A Peterson Air Force Base airman, recalled by friends as a "gentle giant," was laid to rest Wednesday in the U.S. Air Force Academy cemetery. Capt. David Lyon, 28, of Sandpoint, Idaho, was a former academy track star who was killed Dec. 27 in Kabul, Afghanistan, when a car bomb...

A 2008 Air Force academy graduate was killed in a Tuesday helicopter crash in England. Capt. Chris Stover, who was a noted marathon runner at the academy, was listed as the pilot of the HH-60 Pave Hawk that went down, killing four crew members. A native of Vancouver, Wash., Stover...

he Air Force Academy's physics department is hoping a dozen small telescopes will change how the military looks at the sky. The school is installing the robotic-controlled 20-inch telescopes on campuses around Colorado and the globe to form a network of eyes staring at the night sky....

China's new lunar lander is a milestone for its program, but the country hasn't leaped ahead of the U.S., the Space Foundation in Colorado Springs says. Chang'e-3, which rendezvoused with the moon Saturday (see Page A16), put China in a small group of nations, with U.S. and Russia,...

When soldiers in a Fort Carson brigade leave Colorado in a couple of months, they face a mission that's seemingly simple but infinitely complex. End America's war in Afghanistan. The 4th Brigade Combat Team troops will be one of the last combat units to leave Afghanistan when the war...

They got through just in time to be part of the Air Force Academy's Class of 2013. A week before Christmas, the final five members of the academy's 55th class graduated and pinned on the rank of second lieutenants. "I know at some point over the past few years and even over the last...

The Air Force Academy is looking to defend its record with another national championship. Winning it is as easy as falling. Out of an airplane. Two miles. The academy's Wings of Blue will greet the New Year in Florida at the National Collegiate Parachuting Championships, seeking its...

Santa was still over the western Pacific when the calls started coming at 4 a.m. By 10 a.m., 14,000 children had dialed the North American Aerospace Defense Command or reached out through email to get the latest update on his flight - a doubling over 2012. The pace at Peterson Air...

The world’s strongest aerospace defense organization should be tough enough to take a joke. The North American Aerospace Defense Command was the target Monday of Duffleblog, a website that’s like the Onion for the Defense Department. You’ve been warned: The headline alone may...

Space Command's top general says a congressional budget accord reached last week brings hope, but not relief to military planners. Air Force Gen. William Shelton said without an appropriations bill, which carves out how much his Peterson Air Force Base command can spend, he's still...