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  • 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

  • Space Fence Contract Awarded

    The Air Force awarded a $914,699,474 contract to Lockheed Martin on June 2, 2014 to develop a system that will track objects in Earth's orbit with far greater confidence and fidelity.The contract brings the program to final system development with the delivery of Space Fence Increment 1, or site 1,

  • Announcement: Cannon Fire

    Fort MacArthur's ceremonial cannons will be fired on Thursday, June 19, sometime between 10 and 11 a.m. This will occur during SMC's change of command ceremony. During the ceremony, Lt. Gen Samuel Greaves will assume command of SMC.

  • Torrance Honors Military with Annual Armed Forces Celebration

    In its 55th year, the Torrance Armed Forces Day celebration showcased and honored the U.S. military with exhibits and a parade. The event kicked off May 16 with exhibits at Del Amo Mall. The Space and Missile Systems Center and the Air Force were represented with booths highlighting the center's

  • GPS IIF-6 Successfully Launched from Cape Canaveral AFS

    The U. S. Air Force successfully launched the sixth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite carried aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV launch vehicle at 8:03 EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., May 16.The Boeing-built GPS IIF satellite joins the GPS constellation providing

  • GPS IIF-6 Launch Scrubbed, Rescheduled for Friday

    The launch of GPS IIF-6 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV was scrubbed today due to weather. It has been rescheduled for Friday, May 16. The launch window opens at 8:03 p.m. EDT. The forecast for May 16 shows a 90 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for the launch.

  • GPS IIF-6 Set to Launch

    Today's GPS IIF-6 launch window opens at 8:08 p.m. and stays open for 18 minutes. The satellite is the sixth in a series of next generation GPS satellites and will join a worldwide timing and navigation system utilizing 24 satellites in six different planes, with a minimum of four satellites per

 

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