Top athletes named at Sport Banquet

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

Truckload of toys

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

The best food in the Air Force

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

Exercise measures base capabilities

Exercise. Exercise. Exercise.That was pretty much the word of the week as the 45th Space Wing underwent a base-wide anti-terrorism exercise.From the placement of suspicious packages, to an unauthorized landing on the 45th's runway, to the taking of hostages, to the evacuation of buildings to the