Author: Tom Roeder tom.roeder@gazette.com
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The push to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado: Politicians making final pleas
U.S. Space Command was a campaign issue in November, with U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner and former Gov. John Hickenlooper, in his Senate bid, claiming their leadership would help keep the lucrative headquarters in Colorado for good. In truth, every federal-level politician from Colorado has pushed for the command to stay in the Rockies, and top…
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History of Space Command in Colorado Springs: Timeline
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save May 6, 1942 The Army establishes Colorado Springs Army Air Base at the city’s municipal airport. The city leased the land to the military for in-kind considerations. That deal continues today, with Peterson Air Force…
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Air Force Academy locks down cadets to stop coronavirus surge
A dramatic spike in coronavirus infections led to an ongoing lockdown at the Air Force Academy, where cadets have been isolated in their dorm rooms as leaders wait for the epidemic to subside. Leaders say the exponential spread of the virus coincided with October’s “third wave” of the pandemic arriving in Colorado. In the close…
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Lamborn takes leap on Armed Services panel | Tom Roeder
The winds of politics whipped through Congress and the White House this month, but Colorado Springs Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn stayed on a steady course. Reelected with more than 55 percent of the vote, Lamborn climbed the House Armed Services Committee ladder by several rungs, becoming the No. 4 Republican on the panel and…
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Pentagon issues new plan for electronic wars of future | Tom Roeder
The Pentagon has issued a new strategy that looks to software, artificial intelligence and faster 5G networks to win future wars. The military over the past 20 years has learned a new way of elect ronic-enabled warfare that allows better targeting of enemies through high-tech intelligence methods and networks that can quickly connect units in…
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Pentagon faces familiar problem in tackling suicide
Suicides rose in 2019 across the military, and the Pentagon has sounded a familiar theme: Leaders don’t know why. Across all branches and components, 498 troops died by their own hand in 2019, and about two-thirds of those who died were under 30, according to a report issued last week. More than 200 shot themselves…
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Airmen at Colorado’s Buckley Air Force Base train to fly against Russian threat
After 19 years of defending Colorado’s skies from a 9/11 style attack, the 140th Fighter Wing at Aurora’s Buckley Air Force Base has an added new mission that’s a throwback to the unit’s Cold War past. With more than 1,700 Colorado National Guard troops, the wing still has F-16 fighters on alert that can take…
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New Air Force chief Brown focuses service on speed, agility
Gen. Charles Q. Brown speaks in staccato, but with a pilot’s precision, accustomed to multitasking at more than the speed of sound. Race, Russia, congressional budget wrangling, new strategies, coronavirus, new weapons. Speed. “We can accelerate change, or lose,” said Brown, known across the Air Force by his initials CQ. Brown is the first Black…