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Thursday, August 3, 2017
Vol. 61 No. 31
Clear opens its doors for Alaskan Natives By Senior Master Sgt. Paul Mann 168th Wing
CLEAR AIR FORCE STATION, Alaska — The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines neighbors as one living or located near another, as in next-door neighbors or friends and neighbors, but does not define the distance. Separated by only 24 miles, Clear Air Force Station and Nenana, Alaska, are neighbors spending time getting reacquainted. Clear AFS, Alaska, home to the 168th Wing’s, 213th Space Warning Squadron and the 13th Space Warning Squadron, whose parent unit is the 21st Space Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., plays a role in relationship building between the U.S. government and Alaska Native tribal governments, which is why Clear leadership invited the Nenana Native Council out to the base earlier this month. “Tribal relations are part of the Air Force’s responsibilities, and as Guardsmen we are uniquely suited to support this responsibility,” said Lt. Col. John Oberst, 213th SWS commander. Clear and the NNC have had a formal relationship for almost ten years, but the base and Alaska Natives have been neighbors for almost 60 years. Leadership has changed several times in the past ten years, so the meeting held on July 12th reestablished the formal relationship and allowed Clear’s newest leaders to meet their Nenana counterparts. “We are doing these meetings all across the See Alaskan Natives page 6
(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Paul Mann/Released)
CLEAR AIR FORCE STATION, Alaska — Pamela Miller, Cultural Resources Media Manager for the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Peterson AFB, Colorado, listens as Jessica Shaw from the Nenana Native Council, Nenana, Alaska, shares some of the possible cultural and community activities that the two governments could participate in together, during a tribal relations meeting at Clear Air Force Station, Alaska, July 12, 2017. Miller and several other members of the AFCEC, along with personnel from Clear and members of NNC, held the meeting and had lunch together at the interior-Alaska base to help reestablish relations between the neighboring communities.
Air Force Civil Engineer Center releases site inspection fieldwork findings By Staff Sgt. Tiffany Lundberg 21st Space Wing Public Affairs
(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany Lundberg)
FOUNTAIN, Colo. — Col. Todd Moore, 21st Space Wing commander, answers Colorado Springs community members’ questions during an open house at Janitell Junior High School, July 25, 2017, Fountain, Colo. The open house was one of several AFCEC and 21st SW community engagements discussing the site inspection report released earlier that day covering an update on the perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid contamination. They also met with key state and federal members during a closeddoor meeting followed with a media roundtable and the open house.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Members from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center and 21st Space Wing leadership held a media roundtable and open house at Janitell Junior High School, July 25, 2017, at Fountain, Colorado. AFCEC released the site inspection report on suspected perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) releases earlier that day. The site inspection report is part of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act process. Following the release, three members of AFCEC, Col. Todd Moore, 21st Space Wing commander, and Lt. Col. Landon Phillips, 21st Civic Engineer Squadron,
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met with the Colorado Springs community to personally answer questions through various forums. The leaders held a closed-door meeting with county commissioners, City of Fountain leaders, U.S. House of Representative Doug Lamborn staffers, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner staffers, public health representatives and other key stakeholders for a candid question and answer session. The closed door meeting was followed by a media roundtable and an open house for the community. Moore, who took command of the 21st SW on July 11, led the media roundtable on what the Air Force and Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, have done since the Environmental Protection Agency See Findings page 8
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