Paramedics help Navy in daring rescue at sea

On Jan. 22, two fire services personnel from Space Gateway Support were dispatched to an emergency medical call for a Sailor with chest pains - a not-out-of-the-ordinary call. However, the challenge wasn't the nature of the call, it was the location.The patient, Chief Petty Officer Jeff Klimczek was

Cape designated historic site

Dozens of members of the team that launched America's first satellite from Cape Canaveral 50 years ago were on hand Jan. 31 to celebrate that anniversary. They also shared in the unveiling of a marker declaring Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as a National Historic Aerospace Site.Explorer 1 was

Training upgrades keep Airmen prepared

Dealing with the possible use of chemical or other non-conventional weapons is a fact of life for any Airman who deploys today.To meet this challenge, the Air Force recently implemented improvements to its Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-yield Explosive Defense training

Show your Services card and save

Interested in getting a free annual individual or family pool pass when the weather warms up? If so, just stop by the Outdoor Recreation Office, simply show them your Services Advantages Card and they'll be happy to hand you one. For free. No questions asked.In the mood to hit a bucket of range

Fantastic four remember Explorer 1/Jupiter-C launch on 50th Anniversary of vital mission

When George Bernard Shaw said, "Youth is wasted on the young...," he obviously hadn't met or envisioned twenty-somethings and thirty-somethings like Norm Perry, Terry Greenfield, Ike Rigell and John Meisenheimer. All four were youthful contributors to the dynamic launch team, which on Jan. 31, 1958

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