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  • GPS IIF-6 Satellite Ready for Launch

    The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to launch the sixth Boeing built Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., May 15. The launch window opens at 8:08 p.m. EDT, and will remain open for 18

  • Paving Project Closes Quartermaster Road, May 13

    Quartermaster Rd. north of Meyler Road will be closed for pavement repairs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., May 13. Parking in the vicinity of the repaving work will be significantly impacted. The areas north of Bldg. 37, and along Quartermaster Ct and Quartermaster Rd will be no parking zones. See the map

  • Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 19 Launch

    The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the 19th Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft at 7:46 a.m. PDT, April 3, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The satellite was carried aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle.DMSP is the primary provider of terrestrial

  • Defense Meteorological Satellite Program 19 Encapsulation

    The U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and United Launch Alliance(ULA) team have successfully moved one step closer to the launching of the 19th Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) block 5D weather satellite. On March 14, engineers completed spacecraft encapsulation within

  • Medical Squadron holds Mock Code Blue exercise

    Medical personnel from the 61st Medical Squadron react to a Mock Code Blue exercise at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif., on March 6, 2014. Mock Code Blue exercises are held each quarter to ensure everyone in the medical squadron is prepared to respond to a cardiac arrest.

  • SpaceX Launch Counts Towards EELV Certification

    The Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center has determined that the Space Exploration Technologies Corporation's (SpaceX) Sept. 29, 2013 launch of its Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle will count toward SpaceX's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) certification. Under a

  • LAAFB Commissary to be Upgraded to Higher Store Category

    The Los Angeles Air Force Base commissary will be upgraded to a higher category store where more line items will be added to the product selection. The store will be closed Tuesday, March 18 while it undergoes a "reset" to accommodate the upgrade and as part of the Defense Commissary Agency's

  • GPS IIF-5 Successfully Launched from Cape Canaveral AFS

    The U. S. Air Force successfully launched the fifth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite carried aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV launch vehicle at 8:59 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Feb. 20.The Boeing-built GPS IIF satellite will join the GPS constellation

  • Launch Vehicle Ready to Launch GPS IIF-5

    A Delta IV rocket is ready for launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex-37 with the Air Force's Global Positioning System IIF-5 payload aboard. The 19-minute launch window is scheduled open up this evening at 8:40 p.m. EST. GPS IIF-5 is the fifth of 12 in a series of next

  • Meet SMC's Newest Command Chief Master Sergeant

    Chief Master Sergeant Angelica Johnson is the Space and Missiles Systems Center's new command chief master sergeant. She came to SMC after serving as the command chief master sergeant at Keesler AFB, Miss.Born in Colombia, her family moved to the United States when she was five years old. While

 

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