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  • A Boeing Delta II lifts off at 8:52 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25 from Launch Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Payload for the mission was NASA's STEREO spacecraft, two NASA observatories on a two-year mission to study solar flares. The 45th Space Wing's support helped ensure public safety and mission success via radar, telemetry, communications and meteorological systems. (Boeing photo by Carleton Bailie)

    Delta II/STEREO launches from Cape Canaveral

    Two NASA observatories called "STEREO" blasted off from here Wednesday night, starting a two-year mission to study solar flares.A Delta II booster carried these spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 17B, lighting up Space Coast skies and the spirits of launch team members such as Capt. Chin Hiransonboom of the 1st Space Launch Squadron. She served
  • PATRICK AFB, Fla. -- Andre Johnson, 45th Space Wing Drug Demand Reduction Program manager, researches past Red Ribbon Week campaigns as he finalizes plans for the 2006 Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 23- 31. The theme is “United Against Drugs.” Mr. Johnson will speak with children at the Youth Center at Patrick AFB as well as two schools and a church. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Patrick Brown)

    Program manager to launch anti-drug campaign

    While the Global War on Terrorism rages on, Andre Johnson wages his own war - on drugs. Mr. Johnson, 45th Space Wing Drug Demand Reduction Program manager, plans to launch a counter-drug campaign Monday in coordination with Red Ribbon Week, Monday through Oct 31.The National Family Partnership initiated Red Ribbon Week in 1988 in honor of Drug

  • Deployed medics return to Patrick

    The 45th Medical Squadron recently welcomed seven members back from a four-month deployment to Iraq and Kuwait.Three of the individuals who recently returned are from the Preventive and Aerospace Medicine Team: Lt. Col. Miguel Medina, flight surgeon, Maj. William Jones, public health officer, and Capt. Michelle Waiters, chief bioenvironmental

  • Security officer completes 50 years on the job

    Working 50 years at the same job is more than enough time for retirement, but when Gary "Hogman" Johnson came to work Aug. 25, it was just another day on the job.At 11 a.m., he arrived at a supply building adjacent to the lighthouse at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for what he was told would be a "Pre-launch/Guardian Challenge
  • Tech. Sgt. Darryl Diggs, deployed from the 45th Security Forces Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base, is one of two NCOs at Balad Air Base who provide education services seven days per week. The two sergeants have proctored more than 1,000 exams. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Lisa Kostellic)

    Deployed Patrick NCO Proctors Over 1,000 Exams

    The education center staff recently administered its 1,000th test, helping Airmen achieve academic advancement on its way to surpassing the last deployment rotation's record of 1,406. Tech. Sgts. Tommy Reid and Darryl Diggs, 332nd Services Squadron Education Center, proctored 1,134 tests from May 9 to Aug. 4. "The goal," said Sergeant Reid,

  • Anthony Led The Way

    On Aug. 26, Women's Equality Day will mark the 86th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Also known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, this legislation granted women the right to vote and ended the long struggle by women seeking that right. Interestingly, near the end of the late 19th century

  • Drunk Driving Risk Not Worth the Cost

    With Labor Day fast approaching, many Airmen will be celebrating the close of another great summer on Florida's Space Coast. But with those festivities comes a responsibility to remain safe, especially with drinking and driving. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, of the 339 fatal accidents that occurred in 2004 on Labor Day, over 50

  • Shark of the Week: Staff Sgt. Michael Hughes

    Reason for nomination: "Staff Sgt. Hughes led the effort to replace a severely corroded support structure on Patrick AFB's TACAN, critical to safety of flight. This weeklong project involving several base agencies and a systems expert TDY from Colorado sprung numerous opportunities to excel on Sergeant Hughes. With personnel working long hours atop

  • 45th SW Identifies Personnel Reductions

    The 45th Space Wing identified and sent forward through 14th Air Force to Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) 22 government civilian positions proposed for elimination March 31, 2007. These reductions are part of an Air Force-wide civilian personnel reduction of approximately 2,000 civilian slots across the Air Force, as directed by the Office of the

  • 45th SW Top Space Launch Wing in AF

    Around 30 members of the 45th Space Wing and its supporters all jumped and cheered as if they were springloaded as Guardian Challenge judge Maj. Gen. Roger Burg announced the 45th SW winners of the 2006 Schriever Trophy during a spirited awards ceremony Aug. 24 at Peterson AFB, Colo. This is the second year in a row the Sharks have secured the
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