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Feb. 18, 2014
SBIRS Unveils Next-Generation Operations Trainer

The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Block 10 Unit Qualification Trainer (UQT) was recently unveiled at the 460th Space Wing in Aurora, Colo., and marks a significant milestone in the SBIRS program. The UQT will be used to train the SBIRS operators for the next 20 to 30 years. The SBIRS program
Feb. 14, 2014
TRICARE Service Center Closure

Walk-in service at the TRICARE Service Center, currently located in building 272 on base, will no longer be available as of April 1, 2014.This change does not affect any TRICARE benefits or health care services, nor Centers in all overseas areas because those are unique.Instead, same services are
Feb. 14, 2014
Experienced Airmen Wanted: Continue Your career in the Reserve

Force management programs will push thousands of active-duty Airmen out of their jobs, but opportunities exist in the Air Force Reserve for Airmen who don't want to hang-up their uniforms for good."Force management will cost many Airmen their jobs, but not necessarily their careers," said Col. Steve
Feb. 5, 2014
Military Health System Leadership Message - 100 Days of the Defense Health Agency and Reform

We are 100 days into a multi-year period of significant change in how we manage and lead the Military Health System. We want to acknowledge the important changes that have already occurred, outline the major activities in the coming year that will demand our continued attention and discipline, and
Feb. 5, 2014
Air Force Medical Service 2013 Annual Award Winners Announced

It is with great pride that the Surgeon General's Medical Force Development Directorate announces the winners of the Air Force Medical Service Annual Award competition. The competition included individual and team awards, based on criteria outlined in AFI 36-2856, Medical Service Awards. The winners
Jan. 22, 2014
Satellite Battery Modification Expected to Add 27 More Years of Life to GPS IIR/IIR-M Fleet

Since October 2012, U.S. Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has been analyzing, characterizing, testing and implementing modified battery charge control rates across the GPS IIR/IIR-M fleet. This fleet of 19 satellites comprises more than half of the Global Positioning
Jan. 17, 2014
SMC's Directorate Wins Command's Award

The Space and Missile Systems Center's Space Logistics Directorate (SMC/SL) was recently named the U.S. Air Force Space Command's 2013 Maintenance Effectiveness Award winner in the Depot Maintenance category. "SMC/SL won this honor by accomplishing superior communications and electronics depot
Jan. 14, 2014
20th Anniversary of Initial Operational Capability of the GPS Constellation

The Global Positioning System (GPS) Directorate celebrated the 20thAnniversary of achieving Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for GPS Dec. 82013. In 1973, the Navstar Global Positioning System Joint Program Office(JPO), headed by then-Colonel Bradford Parkinson, developed the GPSarchitecture and
Dec. 20, 2013
SBIRS GEO-3 Payload Delivered

The missile warning sensor for the third Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS)Geosynchronous Orbiting (GEO) satellite completed final acceptance testing and was shipped to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) in Sunnyvale, Calif., forfinal integration Dec. 18, 2013. This follows closely on
Dec. 12, 2013
SMC Releases WGS-5 Satellite to Operational Constellation

The Space and Missile Systems Center recommended to HQ Air Force Space Command the release of WGS-5 communications satellite to the operational constellation. This significant achievement reflects the successful collaboration between numerous organizations including the Space and Missile Systems

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