Colorado Springs Gazette

Colorado Springs area military events starting Sept. 13

Updated 2 months ago

EVENTS THROUGH SEPT. 30 Military Family Lifestyle Survey — Mount Carmel Veterans Service Center is partnering with the national nonprofit Blue Star Families to learn...

Air Force Academy goodie bags help deliver a warm welcome to new families

Updated 2 months ago

When James Woodhead arrived at the Air Force Academy for school in 1989, he came alone and waited by himself in a hotel for his...

Colorado Springs honors fallen firefighter who died from 9/11 toxic exposure

Updated 2 months ago

On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the Colorado Springs community honored a local firefighter who died last year from the toxic exposure he experienced while...

PHOTOS: Colorado Springs remembers Sept. 11 attacks

Updated 2 months ago

Trump signs executive order creating commission for military space academy

Updated 2 months ago

President Donald Trump on Friday said he will create a U.S. Space Academy that will be on par with West Point and the Air Force...

Aviation support battalion inactivates as part of Army restructuring effort

Updated 2 months ago

Fort Carson hosted an inactivation ceremony for the 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade at Butts Army Heliport on Wednesday. The event...

Emergency crews respond to military helicopter ‘incident’ in Gilpin County

Updated 2 months ago

GILPIN COUNTY — An Army Black Hawk helicopter was involved in an incident Tuesday morning in Gilpin County. According to the Gilpin County Sheriff’s Office,...

Operation Foster helps ensure troops can return home to their pets

Updated 2 months ago

As more troops have been sent overseas, more pets are in need of temporary care while they await their owner’s return home. Operation Foster, a...

Water main break damages Lindstrom Clinic; some services relocated or closed

Updated 3 months ago

The Lindstrom Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic was damaged after a water main break early last week, and it is relocating or temporarily shuttering some...

Team Rubicon volunteers help residents who lost homes during Aspen Acres fire

Updated 3 months ago

After the Aspen Acres fire charred more than 80,000 acres during its first week, Colorado Springs resident Dave Gendron with Team Rubicon started making phone...

Fifty years later, women reflect on first coed class at the Air Force Academy, struggle for equality

Updated 3 months ago

When the first female Air Force Academy cadets arrived 50 years ago this summer, they stood in front of an enormous sign on campus that...

Colorado Springs area military events starting Aug. 9

Updated 3 months ago

THROUGH SEPT. 7 The Money Museum Free Admission — to all active-duty military personnel, National Guard, Reserve members and their families, 818 N. Cascade Ave.;...