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  • SMC plays the field in Pop Warner regional semifinals

    Having to project his hoarse voice in the chilly night air while competing with the noise on the open field, the Air Force officer emphasized the importance of each individuals' mission. As he went over the battle lines on the grid, he explained to his troops the strategic and tactical goals that

  • Air Force Awards NROL-52 and NROL-71 Launch Services Contract

    The U. S. Air Force awarded launch services contracts for the National Reconnaissance Office's NROL- 52 and NROL- 71 missions to United Launch Alliance on the existing Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Phase 1 Block Buy contract on Nov. 12.  The Phase 1 Block Buy contract with ULA garnered $4.4

  • SMC prepares students for STEM careers

    Space and Missile Systems Center volunteers eagerly awaited the more than 10,000 students and families who attended the annual College and Career Convention Oct. 28-29, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Launching rockets into space would not have been possible without a skilled and creative STEM

  • KUDOS: Military children experience deployment operations

    More than 150 military, DoD and contractor's children and teens experienced first-hand what their military parent's experience when deployed during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event, Oct. 24, at the Ft. MacArthur parade grounds in San Pedro, Calif.The annual event is hosted by the

  • SMC celebrates Defense Support Program's 45th anniversary

    The Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base celebrated the 45th anniversary of the launch of the first Defense Support Program satellite today. It was the beginning of a satellite constellation that has provided early missile warning to our nation's leaders and warfighters for

  • Los Angeles AFB launches "Thanks for Asking" campaign

    To raise awareness about the issue that affects all ages, genders, races, ethnicities and socioeconomic statuses, the 61st Medical Squadron's Family Advocacy Program launched a "Thanks for Asking" campaign at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Oct. 21 as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Fourteen

  • AF releases first Booster Propulsion Technology Maturation BAA Award

    Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center released the first award notice on Nov. 4 under the Booster Propulsion Technology Maturation Broad Agency Announcement solicitation supporting technology maturation and risk reduction for rocket propulsion system development. This award is

  • ORS-4 Statement

    The ORS-4 mission on an experimental Super Strypi launch vehicle failed in mid-flight after liftoff at 5:45 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (7:45 p.m. PST/10:45 p.m. EST) today from the Pacific Missile Range Facility off Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii.Additional information will be released as it becomes

  • GPS IIF satellite successfully launched from Cape Canaveral

    The U.S. Air Force successfully launched its 11th and next-to-last Boeing-built Global Positioning System GPS IIF series satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 launch vehicle from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. at 12:13 p.m. EDT (9:13 a.m. PDT)."The

  • Air Force set to launch next-to-last GPS IIF satellite

    Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center and its mission partners are scheduled to launch the 11th Boeing-built Global Positioning System's GPS IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 launch vehicle Oct. 31 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force

 

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