness Command schedules hiring fair Thursday
Space Training and Readiness Command is holding a hiring fair on Thursday in Colorado Springs as part of a push to fill about 400 positions across several locations. The command is in the process of moving from Colorado Springs to Patrick Space Force Base in Florida, but it still intends to fill positions within Space…
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DOD budget proposes new $250 million space operations center on Schriever
The expansive $1.5 trillion Department of Defense budget proposal for next year features $250 million for a new space operations center on Schriever Space Force Base. The center is one of four in the budget, which also proposes a building at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., a building at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque,…
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310th Space Wing honors key members of its history ahead of inactivation
While members of the 310th Space Wing are dispersing ahead of the unit’s inactivation next year, reminders of their history dating back to World War II will remain at Schriever Space Force Base. On Saturday, the 84th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, the unit unveiled its headquarters will now bear the name of Col. William…
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Peterson, Schriever Space Force bases expected to need AI data centers
As the Space Force prepares for its workload to expand, Colorado Springs should expect to see military-centric data centers move to town. Hundreds of military satellites are expected to be sent into orbit to track threats, such as hypersonic missiles. The satellites will generate a tremendous amount of data that local Space Force guardians and…
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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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Ribbon-cutting ushers in new fitness era at Schriever Space Force Base
By O’Dell Isaac odell.isaac@gazettedev.gazette.com During the State of the Bases address in August, Col. Eric Bogue, commander of Space Base Delta 41, told a collection of military, civic and business leaders that he envisioned a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new, expanded fitness center at Schriever Space Force Base by the end of September. On Thursday,…
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Pikes Peak region to honor 9/11 losses at multiple events
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs area will commemorate the nearly 3,000 who died and 6,000 people who were injured in the 9/11 terrorist attacks 24 years ago during several memorials. Former President George W. Bush declared the anniversary of the attacks Patriot Day in 2005 to memorialize…
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‘State of the Bases’ is strong despite challenges, Space Force commanders say
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As critical components of the U.S. military’s newest branch, Peterson and Schriever space force bases are experiencing their share of growing pains, but they continue to build and grow, thanks in large part to their partnerships with the Colorado Springs community. That was the overriding…
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Bogue assumes command of newly formed Space Base Delta 41
Twenty-six years ago, in the infancy of Col. Eric Bogue’s career, he was an enlisted senior airman, Schriever was an Air Force base, and the Space Force didn’t exist. How times have changed. On Wednesday, Bogue assumed command of the newly established Space Base Delta 41 during an activation ceremony at Schriever Space Force Base.…