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  • Air Force extends SAPR services to AF civilians

    The Air Force released a policy memo today allowing Air Force civilian employees who are victims of sexual assault to file restricted and unrestricted reports with their installation's sexual assault response coordinator.The policy is effective immediately and allows SARCs and sexual assault

  • "Double McGuffin" pulled on SMC/ORS and SMC/AD leadership changes

    At the beginning of the 1979 film, The Double McGuffin starring Ernest Borgnine and George Kennedy, narrator Orson Welles informs the movie audience a McGuffin is an object that serves as the focal point of the plot in the thriller genre. This particular film had two such objects -- a suitcase of

  • SMC hosts SecAF, other leaders on transformational innovation

    Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center hosted the Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, along with other high-ranking officials Aug. 12 to a demonstration of transformational innovation.Through the use of plug-in electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and

  • AEHF Achieves Initial Operational Capability

    General John Hyten, Air Force Space Command commander, declared Initial Operational Capability for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency system on July 28.  This significant achievement reflects superb collaboration between numerous organizations, including Headquarters Air Force Space Command, the

  • Get the gift of gab: Become a public speaker for SMC

    Picture this: You walk up to the podium, you steady yourself, you open your mouth ... and then silence reigns. Has this happened to you?For many, speaking in public is their #1 Fear! Speaking in front of large crowds isn't easy. So, how do you prepare? One way to build leadership skills, boost

  • Seventh WGS Satellite Successfully Launched

    The U.S. Air Force has successfully launched the seventh Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. on July 23, at 8:07 p.m. EDT. Acquired for the Air Force by the Space and Missile Systems Center's Military

  • SMC goes "2-for-2" on weather delayed launch

    Five o'clock in the "City of Angels" typically signals the end of a hard work day. It's a time when most Los Angeles metropolitan area commuters pile on to the freeways and Metrorail system, returning to their homes during the long summer evening.However, about 25 dedicated Space and Missile Systems

  • WGS-7 satellite proceeding towards launch

    The U.S. Air Force has scheduled the launch of the seventh Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft aboard a Delta IV launch vehicle on July 22 from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.  This is the seventh launch for the WGS constellation and the fifth WGS launch on the Delta

  • SBIRS GEO-3 Satellite Delivered

    The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center announced the delivery of the third Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite into storage at the Lockheed Martin facility in Sunnyvale, Calif."This delivery represents a major milestone for the SBIRS program." said Lt. Gen.

 

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