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A C-130 Hercules from the 153d Airlift Wing,

45 more fire engines, C-130 Hercules sent to battle California wildfires

Fire and rescue lowering into a silo to rescue a trapped teen

Online schematics of Colorado’s abandoned missile silos are drawing trespassers

APTOPIX Congress COVID Relief Bill

Government and Politics

Congress approves annual defense policy bill with provisions that both please and disappoint Colorado’s delegation

A cadet walks on the grounds of the United States Air Force Academy

Air Force Academy sued over race-conscious admission practices

Gate 1 at the Fort Carson military base south of Colorado Springs.

Lima beans and toast: Fort Carson working to combat bad food at soldier dining facilities

Absentee ballots

Of Colorado’s millions of votes, a few are coming from very far away

By Kiara DeMare

Colonel James Harvey, 101, sits with a baseball cap that identifies his Tuskegee team as winners of the first-ever Top Gun completion in 1949.

‘Be kind to others and have a sense of humor:’ Life lessons from a 101-year-old Tuskegee fighter pilot

By Andrea Dukakis

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U.S. lags behind China and Russia in hypersonic weapons, Rep. Doug Lamborn says

An aerial view of lines of rectangular bunker structures with rounded rooflines that appear to be old. There also appears to be foundations or something similar in between some of the bunkers as if buildings might have been removed.

The U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot closes after more than 80 years

By Shanna Lewis

An oblique aerial view of part of PuebloPlex showing a flat landscape with sparse green vegetation and several dozen long low industrial, warehouse and storage buildings lined up in rows along with a parking lot at the center of the image. More low buildings can be seen in the distance. Several roads lead into and through the area. The sky is blue with puffy white clouds.

US Army transfers first parcel of land at Pueblo Chemical Depot to PuebloPlex

By Shanna Lewis

U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran Robert Dalton holds his Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition

Colorado’s Vietnam veterans receive long overdue recognition in ceremony

Young soldier posed for portrait

Remains of previously unknown World War II soldier to be buried in Florence

By Asa Gartrell

Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center

Hundreds of surgeries canceled or rescheduled at Aurora VA hospital after equipment problem. Patients continue to wait

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Helping veterans write the ‘Next Chapter’ of their lives

By Michelle P. Fulcher

Expect traffic as Kamala Harris gives the Air Force Academy graduation speech Thursday

By Colorado Public Radio Staff

Centennial High School in Pueblo. Jan. 26, 2024.

Many southern Colorado students don’t have access to computer science classes, one Pueblo JROTC leader is trying to change that

By Jenny Brundin

Douglas County High School backtracks, moves graduation from Air Force Academy after worries over undocumented students

By Jenny Brundin

From AI to drone swarms, here’s some of what Air Force Academy Cadets will study in new Cyber Innovation Center

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