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  • SMC Commander Attends AFA Event, Meets WWII Pilot

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Sam Greaves, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center chats with U.S Army Air Corps Lt. Col. (Ret.) Robert L. Hecker during a function hosted by the Air Force Association's Bernard Schriever Chapter 147 at Los Angeles Air Force Base on October 3, 2014.  Lt. Col.

  • Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency Visits SMC

    Mr. David Madden, Executive Director, Space and Missile Systems Center hosts Dr. Naoki Okumura, president of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, along with other members of a JAXA delegation during their visit to Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif., on October 2, 2014. The JAXA

  • SBIRS GEO-4 Payload Delivery

    A Space Based Infrared System payload was delivered by Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Sunnyvale, Calif., Sept. 30. It is the third payload delivered on the SBIRS Follow-on Production contract in 15 months. The payload will be integrated with a SBIRS

  • 2014 POW/MIA 24-Hour Torch Relay and Overnight Vigil

    The Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., held its annual POW/MIA 24 hour Torch Relay, starting with a ceremony at the San Pedro Coast Guard Station, Sept. 18, 2014, where Coast Guard members ran the first leg, followed by LAAFB, then the Army and Navy from the MEPS

  • Space Superiority Systems Directorate Celebrates 60th Anniversary Heritage

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. (Ret) Wilbert "Doug" Pearson, the only aviator ever to destroy a satellite using a weapon from the belly of an F-15, was the guest speaker at the Space Superiority Systems Directorate's 60th Heritage Anniversary event, held at the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los

  • Launch Systems Director Speaks at AIAA

    U.S. Air Force Col. William R. Hodgkiss, director of Launch Systems Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base, speaks about Responsive Space during the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Los Angeles-Las Vegas meeting at LAX Crowne Plaza Hotel Sept.

  • SMC's Remote Sensing Systems Directorate Change of Command

    During a ceremony officiated by Lt. Gen. Sam Greaves, Space and Missile Systems Center commander, Sept. 8 at Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, Calif., Col. Mike Guetlein took command of SMC's Remote Sensing Systems Directorate from Col. James Planeaux. Guests at the ceremony included family,

  • Air Force Revamps AEF

    The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a

  • Comprehensive Airman Fitness: A Lifestyle and Culture

    Comprehensive Airman Fitness is comprised of a multitude of targeted programs and activities as well as resiliency skills taught to enable Airmen to make sound choices.The program's goal is to build and sustain a thriving and resilient Air Force community that fosters mental, physical, social and

  • Call for Nominations: Portraits in Courage, Vol. IX

    Nominations are being accepted and reviewed for inclusion in Portraits in Courage, Vol. IX, now through Oct. 13."For seven years now Portraits in Courage has told Airmen's stories of courage, valor and heroism," said Lt. Col. Paul Baldwin, the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Engagement

 

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