Author: Tom Roeder tom.roeder@gazette.com
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Analysis: Cleveland, Space Force share Guardians moniker; jokes ensue | Tom Roeder
The Space Force jokes started as soon as the new name for Cleveland’s baseball team was announced Friday. “Cleveland Indians switch to Guardians, doubling size of Space Force,” one wry observer wrote. “Cleveland joins Space Force, use of bats outlawed as dangerous,” another cracked. At 13,000 strong, the Guardians of the Space Force are used…
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Colorado Springs at 150 years | The military’s impact on growth and development
Editor’s note: This July, as Colorado Springs gears up for its 150th birthday on the 31st, The Gazette has prepared a series of articles on the history of our city. Check back for fascinating glimpses into the people and events that have shaped Colorado Springs into the landmark it is today. There was no social distancing…
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Fort Carson unit, known for capturing Saddam Hussein, headed back to Iraq
The Fort Carson unit credited with capturing Saddam Hussein is headed back to Iraq to bolster the ongoing effort to counter Islamic State terrorists. The post announced Tuesday that its 1st Brigade Combat Team has orders to head to Iraq, replacing a National Guard unit on duty there. A timeline for the deployment wasn’t announced.…
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Federal agent cleared in shooting outside Colorado Springs convenience store
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Prosecutors on Tuesday ruled an agent from Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives was justified in opening fire on a man during an attempted arrest in Colorado Springs. Dallas Theiss was shot and wounded in the April 9 incident outside a convenience store off…
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Weather service warns of Colorado high country flooding amid storms
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for drainages running from Buena Vista to Trinidad as thunderstorms threaten the region. The main risk of flooding is centered on burn scars, with Spring, Decker, Junkins and Hayden Pass scars in the cross hairs.…
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Generals put stars behind effort to keep Space Command in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Six months after the Trump administration spurned Colorado as the permanent home for U.S. Space Command, a campaign to reverse the decision to send it to Huntsville, Ala., continues to grow. The latest to lend their names to the effort are retired Air Force Gen.…
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Senate spy panel leader questions pulling U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs
Two of the top Democrats on the Senate’s Intelligence Committee want President Joe Biden to review a Trump administration decision to uproot U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs over feared negative impacts to the nation’s spy agencies. Intelligence chairman U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat and Colorado’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a member…
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Analysis: Army vet Kendall well-positioned for Space Command decision | Tom Roeder
The Biden administration’s pick to lead the Air Force is a West Point graduate well-versed in the high-tech demands of the Space Force. Frank Kendall III, nominated last week as Air Force secretary, was one of the first Obama-era officials to warn of China’s growing military prowess. As the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer, he worked…
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Space Command general tells lawmakers Alabama lacks communications capabilities he needs
U.S. Space Command’s top general admitted to a congressional committee that an expensive secure communications network to connect the headquarters to the Pentagon and other installations would have to be built if it moves from Colorado to Huntsville, Ala. While backing the planned move, Space Command’s Gen. James Dickinson, under furious questioning from Colorado Springs…
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Historic Mars helicopter mission, supported by Colorado companies, earns praise after successful flight
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The first flight of an aircraft on Mars was praised Monday morning by the Colorado Springs-based Space Foundation. The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, a drone managed by NASA crews on Earth that completed its mission thanks…