Author: Tom Roeder, The Gazette
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Colorado drone mystery: Air Force denies involvement as investigation intensifies
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The Air Force issued a “not us” denial Thursday, a week after The Gazette questioned whether a Wyoming base was behind the mysterious sightings of drone swarms over northeastern Colorado in recent weeks. F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, which controls a string of missile silos in an area where drones have been spotted,…
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Colorado Springs is home to new Space Force under congressional deal
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In what is seen as a major accomplishment for a bitterly divided Congress, America’s Space Force will call Colorado Springs home thanks to a defense policy bill that lavishes construction cash on the Pikes Peak region and gives troops here bigger paychecks. The bill redesignates Air Force Space Command in Colorado Springs as the Space…
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Fired Air Force Academy commandant vows fight in the wake of scorching report
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The former Air Force Academy commandant of cadets claims her firing last spring was due to a mutinous staff and homophobia. But a Pentagon report sustained seven allegations against Brig. Gen. Kristin Goodwin, including that she charged personal travel to the government, billed the government for work when she was on vacation and lied to…
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The military’s mind-blowing cell phone bill signals new way of war
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The Pentagon got its cell phone bill, and the kids have been using too much data again. Iridium, which owns a fleet of communication satellites, announced it has reached a $738 million deal with the Pentagon to provide “enhanced mobile satellite services,” essentially battlefield cellphones for American troops. The deal with Iridium shows an issue…
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Colorado’s Lamborn works to break logjam on military pay raises, construction cash
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More than 40,000 active-duty troops in the Pikes Peak region will have to wait at least an extra two months for pay raises, as the bases where they serve await cash for construction projects and the Space Force delays its launch due to congressional wrangling. Money for pay raises, projects and programs such as the…
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Role of new Space Command clarified, but permanent site still undecided
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Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct the name spelling for El Paso County commissioner Longinos Gonzalez Jr. America’s new command for space was introduced to Colorado Springs on Monday in a packed Peterson Air Force Base hangar filled with military brass and local politicians vying to keep the unit in town. U.S.…
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Space war game could give America new tools for orbital combat
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?A secretive war game that examines combat in space kicked off this week in Alabama. The Schriever War Game, bringing together several military commands, allies and the nation’s intelligence agencies, focuses on a rival nation in Europe starting a “multi-domain” war, a military term that combines traditional land, sea and air combat with space battle…
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Lamborn: $8M for space center at Peterson AFB could be diverted to build border wall
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About $8 million for a project at Peterson Air Force Base could be diverted to build President Donald Trump’s border wall that Congress has refused to appropriate money for. The money intended for Peterson is part of the $3.6 billion the Trump administration is taking from Pentagon construction budgets to build a wall along part…
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Trump on new command for space in Colorado Springs: ‘It’s a big deal’
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President Donald Trump on Thursday established U.S. Space Command, now in Colorado Springs, saying “It’s a big deal.” The Rose Garden ceremony declared the Colorado Springs command to be operational and in control of the space efforts of all armed service branches. “We will now treat space as an independent region overseen by an independent, unified combatant…
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White House ceremony to establish US Space Command in Colorado
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U.S. Space Command will open for business Thursday with a White House ceremony, but a permanent home for the command, now in Colorado Springs, has yet to be announced. President Donald Trump is expected to announce the establishment of the command, which will oversee the efforts of all armed services in defending American satellites, planning…
