Author: Tom Roeder
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U.S. Space Command responds to another Russian anti-satellite test
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Russia is conducting another test of an anti-satellite weapon, which could threaten American military systems in orbit, U.S. Space Command announced Thursday. The weapon is a highly-maneuverable satellite similar to one launched in April, the command, headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base, said in a news release. RELATED: Major road construction could help secure U.S.…
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Space Command staying in Colorado Springs for next several years
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Colorado Springs will keep U.S. Space Command for at least six years under a plan announced Friday by Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn. The agreement comes with new guidelines for housing the command overseeing military missions in orbit that lean heavily toward it being permanently based in Colorado Springs, said Lamborn, who sits on the House…
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Air Force Academy graduates 967 in ceremony held under cloud of coronavirus
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The quiet graduation on Saturday of the quarantined Air Force Academy Class of 2020 allowed for moments that would have been drowned out in years past amid raucous celebration to ring loudly across the campus: The applause of a lone officer clapping for the cadets. The shrill whistle of a passing hummingbird. The call of a…
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Trump rally in Colorado Springs will include second headliner: Mike Pence
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Amid a western campaign swing aimed at bolstering Republicans in Congress, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will both appear at a Colorado Springs campaign rally Thursday, the White House confirmed. Many locals want President Trump to address space issues, including his creation of the Space Force. They also are hoping that Trump…
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Colorado Springs USS Arizona ‘hero’ Donald Stratton dead at 97
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As a teenage sailor, Donald Stratton survived burns over two-thirds of his body when the USS Arizona exploded amid the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Colorado Springs resident, revered locally for his wartime service, spent the rest of his life encouraging others to remember the 1,177 of his shipmates from the battlewagon who…
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Time of change brings new leaders to Colorado Springs, Pentagon
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Welcome to summer, when flowers bloom and the military brings in new bosses. At Fort Carson, several brigades have gotten new commanders in recent days, and its hospital has a pair of new leaders. One Fort Carson brigade even got a new boss while stationed overseas. The 3rd Brigade Combat team held a change of…
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Lamborn ascends to ranking Republican on key military readiness panel
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In office since 2006, Colorado Springs’ U.S. Rep Doug Lamborn is finally getting the kind of position that federal lawmakers spend their career waiting for: a top post on a powerful subcommittee that controls a mind-boggling amount of money. Lamborn served his time as a back-bencher on the House Armed Services Committee, but moved up…
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EXCLUSIVE: USOC should be overhauled by high-level commission, Sen. Gardner bill says
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A high-level commission would redesign the Colorado Springs-based U.S. Olympic Committee under a measure proposed by Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner. The Republican senator’s legislation is the first to emerge after two scathing reports slammed the Olympic Committee for failures tied to the sexual assaults of hundreds of athletes. Gardner’s measure would establish a 16-member…
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After report, Air Force Academy vows new steps to stop hazing in sports teams
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The Air Force Academy’s athletic program will get an ombudsman to deal with complaints and a new system for cadets to anonymously report concerns after an independent review of the program that stemmed from two hazing incidents since late 2016. Cases are pending against a pair of cadets on the academy’s swimming team after freshmen…
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USOC woes pose oversight challenge for DeGette, Congress
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In a conference call Friday, leaders of the U.S. Olympic Committee celebrated a great fundraising year and a pile of medals earned in the Winter Games. Things are bright, they said, with the possibility of another Winter Games coming to the United States. As incoming board Chairwoman Susanne Lyons put it, the Larry Nassar scandal…
