60 years.... and counting

The U.S. Air Force was less than a year old. Gas cost 26 cents a gallon. Minimum wage was a whopping forty cents per hour. It cost three pennies to mail a letter.World War II was a three-year-look-back in the rear-view window, Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier the year before, Ed

Last GPS IIR-M satellites being readied for launch

Last Thursday, the second to last Global Positioning System block IIR-M satellites to be launched arrived at Cape Canaveral AFS.GPS satellite IIR-M20 is one of two currently being processed for launch by the 45th Launch Support Squadron.The satellites travel on a C-17 aircraft the 1,000 miles from

Luncheon speaker recalls civil rights era

The 45th Space Wing honored the work and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tuesday with a luncheon at The Tides.1st Lt. Janice Davis from the 45th Medical Group served as master of ceremonies. "Dr. King would have been 79 years old this year. We commemorate the timeless values he taught us

Punching in Monday morning

Upcoming launch year to be a blast

With scheduled missions to the sun and the moon and the inaugural launches of Falcon 9 vehicles from Cape Canaveral AFS, 2008 looks to be an exciting year of Eastern Range operations. Although a fluid document that's always subject to change, the Eastern Range manifest is currently loaded with about

1st Sergeants Association donates armfuls of joy

1st SLS home of workhorse Delta II

Tech Sgt. Will McCormick of the 1st Space Launch Squadron is a veteran 35 launches. When he became a member of the 45th Space Wing, the current Atlas V and Delta IV vehicles weren't operational. "We had the Titan IV and Delta II. I was selected for the Delta II program," he said.On launch day he

NSPS pay pools in process of reconciliation

Patrick's National Security Personnel Service (NSPS) pay pool panels are in the process of reconciliation, and those employees under the new pay system can expect to receive their appraisals in the first few weeks of the new year, according to Darlene Berger, the 45th Space Wing's program

Atlas V launch scores major milestones

Shortly after the Atlas V rumbled off the pad late Monday afternoon, Maj. Dewitt Morgan "high-fived" Rick Day in the Morrell Operations Center's mission control room and said, "Great launch! Way to turn the Range."The two members of the 1st Range Operations Squadron were in celebratory moods as the

AFTAC holds annual Pearl Harbor Memorial Ceremony

The Air Force Technical Applications Center held its 13th Annual Pearl Harbor Memorial Ceremony Dec. 7, to honor Pearl Harbor survivors.The ceremony featured AFTAC troops in formation, AFTAC members of the Patrick Air Force Base Honor Guard, and Florida Air Academy's Junior ROTC color guard and