Peterson Air Force Base

Gone Green: Colorado's Air Force Housing

Posted 03.27.2012

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Barring the notable exception that it sits in close proximity to NORAD, the subdivision looks like pretty much every other suburban creature built in ...

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Air Force UFO Rules Vanish After Huffington Post Inquiry

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Speigel | Posted 12.19.2011

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The military deleted a passage about unidentified flying objects from a 2008 Air Force personnel manual just days after The Huffington Post asked Pent...

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U.S., Mexico Share Responsibility In Drug War, General Says

AP | By DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 11.26.2011

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By DAN ELLIOTT, Associated Press PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The U.S. shares responsibility with Mexico for confronting the danger posed by i...

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Irene Tests New 'Dual-Status Commander' Training

AP | By DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 10.29.2011

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DENVER -- The military's efforts to help the East Coast recover from the floods and disruption caused by Hurricane Irene could test the Pentagon's new...

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Fewer Pilots Breaking Airspace Rules, FAA Says

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 09.26.2011

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DENVER — Even as fighter jets were scrambled on successive days this month to intercept airspace violators near the presidential retreat at Camp...

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Military Satellite Riddled With Delays, Defects, Extra Costs

AP | By DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 09.21.2011

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DENVER -- A small piece of cloth stuck in a fuel line may be the reason a military communications satellite hasn't reached its planned orbit since it ...

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Introducing: Domestic Disaster Commanders

AP | By DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 09.03.2011

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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The Defense Department is grooming a new type of commander to coordinate the military response to domestic disasters...

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NORAD Cutting 79 Positions

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — NORAD and the U.S. Northern Command are cutting 79 staff positions amid Defense Department budget cuts, officia...

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Gene Renuart, NORAD Chief, Makes Final Flight

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The general in charge of NORAD and the U.S. Northern Command has piloted his ceremonial last flight before reti...

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U.S. Air Force To Start Schooling Recruits In Cyberwarfare

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. � The Air Force will train all new recruits in the basics of cyberwarfare and add more advanced schooling for others to help...

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They're baaaack: the black helicopters of Yoder

Westword | Westword | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Air Force Academy, Alan Prendergast, Fort Carson, Joel Hefley, Ken Salazar, National Guard, Peterson Air Force Base, Shellie Kirby, Home News

All Shellie Kirby wants is a place where she and her husband Mark can live in peace with their Spanish mustang, Rebel, and their other hors...

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