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  • Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) Detachment 810

    Air Force Office of Special InvestigationsThe Air Force Office of Special Investigations has been the Air Force's major investigative service since Aug.1, 1948. The agency reports to the Inspector General, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. AFOSI provides professional investigative service to

  • Space Superiority Systems Directorate

    Mission The mission of the Space Superiority Systems Directorate is to develop, deliver, and sustain unrivaled space control capabilities to guarantee space superiority for our nation. Background The Space Superiority Systems Directorate at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., equips U.S. forces with

  • Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) System

    MISSIONThe Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system is a joint service satellite communications system providing survivable, global, secure, protected and jam-resistant communications for high-priority military ground, sea and air assets. AEHF also provides protected satellite communications

  • GPS Next Generation Operational Control Segment (OCX)

    MISSIONOCX is the command and control component of the next generation GPS. The GPS mission is to deliver sustained, reliable GPS capabilities to America’s warfighters, our allies and civil users.   BACKGROUNDThe current OCX contract was awarded in February 2010 to replace the current Operational

  • Defense Support Program (DSP) Satellites

     Mission The Defense Support Program (DSP) satellites provide early warning for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) and tactical launches. This once classified satellite was first launched in 1970 and became the first of 23 to be launched over the next 37 years. DSP satellites use infrared

  • Launch and Test Range System

    The Launch and Test Range System (LTRS) is managed by the Spacelift Range System Division within the Launch and Range Systems Directorate of the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. LTRS consists of ground-based command destruct, communications, data handling, flight safety,

  • Military & Family Life Consultants

    Need To Talk?Military & Family Life Consultants are here to listen. MFLCs are available to help service members, spouses, family members and children.The staff addresses:· Deployment/reintegration issues · Marriage and relationship issues · Parenting/sibling and family issues · Communication

  • Airmen & Family Readiness Programs to Help Deployed Airmen and Their Families

    We offer a variety of programs and services that help alleviate some of the stresses caused by family separation. Our programs range from communicating with your spouse to providing activity books for children that help them understand why Mom or Dad had to go away for a little while. In addition to

  • Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

    Mission The DMSP mission is to collect and disseminate global, high-resolution visible & thermal cloud cover imagery, and other critical air, land, sea, and space environment data to Department of Defense (DoD) forces and the intelligence community (IC).  DMSP data is also furnished to the civilian

  • Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) Mission Control Station (MCS)

    (formerly SBIRS MCS)SPACE BASED INFRARED SYSTEMS (SBIRS) MISSION CONTROL STATION (MCS) The Air Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) Mission Control Station (MCS) at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo. represents a transformational step in the evolution of the nation's space-based infrared