Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach on April 29 honored an Air Force Academy cadet for saving a life.The Spirit of the Springs award went to sophomore cadet Madeleine Girardot who used the Heimlich maneuver Jan. 18 to save the life of a fellow restaurant patron.The academy said Giradot, a...

Three sergeants at Schriever Air Force Base have recently earned top awards.Master Sgt. Kay Rice was named the 14th Air Force’s top senior sergeant working as a paralegal. The 14th Air Force, headquartered at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, is one of two numbered air forces...

Air Force Space Command’s Global Positioning System satellites will phase in two new navigation and timing signals for civilian users this year, the Pentagon announced.The long awaited signals — dubbed L2C and L5 — will eventually allow civilian users to get GPS information that...

The Club at Peterson Air Force Base has announced a new team of chefs to cook its meals.“The new executive chef, Joe Zamora, and his sous-chef, Kirkland Dunning, have worked together for several years at other venues in the region, to include The Pinery north of Colorado Springs in...

Peterson Air Force Base’s 21st Space Wing was recently honored with the Gen. Thomas S. Moorman, Jr. Award for Air Force Space Command’s Best Operational Wing.To win the honor, the wing had to beat out units at Schriever and Buckley Air Force bases as well as wings in Florida and...

An Air Force Academy sergeant was sentenced to four months behind bars after a court-martial panel convicted him of taking a covert bathroom video of a naked woman. Tech. Sgt. Jose L. Vuittonet, Jr. also was reduced in rank to senior airman and given an additional three months of hard...

Military families in need of help have a new number to call for custom-tailored care. The Peak Military Care Network, a clearinghouse for agencies that help troops, veterans and their families, has partnered with the Pikes Peak United Way's 2-1-1 program to give those in need a...

Author and Army veteran Wes Moore will be in Colorado Springs Friday for a preview screening of his new documentary that will air on Rocky Mountain PBS in May. The screening is set for 6:30 p.m. Friday at Pikes Peak Community College’s Centennial Campus theater, 5675 S. Academy...

An Air Force Academy sergeant faces up to a year behind bars this week at a court-martial, which will weigh evidence on whether he took a covert video inside a women's restroom and later showed it to female co-worker. Tech. Sgt. Jose L. Vuittonet, Jr., was charged earlier this month...

Colorado Springs got a new top Army recruiter this month, and he's got a big job ahead. The recruiting company of 48 soldiers based in an office building near Interstate 25 and Rockrimmon Boulevard must bring in about 500 recruits this year even as the Army tightens standards amid...