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SMC honors POW/MIA; marks Air Force’s 68th Birthday with 24-hour torch relay

Col. Gerard Gleckel, Jr., deputy director of SMC’s Global Positioning Directorate at Los Angeles AFB in El Segundo, addresses audience at the POW/MIA torch relay ceremony Sept. 17 as Cmdr. Jose A. Pena, right, commanding officer of U.S. Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach and Lt. Lori Tillman, department head of the Health, Safety and Work-Life Service Center listen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Juarez)

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SMC honors POW/MIA with 24 hr torch relay

Col. Gerard Gleckel, Jr., deputy director of Space and Missile Systems Center’s Global Positioning Directorate at Los Angeles AFB in El Segundo, and Cmdr. Jose A. Pena, commanding officer of U.S. Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach help light ceremonial torch held by Capt. Zachary Peters, SMC cost analyst with the Global Positioning System space segment, and lead project officer for the POW/MIA torch relay. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Juarez)

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SMC: Building the future of military space

The Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. is Air Force Space Command's center of acquisition excellence for acquiring and developing military space systems. As the only active duty military installation in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, its portfolio includes the Global Positioning System, military satellite communications, defense meteorological satellites, space launch and range systems, satellite control networks, space based infrared systems and space situational awareness capabilities. (U.S. Air Force illustration)

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SMC: Building the future of military space

A galaxy of stars, current and past, stand in front of the Schriever Memorial and Wall of Honor after a dedication ceremony Nov. 15, 2007. Included in this group portrait, left to right: Brig. Gen. Bradley, Maj. Gen. Cooper, Brig. Gen. King, Lt. Gen. Henry,Ukn, Maj. Gen. Funk, Maj. Gen. Sega, Lt. Gen. Pawlikowski, Maj. Gen. Tourino, Gen. Kehler, Gen. Kutyna, Lt. Gen. Barry, Gen. Randolph, Lt. Gen. Hamel, Maj. Gen. Deppe, Brig. Gen. Kwiatkowski, Brig. Gen. Dudzik, Brig. Gen. Coglitore, Maj. Gen. Clark, Lt. Gen. Arnold, Maj. Gen. Taverney, Brig. Gen. Schlitt, Maj. Gen. Hard, Lt. Gen. Sheridan, Lt. Gen. Tattini .(U.S. Air Force photo)

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SMC: Building the future of military space

Maj. Gen. Michael Hamel, commander of Space and Missile Systems Center, presides over the dedication ceremony for the Schriever Space Complex transferring SMC’s headquarters from Area A to its new location on the northwest corner, former Area B of Los Angeles Air Force Base on Apr. 24, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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SMC: Building the future of military space

From left to right: Lt Col. Aaron Bridgewater, 61st Air Base Group Redevelopment Office; Col. Robert Worley, Air Force Space Command Director of Mission Support; Lt. Col Lee MacArthur, Air Base Group deputy commander; the Honorable Nelson Gibbs, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Logistics; the Honorable Jane Harman, Congresswoman from California’s 36th District; Lt. Gen. Brian Arnold, Space and Missile Systems Center commander from 25 May 2001 to 20 May 2005; Congresswoman Maxine Waters, California’s 35th District; Sandra Jacobs, El Segundo Mayor pro tem; the Honorable Larry Guidi, Mayor of Hawthorne; Charlie McPhee and Jeff Dritley from the Kearny Real Estate Corp team give the thumbs-up sign at the Systems Acquisition Management Support groundbreaking event held at Los Angeles AFB on Nov. 21, 2003. The SAMS Complex took 865,000 square feet of facilities and buildings occupied in the former Area A & Annex C (Hawthorne) and replaced them with a consolidated area for Los Angeles AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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SMC: Building the future of military space

General Lester L. Lyles, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, hands SMC's flag to Lt. Gen. Roger G. DeKok, vice commander of Air Force Space Command, during ceremonies observing SMC's transfer from AFMC to AFSPC in July 1992. Lt. Gen. Brian A. Arnold, commander of SMC, stand at right. Both Lyles and DeKok were former commanders of SMC. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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SMC: Building the future of military space

The Thor-Agena monument stands in front of Bldg. 105, headquarters of Space Systems Division in Area A of Los Angeles Air Force Station in February 1967. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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SMC: Building the future of military space

General Bernard A. Schriever, commander of Air Force Systems Command, addresses an assembled crowd in the Area A mall during the dedication of Los Angeles Air Force Station on July 10, 1964. Standing directly behind Gen. Schriever is Maj. Gen. Ben I.Funk, commander of Space Systems Division. Col. Roy Russell, commander of Los Angeles AFS, stands on the far right by the Air Force Honor Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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SMC: Building the future of military space

President John F. Kennedy presents Maj. Gen. Ben I. Funk with NASA's Space Achievement Award in a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House in 1963 as Mercury astronaut and Air Force Maj. Gordon Cooper, left, and vice president Lyndon B. Johnson, right, look on. Also recognizable in the photo are Mercury astronaut and Air Force Maj. Donald K. Deke Slayton, directly above Cooper, NASA Administrator James Webb, behind and to the left of Gen. Funk, and Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, behind and to the right of Gen. Funk. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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SMC: Building the future of military space

President Dwight D. Eisenhower visits the Eastern Test Range at Cape Canaveral, Fla. in 1960 as the Atlas D29 is being prepared for launch of MIDAS 1, part of the Weapon System 117L. The MIDAS program aimed at developing a satellite that would carry an infrared sensor to detect hostile ICBM launches. Although the first MIDAS satellite failed to achieve orbit in February 1960, a MIDAS satellite under a subsequent test program AFP461 was successfully launched on May 9, 1963. It operated long enough to detect nine missile launches, thereby contributing to the series of test flights which served to demonstrate the system's increasing reliability and longevity. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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SMC: Building the future of military space

Then-Maj..Gen. Bernard Schriever presides over the new Western Development Division facility on Arbor Vitae Blvd. in Inglewood, Calif. in 1956. Dr. Simon Ramo of the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation is to Gen. Schriever's left. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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SMC: Building the future of military space

Then-Brig. Gen. Bernard Schriever address a session of the Von Neumann Committee at the Western Development Division's Arbor Vitae Complex in Inglewood, Calif. in the fall of 1955. The Committee had been reconstituted as the Atlas Scientific Advisory Committee. Facing Gen. Schriever in the front row (left to right) are George McRae of Sandia Corporation, aviation legend Charles Lindbergh, Gen. Thomas Power, commander of the Air Research and Development Command, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Trevor Gardner, Committee Chairman John von Neumann, Col. Harold Norton, H. Guyford Stever of MIT and Clark Millikan of Caltech (U.S. Air Force photo)

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SMC; Building the future of military space

The roots of the Space and Missile Systems Center and Los Angeles Air Force Base date back to June 1954 at a former catholic church and parish schoolhouse on East Manchester Blvd. in Inglewood, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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SMC Dining-Out

It’s a race to the finish line as Staff Sgt. Bonnie Gheen battles Chief Master Sgt. Craig Hall, Space and Missile Systems Center command chief through an obstacle course during the SMC Dining-Out held at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Corrice)

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SMC Dining-Out

Senior Master Sgt. Steven Shulski, Space and Missile Systems Center 1st Sergeant draws a bead on an opponent during a mock Code Red firefight during the SMC Dining-Out held at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Corrice)

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SMC Dining-Out

A “Warrior of the Mess” makes a big splash after breaking the rules of engagements and compelled to complete an obstacle course during the Space and Missile Systems Center Combat Dining Out held at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Corrice)

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SMC Combat Dining-Out

Led by Col. Douglas Pentecost, center, chief of Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Systems Division of Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Systems Directorate, members from SMC and the 61st Air Base Group prepare to “charge” the grog bowl during the SMC Combat Dining-Out held at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Corrice)

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SMC Combat Dining-Out

The Space and Missile Systems Center's Air Force Honor Guard perform a presentation of the colors during the official opening of the SMC Combat Dining-Out at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Corrice)

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SMC Combat Dining-Out

A Table of Honor, recognizing service members missing in action from past conflicts is on display during the Space and Missile Systems Center Combat Dining-Out held at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Corrice)

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