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  • Picture of Sparky the Fire Dog waving at cars passing through the gates

    Peterson fire department hosts 2020 Fire Prevention Week events

    PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo.—Sparky the Fire Dog, the National Fire Protection Association mascot, greets personnel entering the gate at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Oct. 7, 2020. As part of Fire Prevention Week, the 21st Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department planned multiple events to spread awareness for fire safety. (U.S. Space Force
  • Two men converse inside a room with six onlookers in the background. Both are wearing black masks, and one is wearing an aerial firefighting patch on his flight uniform.

    302nd Airlift Wing Airmen meet with the Chief of Staff of the Air Force

    Lt. Col. Richard Pantusa, 302nd Airlift Wing chief of aerial firefighting, speaks to Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. about the wing’s aerial firefighting mission, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 24, 2020. The 302 AW is the only Air Force Reserve component of the MAFFS mission and supports firefighting efforts on a
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    US Space Force establishes new garrisons

    PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – The U.S. Space Force activated two garrisons during a pre-recorded virtual ceremony today. During the ceremony, the Peterson-Schriever Garrison and Buckley Garrison installation support commands stood-up as the 21st, 50th, and 460th Space Wings were deactivated.
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    Mask up, Team Pete

    The 21st Space Wing issued guidance in April 2020 mandating the wear of face coverings or masks for all individuals on Peterson Air Force Base and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station when unable to maintain six feet of physical distance in public areas and work centers. On July 16th, the state of Colorado issued a statewide mask mandate.
  • An Air Force Reservists speaks with Army Soldiers from Fort Carson at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, September 6, 2019.

    USAF reservists, Army Soldiers team up to improve deployment operations

    When Air Force reservists deploy it’s often alongside other military branches with similar missions. Challenges come into play because the processes and equipment are rarely the same. To tackle this issue, nearly 100 Soldiers from the Army’s 59th Quartermaster and 247th Composite Supply Companies out of Fort Carson came to the Reserve wing here to learn Air Force ground refueling processes from the 302nd Logistics Readiness Squadron’s fuels department earlier this month.
  • Senior Airman Kobby Hanson, 302nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, stands inside a supply warehouse at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Aug. 23, 2019.

    Reserve Citizen Airmen awarded as top performers in state by AFA

    Two of the 302nd Airlift Wing’s Reserve Citizen Airmen were recognized as the Colorado State Air Force Association’s outstanding Airmen of the year during the organization’s annual awards banquet in Denver, Aug. 17.
  • Tim Kulin, a civilian employer to one of the 302nd Airlift Wing’s Reserve Citizen Airmen, looks out the window inside the flight deck of a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a training flight, August 9, 2019.

    Civilian employers, thank you

    More than 30 civilian employers of the 302nd Airlift Wing’s Reserve Citizen Airmen visited the wing to learn about its mission sets when their employees are called to service, here, Aug. 9.
  • Master Sgt. Brent Renholm, a 302nd Aircrew Flight Equipment flight chief, explains how 302nd Airlift Wing aircrew use the equipment maintained by his shop to congressional staffers during their visit at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Aug. 7, 2019.

    Congressional staffers visit Reserve wing

    As part of a 3-day trip to military installations five congressional staff members representing districts in Colorado, Texas, North Dakota and North Carolina, visited the 302nd Airlift Wing, here, Aug. 7.
  • Chief Master Sgt. Kahn Scalise, the 302nd Airlift Wing command chief, addresses junior Reserve Citizen Airmen during an enlisted town hall meeting in the base theater June 1, 2019 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

    Enlisted town hall takeaway; you do not walk alone

    Chief Master Sgt. Kahn Scalise, the 302nd Airlift Wing command chief, hosted an enlisted town hall at the base auditorium here June 1, to speak directly with the wing's enlisted Reserve Citizen Airmen about wellness, resilience and communication.
  • Loadmasters assigned to the 302nd Airlift Wing conduct a wet fire test of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System installed onto one of the Reserve wing’s C-130 Hercules aircraft at Peterson Air Force Base, Aug. 8, 2018.

    302nd Airlift Wing hosting annual aerial firefighting training

    About 300 people from the Air National Guard, U.S. Forest Service and other firefighting agencies are scheduled Monday to begin a weeklong aerial wildland firefighting training and certification hosted by the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, here.
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