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

Maj. Gen. Robert McMurry, SMC vice commander, addresses the audience during the the National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at the Space and Missile Systems Center's Schriever Space Complex flagpole at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Corrice)

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

Maj. Gen. Robert McMurry, SMC vice commander, addresses the audience during the the National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at the Space and Missile Systems Center's Schriever Space Complex flagpole at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Corrice)

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

The POW/MIA torch relay team renders honors during the National Anthem at the start of the National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at the Space and Missile Systems Center's Schriever Space Complex flagpole at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Corrice)

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

A commemorative POW/MIA wreath stands in repose awaiting the start of the National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the Space and Missile Systems Center's Schriever Space Complex flagpole at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Corrice)

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

Dawn breaks over the Space and Missile Systems Center's Schriever Space Complex at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. Sept. 18 as the POW/MIA torch relay team gets in its few remaining hours on the running track. Running until 9 a.m. to mark the conclusion of the 24-hour event, each runner executed the same mission – ensuring the torch remained lit to represent the nation’s resolve; moving it ever forward to show the promise to those missing warriors and their families.(U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Spellman)

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

Nearing Midnight, the POW/MIA torch relay team continues its trek around the Schriever Space Complex at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. Until Friday morning at 9 a.m. to mark the conclusion of the 24-hour event, each runner executed the same mission – ensuring the torch remained lit to represent the nation’s resolve; moving it ever forward to show the promise to those missing warriors and their families.(U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Spellman)

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

Honored guest and retired Air Force Col. Ken Hughey, an F-4 Phantom pilot shot down over North Vietnam in July 1967 and held as a POW until his release in 1973, joined the POW/MIA torch relay team late Thursday evening for a commemorative loop around the Schriever Space Complex at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Spellman)

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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

Guest speaker and retired Army 1st Lt. George Gentry, a Vietnam veteran, addresses the Warriors of the Mess during the Space and Missile Systems Center Dining Out held at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. Gentry singled out and expressed his thanks and admiration to members of the Air Force Medical Service responsible for stabilizing him and performing an aeromedical evacuation out of the theatre of conflict, thereby saving his life. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Corrice)

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SMC Combat Dining-Out

“CODE RED!” Mayhem and hilarity ensue as a mock firefight breaks out with members of the Global Positioning Directorate defending their tent during the Space and Missile Systems Center 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

In deference to severe drought conditions in California, NERF weaponry of various sizes, shapes, and firepower were creatively pressed into action in lieu of water guns or balloons for mock “Code Red” attacks on the encampment during the Space and Missile Systems Center Dining-Out at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Spellman)

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SMC Combat Dining-Out

“The Rocketeer” time-warps in from the 1940s to help defend the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle tent during a mock “Code Red” firefight at the SMC Dining Out at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Spellman)

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

As the sun sets in the West with 54 miles behind them, the POW/MIA torch relay team arrives on the grounds of the Space and Missile Systems Center's Schriever Space Complex at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. Another 100 miles will be pounded out overnight on the running track as each runner executed the same mission – ensuring the torch remained lit to represent the nation’s resolve; moving it ever forward to show the promise to those missing warriors and their families. (Courtesy photo/James R. Gill)

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“Happy 68th Birthday, U.S. Air Force!” from SMC

Mr. Cory Etchberger, son of Medal of Honor recipient Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger, reflects on the sacrifice of people like his father who have made U.S. Air Force what it is today during a celebration of the Air Force’s 68th Birthday Sept. 18 in the Schriever Space Complex's Gordon Conference Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Van De Ha)

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“Happy 68th Birthday, U.S. Air Force!” from SMC

With an image of his father, Medal of Honor recipient Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger in the background, Mr. Cory Etchberger reflects on the sacrifice of people who have made U.S. Air Force what it is today during a celebration of the Air Force’s 68th Birthday Sept. 18 in the Schriever Space Complex's Gordon Conference Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Van De Ha)

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“Happy 68th Birthday, U.S. Air Force!” from SMC

Mr. Cory Etchberger, son of Medal of Honor recipient Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger, addresses the audience inside the Schriever Space Complex's Gordon Conference Center during a celebration of the Air Force's 68th Birthday Sept. 18 at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Van De Ha)

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“Happy 68th Birthday, U.S. Air Force!” from SMC

Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center and Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space, addresses the audience inside the Schriever Space Complex's Gordon Conference Center during a celebration of the Air Force's 68th Birthday Sept. 18 at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Van De Ha)

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“Happy Birthday, U.S. Air Force!” from SMC

Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, SMC commander and Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space, addresses the audience inside the Schriever Space Complex's Gordon Conference Center during a celebration of the Air Force's 68th Birthday Sept. 18 at the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Van De Ha)

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“Happy 68th Birthday, U.S. Air Force!” from SMC

A book detailing the life of Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger, recipient of the Medal of Honor on display inside the Schriever Space Complex's Gordon Conference Center in celebration of the Air Force's 68th Birthday Sept. 18 at the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Van De Ha)

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“Happy 68th Birthday, U.S. Air Force!” from SMC

A ceremonial cake prepares to be cut to celebrate the Air Force's 68th Birthday Sept. 18 in the Schriever Space Complex's Gordon Conference Center at the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Van De Ha)

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