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  • Buckley lends hand to extreme runners

    About 140 Team Buckley members made the approximately 180-mile round trip to the Copper Mountain from the Buckley area Aug. 18 and 19 to lend the Warrior Dash staff a helping hand as they held another extreme 5K races.Volunteers worked the check-in tents where they handed runners their packets and

  • Buckley celebrates its birthday with Fun Fest

    Team Buckley celebrated the 460th Space Wing's eighth birthday Aug. 17 with Fun Fest, a base-wide event that included friendly competition, community involvement and local business sponsors."Fun Fest is good for the command because it's a chance for the base to get together and an opportunity give

  • Uncovering OSI

    "OSI has the image of being the bad guy," said Special Agent Eugene Wade Air Force Office of Special Investigations Det. 801 superintendent. "Ninety percent of the people we talk to are not in trouble. We are trying to find information and not trying to get you in trouble." OSI's primary mission is

  • Tops in Blue coming to Buckley

    In less than two weeks Tops in Blue, the Air Force's premier song and dance group, will pay a visit, providing free, family friendly entertainment 7 p.m. Aug. 28 at the Wings over the Rockies Museum at former Lowry Air Force Base.Tops in Blue will perform their new show "Listen." This show will

  • Airmen walk through the valley

    Even before the U.S. was established, colonial forces took with them one local minister to provide morale, counsel and insight into the planning of a battle. Ministers were considered the most educated men in a community. In 1775, the Continental Congress established the military chaplaincy. With

  • Lt. progressing: working hard during Bronco's training camp

    The National Football League regular season is quickly approaching and players are moving fast and hitting hard to prepare themselves for those demanding games.Thousands upon thousands of people have been corralling into the Denver Broncos training camp facility since July 26, to get a glimpse of

  • Welcome to Buckley; "Ya'll come back now"

    Every month more than 30 of the newest Team Buckley members file into Building 606 for their wing-directed Buckley Newcomers Briefing. Most of the attendees are service members, but civilian contractors and spouses are highly encouraged to attend. The group includes a range of ranks from airman

  • A week behind bars- promoting the U.S. Air Force

    I spent a week behind bars in Iowa from July 22-28, 2012. My time was spent promoting the U.S. Air Force in some of the hottest and unforgiving conditions. No, I didn't spend a week behind prison bars; I spent a week behind handlebars riding my bicycle as a member of the Air Force Cycling Team

  • NOSC Denver no match for MACS 23

    The Navy Operational Support Center didn't stand a chance against the Marine Air Control Squadron 23 in a game of intramural softball Aug. 9, as they lost with a score of 24-1. The Marines came out strong putting up five runs in the first inning to the Navy's big goose egg. Navy wouldn't score their

  • Welsh 'humbled' to serve as Air Force chief of staff

    The Air Force chief of staff flag passed to the service's 20th chief in a ceremony here Aug. 10.Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, a 36-year Airman, stepped into the position, taking over for Gen. Norton Schwartz, who also retired from the Air Force during the ceremony."Mark is respected throughout the Air