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  • Air Force conducts mass enlistment with rocket backdrop

    Forty Air Force recruits got their first glimpse at active duty Feb. 4, when they were sworn into the Delayed Entry Program at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.45th Space Wing Commander Brig. Gen. Edward L. Bolton Jr. led the oath in front of a Delta IV rocket being readied for launch from Pad

  • Guardian Challenge season begins now

    Every two years Air Force Space Command hosts Guardian Challenge, the premier space and cyberspace competition in the world."I'm excited about Guardian Challenge this year," said Gen. C. Robert Kehler, AFSPC commander. "The GC season is a prime opportunity for the best of the best in Air Force Space

  • Best thing about new CDC: Everything!

         It's been a long time coming, but it was well worth the wait. At least that was the sentiment summed up by everyone as the brand new, state-of-the-art Child Development Center held its official ribbon-cutting ceremony here Tuesday, with Brig. General Edward L. Bolton, Jr., commander, 45th Space

  • Best gift is one of health and fitness

         Be careful. Be very careful. A warning accompanies Patrick Air Force Base Fitness Center's newest exercise class, Zumba. It reads: "This class and its international music may cause a severe urge to dance along with an extreme sense of happiness." The wildly popular class is not the only

  • Going Down! Selected Central Housing units targeted for demolition

         Recently, the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment authorized Hunt Pinnacle Communities LLC to move forward with the demolition of 68 old units in Central Housing.     With this authorization, Hunt Pinnacle began mobilizing, and buildings on Blue Sky Lane have started coming

  • Car Wash Grand Opening

         Col. Charles Beck, commander, 45th Mission Support Group, presided over the grand opening of the new Base Car Wash at a ribbon cutting ceremony last Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 2 p.m.     The totally new touch-free car washing system ­ a G5 LaserWash, is made possible by a $154,000 Air Force Space

  • Capt. Gray earns Florida space award

    Capt. Kathryn Gray, a former member of the 45th Space Wing, was honored Tuesday afternoon as the 2009 Florida National Defense Space Award winner by the National Space Club of Florida in a ceremony attended by hundreds at the Radisson Resort at the Port, Cape Canaveral."The NSC is proud to recognize

  • Officials launch new Air Force community Web site

    Air Force officials have launched a new Web site to meet social and informational needs of Airmen, civilians, retirees and their families.The entire Air Force family: all Airmen, married and single; spouses; children; Air Force civilians; and retirees are invited to log on to

  • 45th Space Wing Launches Atlas V Lifting Intelsat-14

    The 45th Space Wing launched successfully an Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle carrying the Intelsat-14 commercial communications satellite at 1:55 a.m. (EST)  today from Space Launch Complex 41.The United Launch Alliance-built rocket also hosted a payload for the Internet Router in Space

  • Rise of the Cyber Wingman

    Every day, malicious code, worms, botnets and hooks attack Air Force computers hardware, software and the Internet. They infiltrate classified information and compromise national security. In response, the Air Force is stepping up its mission to defend cyberspace.Cyberspace adversaries attack