Army soldiers line up to board a C-130 aircraft.

NEWS

  • Choose your cause: CFC kicks off for 2016

    The 2016 CFC kickoff event for Peterson Air Force Base takes place Oct. 5 from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. at the Peterson Club. The motto for this edition of the campaign is “Choose Your Cause.”

  • Reserve wing welcomes Vietnam War C-130 aircrews

    PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Col. James DeVere, 302nd Airlift Wing commander, greets visiting Veterans who flew C-130 tactical airlift missions during the Vietnam War, here. The group of nearly twenty toured the Reserve Wing and a C-130H3, Sept. 22, 2016, the day after a C-130 tactical airlift

  • Six Reserve Wing Airmen earn exceptional performer promotions

    The 302nd Airlift Wing recently announced six Airmen will be promoted Oct. 1, 2016, through the Air Force Reserve Stripes for Exceptional Performers II program.  Joe Rorick, 302nd Operations Support Squadron, was promoted to the rank of chief master sergeant. Sherri Libby, 302nd Logistics Readiness

  • Preparathon! Aims at eliminating dangerous surprises

    The 21st Civil Engineer Squadron Office of Emergency Management is preparing various events and messages to members of Team Pete to highlight the need to be ready in the event of catastrophic occasions. The Preparathon events are scheduled to take place 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., September 23 at the

  • Command chief focused on development of wing’s Airmen

    When Chief Master Sgt. Vicki Robertson joined the 302nd Airlift Wing more than 20 years ago, her ultimate goal was to become the command chief, the senior enlisted member in the unit. Robertson achieved her goal earlier this year. Now that she has been in the position for several months and is

  • #BeThere, before the call

    When the phone rings in the middle of the night, it’s like an alarm going off in your brain. No one calls at one in the morning to say they were “just thinking of you.”  I received one of those calls 13 years ago and woke to my mom telling me my dad had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The

  • Chief leaves lasting legacy at Reserve wing

    PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Col. Jennie Johnson presents Chief Master Sgt. David Carey with a Meritorious Service Medal during his retirement ceremony Aug. 6, 2016 here. Carey retired after serving 38 years in the Air Force uniform, spending the majority of his career as an Air Force Reservist

  • Reserve Command marathon team member winning with life balance

    Colorado native, Dr. (Lt. Col.) Audrey Hall is one of ten Air Force Reservists who has been selected to be a member of the Air Force Reserve Command’s Challenge Team in this year’s U.S. Air Force Marathon.Hall, an Individual Mobilization Augmentee and staff pediatrician assigned to the 21st Medical

  • Team Pete to honor 9/11

    We all remember the loss and sacrifice that happened September 11, 15 years ago. Communities around the country, including Colorado Springs, will hold ceremonies allowing people to pause and remember where they were that morning.