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CFC Kicks Off 50 Years of Giving by Lea Johnson 21St Space Wing Public Affairs Staff Writer COMMANDER’S CORNER: OCTOBER SKY - PAGE 3 Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Thursday, October 6, 2011 Vol. 55 No. 40 CFC kicks off 50 years of giving By Lea Johnson 21st Space Wing Public Affairs staff writer PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The 50th annual Combined Federal Campaign for the Pikes Peak Region and Team Pete kicks off Oct. 7 and has some big goals to meet. “We’re trying to raise $315,000. That puts us at approximately a 30 percent participation rate,” said Lt. Col. John Duda, 21st Space Wing Safety Office and CFC representative. The goal was established using a complicated formula that takes into account one hour of pay per pay period for every federal em- ployee based on their wage scale. “Our potential to give was much higher than that, over $1 million. I have no doubt in my mind that because of the quality of people that we have here, we’re going to blow that goal away,” Duda said. Last year, Peterson AFB exceeded their $322,000 goal by $7,000. “Federal employees, because we get paid on a biweekly cycle, we’re ideal candidates to sustain a lot of these charities,” Duda said. To jump start the campaign and provide more information about See CFC page 6 Holiday morale drive The 21st Force Support Squadron morale com- mittee is holding a “Thank You Troops” box drive Thanksgiving for those who will not be home for the holidays. Items that can be shipped in the morale shoe boxes include zip lock baggies, plastic spoons, batteries, small package of baby wipes, hand sani- tizers, travel size body wash, instant coffee and creamer, powdered drinks, tuna kits, (pop-top cans) ravioli, vegetables and fruit, ramen noodles, instant oatmeal, granola bars, beef jerky, pop-tarts, juice boxes, candy, peanuts, individual packages of crackers, playing cards, travel size board games, tooth brushes, tooth paste, dental floss, disposable razors, combs, hair brushes, foot powder, shaving cream, magazines (in-country appropriate), cross- word or Sudoku puzzles, books and personalized “thank-you for your service” notes or cards. All items must be in sealed packaging. Please (U.S. Air Force photo/Craig Denton) wrap tops and bottoms of shoe boxes separately, with appropriate wrapping paper; plain brown 16th SPCS receives Pecqueur Award paper or holiday paper. Boxes must be received Lt. Cols. Roger Sherman (left), 16th Space Control Squadron commander, and Bob Claude (right), 380th SPCS by Nov. 11 to arrive in time for Thanksgiving. commander, accept the Chief Master Sergeant Robert G.V. Pecqueur Award Sept. 21 from Lt. Gen. Michael Basla Drop-off locations include the bowling center, (center), Air Force Space Command vice commander. The award recognizes the best space control squadron in golf course, child development center (main and Air Force Space Command. Airmen from the two squadrons deployed for a total of 3,285 days in direct support of annex), aero club, youth center, library, Buildings Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and New Dawn, providing critical defensive space control ability to 1, 845 or 350, or the Peterson Base Exchange. For information, contact Nancy Miller at the 21st FSS U.S. Central Command, and protected more than 300 high priority satellite communications links and thousands Morale Committee at 556-4525 or email nancy. of remotely piloted aircraft missions from interference, directly impacting combat operations in the theater. [email protected]. INSIDE News 1-8 Commentary 9 Events 10-11 Briefs 12 AFNet Safety Events Page 4 Page 8 Page 10 Space ObServer 2 Thursday, October 6, 2011 www.peterson.af.mil 15” Bleed EXPERIENCE ON A SCALE WITH GMD. Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) has over 180 uniquely configured and operational assets at 11 sites that stretch across 10 time zones. Since the start of the program, Boeing has worked side-by-side with the Missile Defense Agency on this complex and far-reaching program. 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Holly Hess Editorial Staff October Sky marked race for high ground Chief of Internal Information Mr. Steve Brady PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and Deputy Chief of Internal This weekend, I watched one of my favorite one which we intend to win, and the others, Information Col. Jennifer movies, “October Sky.” I thought it was ap- Moore too.” Dominating the high ground of space Senior Airman Jessica Hines propriate because the movie springboards off in the ‘60s meant dedicating our best ener- Staff Writer of one of the most significant dates in space gies, our concerted efforts and our collective Lea Johnson history — Oct. 4, 1957. 21st Operations imaginations to do something that had never You see, 54 years ago this past Tuesday, the been done before. Since then, our country has Published by Colorado Springs Military Newspapers Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world’s Group stayed true to the dream of space and people Group, 31 E. 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