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Thursday, January 19, 2012  Authorities at Buckley Air Force Base say they believe a 19-year-old man did not pose a serious threat when he crashed his car at a military base near Denver.

Friday, July 23, 2010  A search team has found two empty fuel tanks that were jettisoned from an F-16 jet fighter during an in-flight emergency over Colorado.

Friday, July 23, 2010  Authorities are searching for two fuel tanks released from an F-16 fighter jet over Elbert County. The jet dropped the external tanks in an unpopulated area Thursday during an unspecified in-flight emergency.

Monday, April 26, 2010  Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met Monday with members of the Colorado National Guard, which includes a squadron of F-16s already past their expected life span.

Monday, April 19, 2010  Aircraft will be flying between Buckley Air Force Base, the Front Range Airport in Watkins, the Rocky Mountain Metro Airport in Broomfield and the Greeley Airport.

Friday, October 09, 2009  A defense bill nearing passage in Congress includes $381 million for construction at Fort Carson and $92.5 million for a project to destroy mustard agent at the Pueblo Chemical Weapons Depot.

Monday, August 31, 2009  The base in Aurora already has installed two small solar-power arrays and has improved energy efficiency. Now Buckley Air Force Air Base/460th Space Wing plans the addition of solar panels that will cover six acres and generate up to 1.2 megawatts of electricity.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009  Dr. Britt Buckley's giving back, making a huge difference and changing lives. Now he's giving away six free LASIK treatments to first-responders who enter the drawing.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009  The Aviation Task Force responds to chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological emergencies or explosions caused by natural disasters, accidents or terrorist attacks.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009  The jets from the 140th Wing took off at about 1 a.m. Tuesday for the first leg of the trip, a 10-hour flight to Spain. Total flying time to Iraq is about 20 hours.

Friday, March 13, 2009  David Charles Barton was indicted Wednesday and arrested Friday.