Author: Tom Roeder
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Generals put stars behind effort to keep Space Command in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Six months after the Trump administration spurned Colorado as the permanent home for U.S. Space Command, a campaign to reverse the decision to send it to Huntsville, Ala., continues to grow. The latest to lend their names to the effort are retired Air Force Gen.…
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Analysis: Celebrate Independence Day by saluting the queen’s Royal Navy | Tom Roeder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This Independence Day, give a special nod to an unlikely recipient: The queen and her Royal Navy. It’s true that we and Great Britain’s fleet weren’t that friendly in 1776. But in 2021, British sailors are putting their lives on the line beside U.S. allies…
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Analysis: Northern Command’s fight with COVID deserves a salute | Tom Roeder
U.S. Northern Command was built to take on big enemies: terrorist attacks, Russian bombers and North Korean missiles. It has proved itself adept at dealing with big nonmilitary problems from hurricanes to floods. But the Peterson Air Force Base command’s most protracted battle has come against the tiniest of foes, coronavirus. And after more than…
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Warning triggered hunt for Arvada gunman minutes before shooting
Minutes before he was gunned down by Ronald Troyke, Arvada policeman Gordon Beesley had been at the shooter’s apartment after a family report that the 59-year-old was “going to do something crazy,” investigators revealed. Arvada police say they received the warning from Troyke’s brother at 12:49 p.m. Monday, about 45 minutes before the incident that…
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Air Force Academy cadet dies in plane crash
An Air Force Academy cadet died Thursday in the crash of a small private plane west of Fort Worth, Texas. Both people aboard a small plane died when it went down in Johnson County, Texas, Thursday night, officials there said. The single-engine plane crashed near a highway south of Fort Worth. “The name of the…
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Colorado Springs weather: Storms could soak weekend plans
Colorado will get a break from 90-degree days, but it comes with rainstorms to soak picnic plans, forecasters predict. Friday, highs are expected to hang in the 70s in Colorado Springs and Denver, with rain and thunder rolling in by afternoon. The National Weather Service predicts storms to bring rain to much of the Front…
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Analysis: Military celebrates its liberating role in Juneteenth | Tom Roeder
Juneteenth, the newest national holiday proclaimed by President Joe Biden this month, has a special significance to people serving in uniform, no matter the color of their skin. While Black Americans now have a holiday that celebrates the final death of slavery, the military has a day to reflect on the soldiers and sailors who…
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Analysis: As Biden woos Europe, Pentagon keeps eye on China | Tom Roeder
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he has a plan to counter burgeoning Chinese power in Asia and beyond, and President Joe Biden is carrying out the biggest piece of that plan — in Europe. The key to Austin’s strategy is to use an American strength against China’s most exploitable weakness: America is good at…
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Colorado lawmakers woo VP Kamala Harris in bid to keep U.S. Space Command
Colorado lawmakers want to enlist the help of Vice President Kamala Harris in their bid to stop the move of U.S. Space Command. The state’s senators and members of Congress, with a single exception, signed off on a letter inviting Harris to Colorado Springs to see why the command, which oversees military missions in orbit,…
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Analysis: Pentagon seeks new ways to keep human control of robots | Tom Roeder
I had just landed at Balad, Iraq, in 2008 when I watched an MQ-9 “Reaper” drone taxi by. The pilotless plane had missiles hanging from its wings and was headed out to target America’s enemies. The only thing that made that situation less like the Terminator movies is I knew an Air Force officer in…