Brevard Remembers 9/11

Patrick Soccer Team Wins Prestigious Defender’s Cup

     Over Labor Day weekend the Patrick Air Force Base varsity soccer program became reigning champions of the prestigious Air Force soccer tournament known as the Defender's Cup.      The Defender's Cup is a joint annual soccer tournament where bases from all over the country compete for bragging

PAFB employee honored for 30 years of shuttle work

     James Smith was honored for a lifetime of work in a ceremony Aug. 30 at Patrick AFB.      Smith, known as "Grumpy," works as a civilian in the 45th Civil Engineer Squadron Structures Shop and as an Auxiliary Coast Guardsmen, ordering food and preparing meals for up to 135 station personnel and

Happy 64th Birthday, U.S. Air Force

Family Health Team wins best in Air Force award

A 45th Medical Group Family Health Team has won a best in the Air Force award.Each quarter the Air Force Medical Service recognizes its top medical facilities for execution of the military "Patient-Centered Medical Home" model.The patient-centered medical home is a nationwide initiative in providing

45th Space Wing Supports Successful GRAIL Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. - The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing provided flawless Eastern Range support of NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission here today at 9:08 a.m.Launched on board a United Launch Alliance Delta II from Space Launch Complex 17, the rocket

Financial services return to local centers

The processing of military pay transactions has returned to the base-level Finance Services Office at Patrick AFB from the Air Force Financial Service Center at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.Military pay processing at Patrick is part of an Air Forcewide shift to local centers beginning in August.

C-27A Air Advisor Flight Training takes place at Patrick AFB

Beginning in September, people will notice a new aircraft in the pattern over Patrick Air Force Base as the 45th Space Wing supports Air Education and Training Commandand its mission to help train and develop the Afghan national air force.Earlier this year, 45 SW teamed up with the Department of

Rescue Wing Airmen depart for Afghanistan

     Approximately a dozen Rescue Wing Reservists from the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing departed Sept. 1 from Patrick Air Force Base for duty in Afghanistan, where they will perform lifesaving missions.     "I'm proud of them and their ability to perform at the level they do," said Lt. Col.

Cotton: Stay sharp; Our mission demands it

Tuesday was a pretty good day for Brig. Gen. (Select) Anthony J. Cotton.At 8 a.m., he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. About thirty minutes later, he assumed command of the 45th Space Wing from outgoing commander, Brig. Gen. Ed Wilson in back-to-back ceremonies held here at the Base