Many are the war birds that helped win World War II and the Korean War. They are fighters, bombers, helicopters, and training aircraft, restored by aviation buffs, and in some cases by the aviators who flew them. They will be on show May 18 and 19 at the old Colorado Springs airport. The attraction is [...]
Continue reading …Former Marine spy David Seamon believes U.S. military contractors should be further educated about the city’s sophisticated armed forces sites if they hope to attract additional high-technology companies catering to the military machine. As the new executive vice president for marketing for the Greater Colorado Springs Economic Development Corporation, Seamon is barely moved into his [...]
Continue reading …News from the Department of Defense that Peterson Air Force Base is the preferred location for the nation’s new Northern Command has city and county leaders launching a “community transition team” to assist military brass “with the inevitable needs that will arise as a result of this decision and those that may follow.” At a [...]
Continue reading …Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ended speculation where the new homeland defense command will likely be located when he selected Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs as a preferred alternative. The question now is when the commander, expected to be NORAD head General Ralph Eberhart, will be named. Announcing the selection Wednesday, Rumsfeld said [...]
Continue reading …Space may be the final frontier – at least for now, but military experts say one thing for sure is that it is the next frontier in the war on terrorism. Speaking at the 18th annual Space Symposium at the Broadmoor last week, military and civilian experts said satellite technology is so refined that in [...]
Continue reading …The Pikes Peak region’s economic development community anxiously awaits word on two important Federal buildings currently under consideration by the Congress and the Department of Defense. These include the Government Services Administration’s (GSA) search for a 21,000 square foot proposed Federal Consolidation office building to house a number of federal agencies, and the proposed 150,000 [...]
Continue reading …The importance of the National Space Symposium, held annually in Colorado Springs, has never been greater since the terrorist attacks on the United States last September. The symposium brings together military minds, defense scientists, and others interested in keeping the United States at the forefront in space science and in protecting the United States from [...]
Continue reading …Pork. Airports, highway projects, and other expensive projects lawmakers arrange for their constituency in exchange for votes, campaign dollars, and more. It’s what one might expect on the menu when a group of 50 business leaders takes a pay-your-own-way trip to Capitol Hill. But not so, said Bob Balink, the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce’s [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs officials work to protect city in state’s redistricting plan
September 14, 2001 Comments OffLocal officials are joining forces in an effort to present a cohesive redistricting plan to the state’s redistricting commission later this month. Last week, the El Paso County Commissioners were the latest group to unanimously endorse a resolution that would keep El Paso County as one voting district. As regulated by law, the U.S. Census [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs' five military installations integral to tracking terrorists
September 14, 2001 Comments Off“We let our guard down,” said Jeff Crank. “We have this Pollyanna attitude that nothing can happen to us. Now, we’re going to spend billions (of dollars) more because we didn’t spend it on the front end, and it cost us a lot of lives.” Crank, a former aide to District 5 State Senator Joel [...]
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