Sixth Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite Set to Launch

The Air Force has scheduled another launch to augment the Wideband Global SATCOM constellation, the nation's next-generation wideband satellite communications system.The satellite will launch aboard a Delta IV launch vehicle on Aug. 7 from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,

Defense Weather Satellite 19 Transported to Vandenberg for Launch Preparations

The U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman team successfully delivered the 19th Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), block 5D3, weather satellite to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., where it will be prepared for launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch

Base Reduces Landscape Watering to Save Costs

As a result of budget cuts,  Los Angeles AFB wil reduce the amount of landscape watering  on the main base and at Fort MacArthur to save money. Grass, shrubs and trees look may look distressed and in some cases turn brown. The Fort MacArthur housing areas will not be affected by this cutback

Air Force Medical Service Turns to Secure Messaging

Patients at Air Force medical treatment facilities will soon be able to communicate securely and privately with their health care teams anywhere and anytime due to the Air Force-wide expansion of secure messaging.Secure messaging will be available to patients through what is known as the MiCare

Sports Field and Basketball Court Closure

The Los Angeles Air Force Base intramural sports field and outdoor basketball court will be closed Friday, July 19, as preparations continue for the installation of light poles. Both facilities will be closed again from Friday, July 26, to Sunday, July 28, to install concrete footings and set the

Announcement: Cannon Fire

The ceremonial cannons will fire two volleys at approximately 2:30 p.m. during a Security Forces Squadron change of ceremony on Ft. MacArthur, July 12.

Shipment of Third AEHF Satellite Moves AF Closer to Launch

The Air Force and Lockheed Martin team successfully delivered the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency communication satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., where it will be prepared for launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle. AEHF-3 completed its

SMC Commander Receives Peter B. Teets Award

Lieutenant General Ellen Pawlikowski, Space and Missile Systems Center commander, is this year's recipient of the Peter B. Teets Award for exemplary government service. The award was presented by the National Defense Industrial Association at a dinner held in Chantilly Va., June 24.Named for Peter

SMC Celebrates Birthday

GPS Directorate Welcomes New Commander

Colonel William Cooley became director of the Space and Missile Systems Center's Global Positioning Systems Program Office in a change-of-leadership ceremony held here, June 13. The former director, Col. Bernard Gruber, who had been with the directorate since July 2010, retired from the Air Force