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 d…
A rare congressional compromise, backed by the White House and set for a vote this week, will give birth to a new military service for space, …
Colorado Springs ranks among the top 10 cities for the number of Department of Veterans Affairs home loans in 2019, according to the Missouri-…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government across three White House administrations misled the public about failures in the Afghanistan war, often …
Military-themed events in and around Colorado Springs.
Peering into the glass cases in the National Museum of World War II Aviation, retired Air Force Maj. JJ Inman reflects on his experiences duri…
At 11 years old, Brooke Schocke visited Pearl Harbor for the first time and made it her mission to meet a survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack.
Six thousand pounds of toys for needy military children were transported with a distinctively Army flair Friday morning when soldiers with For…
At a Friday morning meeting in Centennial with representatives of the aerospace and defense industries, U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., prais…
The Army’s top civilian leader picked a pair of Colorado residents to be his civilian aides this month, making a command sergeant major and a …
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow invites Coloradans to write and drop off holiday cards for service members as part of his “Holiday Cards for Heroes” initiative.
Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee today blasted private military housing companies for behavior equivalent to that of “slum lords.”
Senior cadet Jayden Glover already has her name on a pile of awards at the Air Force Academy for her prowess in the pool with the women's swi…
Military-themed events in and around Colorado Springs.
Now that we’ve reached the holiday shopping season, it’s time to think about what to give the planet’s most powerful military.
President Trump surprised American troops in Afghanistan on Thanksgiving after leaving his Florida residence overnight.
Colorado Springs native Caroline Johnson will hold book signings for her recent memoir, "Jet Girl." The book details her time spent in the U.S…
Escolastico “Cole” Griego was a 19-year-old Navy corpsman when he arrived at Iwo Jima in February 1945, unaware that he was about to take part…
A general fired as the Air Force Academy's commandant last spring now contends that a mutinous staff and bias including homophobia drove her o…
Iran is building its conventional forces in a bid to flex its muscles through the Persian Gulf region and beyond, a report released this month…
A stomach flu has laid low 1 in every 10 cadets at the Air Force Academy since late October, and the school’s medics are working with public h…
The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs announced longer visitation hours and access through both gates for civilian visitors starting Tuesday.
Military-themed events in and around Colorado Springs.
The Air Force Academy closed its south gate Friday morning for three hours after a scanner triggered a false alarm. The gate was reopened shor…
The Army is surveying families living in on-post housing at Fort Carson and around the globe to determine whether its program to fix substanda…
Few businesses can claim the quick success of Bluestaq, a Colorado Springs-based defense technology contractor that won its first prime contra…
A missing World War II submarine was found off the coast of Japan after explorers discovered a 75-year-old error in the coordinates of where t…
Civic groups, schools and veterans organizations plan a string of Veterans Day events around the Pikes Peak region on Monday. Here are a few:
Military-themed events in and around Colorado Springs.
Five Pikes Peak region veterans look back on their World War II service in the first part of a new series and podcast from The Gazette.
With the large military presence in Colorado Springs, it might seem surprising that many public schools are holding classes on Veterans Day.
The Pentagon authorized a new medal for veterans of its drone wars this month and drew back the curtain on a secretive program to help Turkey …
Fort Carson will get a long-awaited improvement to an entrance gate east of the post's airfield thanks to an $18 million federal grant, Sen. C…
An Air Force Academy major will stand trial next week on sexual assault charges.
Vectrus announced a third quarter revenue surge Tuesday as the Colorado Springs-based defense contractor scored new contracts and garnered wor…
The Air Force’s new civilian boss pledged on Saturday to reinvigorate the service’s space mission while building a new generation of bombers a…
The Air Force Academy adopted a couple of heroes in the past week, giving one an award and another his own airfield.
You can honor veterans past and present at the Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade on Saturday.
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow on Wednesday announced the Syrian Partner Protection Act, an effort to extend special immigrant visas to Syrian Kurds who…
An Air Force Academy captain faces up to three months in jail after pleading guilty to sexual exploitation of a child in an online sting opera…
LOVELAND — Planning is in the works to build a new Veterans Affairs clinic in Loveland that will give veterans in northern Colorado better acc…
Military-themed events in and around Colorado Springs
It’s all part of the revolution that U.S. Space Command and the Pentagon’s venture-capitalist approach to satellites is bringing to the Pikes …
An Air Force Academy cadet who admitted using and distributing cocaine has been sentenced to seven days behind bars, the school said Friday.
America's next fighter ace could be a software engineer if a contest run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency finds success. The P…
Attorneys for a former Air Force Academy football player facing cocaine charges told the officer overseeing a preliminary hearing Wednesday th…
For anyone contemplating suicide, the number to call is 1-800-273-8255. But that 10-digit number could go down to three and be as easy to memo…
Two years after what Air Force Academy leaders call a hazing incident on the school's swimming team, a trio of cadets are still fighting to b…
Military-themed events in and around Colorado Springs.
Airmen at Schriever Air Force Base last week bid farewell to a Global Positioning System satellite that’s older than many of the base’s airmen.
