FReeper Canteen ~ Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado ~ 25 MARCH 2014

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

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Road Trip: Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado

Peterson Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located at Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States and it provides runways for the adjacent City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport under a shared joint civil-military airport arrangement. It was named in honor of 1st Lt Edward Joseph Peterson who was killed in a crash at the base.

Peterson AFB is home to the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), AFSPC's 21st Space Wing (21 SW), Army Space Command, and the Air Force Reserve Command's 302d Airlift Wing (302 AW). The 21 SW serves as host unit for Peterson AFB.

The 21st Space Wing, headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is the Air Force's only organization providing missile warning and space control to unified commanders and combat forces worldwide. They are located in five countries, crossing 13 time zones, consisting of five groups, a director of staff, 39 units at 27 locations. They literally cover the world with their operations.

The 21st SW provides missile warning and space control to North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Strategic Command through a network of command and control units and ground based sensors operated by geographically separated units around the world.

Principal military flight operations at Peterson AFB are currently conducted by the 302d Airlift Wing (302 AW), an Air Mobility Command (AMC)-gained unit of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). Previously stationed at the former Rickenbacker AFB, Ohio, the 302 AW relocated to Peterson in 1985 when Rickenbacker converted to an Air National Guard installation.

The 302 AW consists of over 1,200 traditional part-time Air Force Reservists and over 200 full-time Air Reserve Technician (ART), Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) and USAF civil service personnel operating and maintaining 13 C-130H Hercules aircraft.

On 28 July 2006, operations formerly conducted in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) were relocated to Peterson Air Force Base for purposes of efficiency. The Cheyenne Mountain Complex will be left on warm standby until such time the protection of the mountain is again required. NORAD officials no longer feel there is a threat of an intercontinental nuclear attack which could disrupt NORAD's operations.

Learn More About Peterson Air Force Base HERE!

The Peterson Air And Space Museum's mission is to preserve and portray the rich aviation and space history of Colorado Springs and Peterson Air Force Base. It is located within an 8.3 acre Colorado State Historic District. Exhibits feature the WW II Peterson Army Air Base, the Binational (United States and Canadian) North American Aerospace Defense Command, US Air Force and Army Air Defense Commands, and the US Air Force Space Command. The Museum's Airpark collection includes sixteen aircraft and six missiles.

Visit The Peterson Air And Space Museum HERE!

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[The Mayor]

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Who’s At The Center?
March 25, 2014

Read: Psalm 33:6-19

The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His heart to all generations. —Psalm 33:11

Bible in a Year:
Joshua 19-21; Luke 2:25-52

Recently, I had what for me was a “Copernican moment”: I am not at the center of the universe. The world doesn’t revolve around me. It doesn’t move at my pace, in my terms, nor in accord with my preferences.

Though we might wish it to be otherwise, life is not all about us. Everything revolves around the Lord. In Psalm 33, we read that all nature revolves around Him and His control (vv.6-9). He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the ocean in vast reservoirs. Everything in nature operates in accordance with the laws He has set.

The nations also revolve around the Lord (vv.10-12). No plan or scheme can stand up against God’s. Ultimately, it is the Lord’s plan that will stand forever. His intentions can never be shaken.

Finally, the lives of all humanity revolve around the Lord (vv.13-19). God sees the whole human race. He made our hearts, and He understands everything we do. And He has the power to intervene in our lives and deliver us from situations spinning out of control.

Our life is created to be centered on God, not self. How thankful we can be to serve such a powerful God, who has every aspect of our lives under His control.

Teach me, Lord, to live out the truth of Psalm 33.
May I revere You as I should. May I and all the
inhabitants of the world stand in awe of You,
for Your counsel and plans stand forever.

When we die to all about us, we live to God above us.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[2111USMC]

In

[PROCON]

Woo-Hoo Ma thanks for tonight’s Canteen!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Please note: The author of tonight’s Road Trip is laurenmarlowe.
She is at work.

~ Road Trip: Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado ~

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[luvie]

Thanks for another great road trip, Galz!

[SandRat]

Never been there.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Still melting?

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

((((HUGS))))

I am in for the night, but back in action!

[yarddog]

I have never heard of that AFB. Sort of odd especially since it appears to be an important one. Colonel Leslie O. Scott, CO of the 208th ECB, along with a Sergeant and First Lieutenant at Utah Beach, Normandy, France in June 1944.

[The Mayor]

As long as we can get past tomorrow, it looks like early Spring just may be here. 40’s for the next 10 days.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Marine...((HUGS))...is spring coming?

We are above freezing each day now, but still in the teens at night.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hiya, Pro...((HUGS))...did you have a good day? How is your weather?

We are seeing signs of spring.

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

Brad Fletcher - To All Our Mothers Children

Due South - The Good Guys

Perry Nunley - When Freedom Rings

FReeper musical artists. Let me know if you have a submission.

[2111USMC]

Yeah, our temps dropped again too. Supposed to be getting a little snow here tonight. High of 28 tomorrow.

At least all of the ice has melted away. 1 or 2 more weeks and we ought to be out of the woods.

[Kathy in Alaska]

United States Marine Corps Band ~ National Anthem

[Kathy in Alaska]

Kate Smith ~ God Bless America

[Kathy in Alaska]

In first....The Mayor grabs the gold!!

[yarddog]

I have posted this picture before but it goes with the first one which shows the beginning of the 208th in Continental Europe and this shows Colonel Scott ending the 208th in Berlin 1945.