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  • Wing wins Outstanding Unit Award

    Gen, C. Robert Kehler, commander, U.S. Air Force Space Command, recently signed certificates honoring the 45th Space Wing as one of four units to earn the prestigious Air Force Space Command Outstanding Unit Award for 2008.Also earning the distinction are Headquarters, 14th Air Force, Vandenberg Air

  • WIng member wins coveted award

    If you ever want to know what it feels like to be recognized as being in the top one percent, all you have to do is ask Chris Malbon of Detachment 3, 45th Operations Group. Chris recently received a surprise visit from NASA Astronaut Navy Capt. Kay Hire. She made a special trip from Johnson Space

  • Separated, but keeping it all together

    It happens every month. But it just so happens in months like this one, the dinners and get-togethers take on a little more meaning. But just a little bit more. Because being apart from loved ones can hurt any time of year.At least that is the opinion of Lil Cassidy, director, Airman & Family

  • Local recruiters among top in Air Force

    Fourteen Air Force recruiters were named tops in their field for 2008 by Air Force Recruiting Service officials here this month.Two of them are Master Sgt Michael Kovach and Staff Sgt. Alpha Tyler of the 333rd Recruiting Squadron based in Melbourne."Sergeant Tyler was also our top squadron recruiter

  • Elite basketball team practices at Patrick

    The elite All-Armed Forces Women's basketball team, equal to a semi-pro team, arrived here May 5.The team came to practice and get ready to face teams from across the country in the Open AAU National Women's Basketball Championships which start today in Cocoa Beach.Since they arrived, the team has

  • There’s a brand new Chief in town

    Command Chief Master Sgt. Larry Malcom, who recently assumed the senior enlisted advisor duties here at the 45th Space Wing, said he has lived with and been guided through his entire 22-plus-year Air Force career by one single word. And that word is passion.And responsibility. And dedication. And

  • 45th Medical Group wins multiple awards

    The 45th Medical Group has won the following 2008 Air Force Space Command Medical Service Awards:Outstanding Small Dental ClinicOutstanding Diagnostic Imaging Team (Category 2-Medium)Outstanding Clinical Optimization TeamTeam Aerospace AwardOutstanding Health Promotion Program (Large Base)The