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  • SMC assists with L.A. veterans' stand down

    Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition defines stand-down as either a noun or transitive verb to denote a state of rest or ease after a state of alert or readiness. For three days in December, just before the holidays, the pace of events in downtown Los Angeles were anything but

  • New SBIRS ground system celebrates two major milestones

    Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center announced the completion of two major milestones in the development and fielding of its new Space-based Infrared System ground system.For the first time the new system, dubbed Block 10 Increment 2, simultaneously commanded the full missile

  • Juno PTV successfully launched for Missile Defense Test

    The U.S. Air Force's Rocket Systems Launch Program and its mission partners successfully completed the fourth launch of a Patriot Test Vehicle today from the U.S. Army's Fort Wingate near Gallup, New Mexico. The rocket serves as an intercept target for the U.S. Army Lower Tier Project Office Patriot

  • Air Force twins receive French Legion of Honor for WWII service

    Seventy-one years after their service in the U.S. Army Air Forces, identical twin brothers -- retired Air Force Reserve Majs. Raymond "Glenn" Clanin and Russell "Lynn" Clanin -- received  the French government's highest distinction as World War II veterans, The Legion of Honor medal.During an

  • 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

 

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