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Colorado National Guard, Swiss Armed Forces celebrate partnership

Updated 5 days ago

Colorado’s National Guard marked a year of partnership with the Swiss Armed Forces at the Governor’s Mansion on Monday. “This anniversary marks one strong year...

Fort Carson soldiers develop app to plan convoys as part of Next Generation Command and Control

Updated 6 days ago

Planning the details of a military convoy with numerous vehicles, personnel, weapons, radios and other details can take a platoon leader three days. In addition...

Space Force should measure workforce needs as it prepares to double in size, GAO report says

Updated 6 days ago

The Space Force needs more people. It’s just not precisely sure how many more. A Government Accountability Office report released earlier this month found that...

Penrose fortune paved the way for Colorado Springs to be a military, space and sports town

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado Springs is always working to catch the next big economic wave. “We’re always trying to figure out what the next thing is going to...

Air Force Academy cadets will need to learn to think for themselves before mastering AI, says new dean

Updated 2 weeks ago

Big swap at Fort Carson: Abrams tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles for Strykers

Updated 2 weeks ago

Rep. Jeff Crank thinks Democrats are too focused on Trump, not enough on Colorado Springs | Vince Bzdek

Updated 1 month ago

Democratic Congressional hopeful Jessica Killin makes case to El Paso County veterans

Updated 1 month ago

Colorado Iranians express disappointment with U.S.-Iran deal

Updated 1 month ago

Former Fort Carson soldier selected to Artemis III crew

Updated 2 months ago

Vice President Vance to USAFA grads: Honor tradition, innovate for future

Updated 2 months ago

Trump names Colorado Springs GOP consultant to Air Force Academy board

Updated 2 months ago

Memorial Day at Fort Logan honors sacrifice of fallen troops

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Air Force Academy graduation will feature Vice President JD Vance

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House approves measure aimed at better tracking veteran suicides at VA facilities

Updated 3 months ago

The House on Friday passed a measure that would better track veteran suicides on Department of Veterans Affairs campuses as part of a larger bill....

State official says Fort Carson employed ‘unjustified threat’ in negotiations over historic sites

Updated 3 months ago

A Fort Carson training exercise set to start this weekend in southern Colorado at the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site has put the state office charged...

DOD budget proposes new $250 million space operations center on Schriever

Updated 3 months ago

The expansive $1.5 trillion Department of Defense budget proposal for next year features $250 million for a new space operations center on Schriever Space Force...

US service member missing after Iran shot down fighter jet has been rescued, US officials say

Updated 4 months ago

JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump announced early Sunday that the U.S. had rescued an aviator nearly two days after he was shot down over Iran. The extraction...

Colorado National Guard members deployed to the Middle East

Updated 4 months ago

Hegseth features Fort Carson soldiers after returning from Middle East, gives warning on Iran war

Updated 4 months ago

Who has the power to declare war? | Cronin and Loevy

Updated 5 months ago

Trump appoints Erika Kirk to Air Force Academy board

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Fort Carson-based soldier killed in Iranian attack

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Lawmakers call for boosting Air Force Academy staff funding

Updated 5 months ago

Iranians in Colorado weigh in on Khamenei’s death

Updated 5 months ago

What to know about U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran

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World leaders react cautiously to US and Israeli strikes on Iran

Updated 5 months ago

Secretary Hegseth promises to unleash small defense companies during Colorado visit

Updated 5 months ago

Colorado Democratic candidate submitted 1,600 signatures — only 29 were valid

Updated 5 months ago

When he turned in some 1,600 signatures last month, Eric Nelson said it demonstrated “strong grassroots support from voters” across the district and a “growing...

Grand jury refuses to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with illegal military orders video

Updated 6 months ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — A grand jury in Washington refused Tuesday to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged U.S. military...

‘A real-life Rosie the Riveter’: World War II veteran and longtime Monument resident dies at 102

Updated 6 months ago

Marie West, a World War II veteran and longtime Monument resident, died Jan. 25, less than three weeks shy of what would have been her...

Air Force Academy reports $4.2 billion in deferred projects; chapel passes water tests

Updated 6 months ago

The Air Force Academy has an estimated $4.2 billion in deferred projects. Superintendent Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind detailed the academy’s needs during a Board of...