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  • 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

  • SMC Airman Named Top AFSPC Enlisted Aide

    Master Sergeant Jessie Gregorio has been named as the Air Force Space Command nominee for the Air Force's 2013 Senior Enlisted Aide of the Year. The award recognizes enlisted aides for performing their military duties in an exemplary manner, providing dedicated service to their general officer and

  • DoD Anti-Tobacco Video Contest Now Open For Public Voting

    The Air Force community is encouraged to kick off 2014 by voting for the best anti-tobacco video in the Department of Defense-sponsored Fight the Enemy contest which begins now until March 14, 2014 through online voting.Five finalists have been selected for public voting, including two Air Force

  • Electronic Cigarette Use Increasing Among Airmen

    Electronic cigarette use is becoming a popular alternative to traditional cigarettes, but the upward trend is becoming a concern for health care providers.The battery-operated products, known as e-cigarettes, are designed to deliver nicotine, flavor, and other chemicals as a vapor that is inhaled by

  • GPS IIF-5 Satellite Ready for Launch

    The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to launch the fifth Boeing built Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Feb. 20. The satellite, designated as space vehicle number 64, marks the first launch of

 

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