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  • Existing tools help users reduce PII breaches

    Members of 24th Air Force are refurbishing an old email tool to help Air Force users reduce breaches of personally identifiable information, or PII.The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool, or DSET, which currently prompts users to provide a digital signature when an email contains an active hyperlink

  • SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 Flights Deemed Successful

    The U.S. Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center declared both the Dec. 3, 2013 and Jan. 6, 2014 flights of the Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle will each count as a successful flight towards Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV)

  • Fort Mac Gate Closure Announced

    The City of Los Angeles will be paving Pacific Ave. between 30th St. and 15th St. on July 5 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. This will require a complete road closure of Pacific Ave. and the closure of Fort Mac's 24th St. gate. As a result of this project, the 30th St. gate will be open starting July 4 and

  • Local Students Team up with Air Force for Competition

    Students from five high schools around the South Bay and Los Angeles area participated in a payload competition held here, celebrating the Space and Missile Systems Center's60th Anniversary. In the three months leading up to the competition, Air Force mentors from SMC regularly visited the schools

  • Bike to Work Day in LA

    The 61st Civil Engineer and Logistics Squadron from Los Angeles Air Force Base sponsors Bike to Work Day in El Segundo, Calif., June 24, 2014. Bike to Work Day is an annual event held on various days in the Spring across the United States and Canada that promotes the bicycle as an option for

  • SBIRS GEO 5, 6 Contract Awarded

    The U.S. Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a $1.86 billion contract to Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif., for production of the fifth and sixth Space Based Infrared System geosynchronous missile-warning satellites. This contract award realized more

  • Space Pioneers Honored at Wall of Honor Unveiling Ceremony

    Dignitaries and former SMC commanders attended the unveiling of the Wall of Honor, which honors early space pioneers at a ceremony held at Los Angeles AFB June 19. The 2014 honorees include Karel Jan Bossart, Dr. Ivan Alexander Getting, Brig. Gen. (ret.) William King Jr., Col. (ret.) Frederic C.E.

  • Los Angeles Air Force Base Welcomes New Commander

    A change of command ceremony for the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center took place today at the Fort MacArthur parade ground in San Pedro, Calif. Lieutenant General Samuel Greaves assumes command from Lieutenant General Ellen Pawlikowski in a ceremony officiated by General William Shelton,

  • Base Reopened for Normal Operations

    Los Angeles Air Force Base has reopened. At 1:29 pm today LA AFB security received a report of suspicious activity on the base. The safety and security of our personnel is our top priority. Out of an abundance of caution, the base was placed on lock down in order to conduct a building-to-building

 

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