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  • Air Force Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload Mission Completed

    Following 27 months of successful operation, during which all mission objectives were met, the Space and Missile Systems Center decommissioned the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP), Dec. 6. The CHIRP sensor, designed and built by Leidos (formerly Science Applications International

  • SMC Commander Presents County's Veteran of the Year Award

    Paul Cohen (middle), 2013 Los Angeles County's Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Veteran of the Year, receives the award Nov. 15 during a ceremony at the UCLA-Washington football game halftime show. Presenting the award were (from left to right): Brig. Gen. (ret.) Ruth A. Wong, Los Angeles

  • SBIRS GEO-2 Achieves AFSPC Operational Acceptance

    The U.S. Air Force announced Nov. 25 that the second Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (GEO-2) has achieved Air Force Space Command Operational Acceptance. GEO-2 is part of the constellation that provides continuous missile warning for the U.S. and its allies.The SBIRS

  • SMC Unit, Individual Named Best in AFSPC

    An SMC individual and unit have been the named the best of the best within Air Force Space Command. Both winners will go on to represent the command at the Air Force-level.Robert Reynado from the 61st Force Support Squadron was named AFSPC's Section Chief of the Year. He was cited for his management

  • LAAFB Commissary Holiday Hours Announced

    Los Angeles Air Force Base Commissary's holiday hours have been announced. Except for the hours listed below, the commissary will be open regular hours.Holiday hours of operation are: Thursday and Friday, Nov 28 and Nov. 29 - CLOSEDMonday, Dec. 23 - OPEN 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 24 - OPEN 10

  • Small Satellites on a BIG Mission: Air Force Launches High-Tech NanoSats

    In its 60 year history, the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center has successfully launched some of the largest and most sophisticated satellites ever created. On Nov. 19 at 8:15 p.m. EST, SMC charted a new trajectory by launching two small satellites into orbit from Wallops Island, Va., on the

  • ORS-3 and STPSat-3 Successfully Launched

    The U.S. Air Force's Operationally Responsive Space Office and Space Test Program satellites successfully launched at 8:15 p.m. EST, Nov. 19. The satellites were carried aboard an Orbital Space Sciences Minotaur I Vehicle, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Flight Facility, Va.

  • OSI activates Office of Procurement Fraud

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations activated its first ever Office of Procurement Fraud today at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., and included a ribbon cutting ceremony as part of the occasion.With the creation of this new office, OSI will more effectively be able to

  • World War II Veteran Presented Prisoner of War Medal

    Col. Scott W. Beidleman, director, Space and Missile SystemsCenter, Development Planning Directorate, at Los Angeles Air Force Base,Calif., presides over a Prisoner of War Medal presentation, Oct 25, 2013.The POW Medal was presented to WW II Army Air Corps SSgt. Charles Brudo atthe request of USAF

  • Air Force Set to Launch ORS-3/STPSat-3 Aboard Minotaur I

    The U.S. Air Force's Operationally Responsive Space Office and the Space Test Program ORS-3 and STPSat-3 are ready for launch aboard an Orbital Sciences Corp. Minotaur l launch vehicle on Nov. 19 from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Flight Facility, Va. The STPSat-3 satellite will

 

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