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  • Celebrate Independence safely

    As always at the 45th Space Wing, safety is a critical priority. General Shelton's holiday message above reemphasizes this message. However you choose to celebrate the Fourth, Lisa and I simply ask you to do it safely. Added cautions this year are severe drought conditions and firework bans. Like

  • Let's repeat mishap-free Fourth

    We celebrate the birth of our great nation in many ways. Some of us travel to spend some time away from home, while others stay home and enjoy the holiday around the house. Regardless of how you choose to celebrate this Fourth of July, know this: you are an important element of the talented,

  • Attitude (with a capital A)

    What's faster than a speeding Atlas? More powerful than a Falcon 9? Able to leap over desks to take down an unbadged intruder in a single bound? It's a bird, it's a plane, it's former 45th Launch Group Commander, Col. (Ret.) Scott Henderson. Well, that's exactly what Colonel Henderson did while

  • Spring cleaning, summer fun, safety first!

    Before we discuss some of the many improvements happening at our base, we want to talk a little bit about safety. Tuesday marked the first day of summer. While we all look forward to this season for its recreation and vacation opportunities, it's important that we don't become complacent at work or

  • Get Out to the Cape!

    Looking back over my career, I have few regrets. Included in those few are not taking the opportunity to visit significant places during past assignments. That said, I've been surprised by the number of 45th Space Wing folks who've revealed they've worked at Patrick for (sometimes, many) years, and

  • So Long Sharks

    As Antoinette and I prepare to depart the Space Coast, it's time to reflect on the relationshipswe've built and what the wing has accomplished and experienced during the past two years. We have thoroughly enjoyed our second tour here, and that has everything to do with the great people of this wing

  • Pink and Blue are My Favorite Colors

         Those that know me well can easily attest that pink is my trademark--from pink pens, pink flamingos, and pink outfits, I can't deny that I love the color pink. However, I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the Air Force blue that has run through my veins over the last twenty-two years of

  • Old Glory: Wherever we are; it's standing guard

    Old Glory. The Stars and Stripes. The Red, White and Blue.Whatever name you want to call it, we all know the chills we get when we see it waving in the wind, whether it's over Memorial Plaza, over the center field wall at a baseball park, atop the stand at an Olympic medal presentation -- or - more

  • Memorial Day: A time to 'reconnect'

    As we all know, many of us will be honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice by attending one of the many Memorial Day activities Monday that will be held here on the Space Coast and throughout the nation.And that's certainly what we should be doing. It's the least we can do.But fewer and fewer

  • Change What?

    From fatigues to BDUs to ABUs. From Air Force Regulations to Air Force Instructions. Today Strategic Air Command, tomorrow Air Combat Command, the next day Air Force Space Command, the next week brings about the birth of Global Strike Command. From Missile Wings to Space Wings and back to Missile



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  • Detachment 2 assumption of command

    Col Kevin Williams, 45th Mission Support group commander, presents Maj Adam Harris, 45th Detachment 2 commander, with the guidon during an assumption of command ceremony July 25th, 2017, on Ascension Island. Maj Harris has previously served under the Wing's Detachment 3 as the Orion Flight Division

  • Reaching common goals

    Col. Z. Walter Jackim, 45th Space Wing vice commander, speaks to audience members of the Brevard County School board members, superintendent including directors, principals and assistant principals during the BC Public Schools Leadership Summit Speaker event July 18, 2017, in Palm Bay, Fla. Jackim

  • Lab tech draws CPI to reduce steps, improve processes

    When a self-proclaimed “passionate for process improvement” NCO found the class he needed to innovatively improve his section, he ended up impacting the entire medical clinic at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Tech. Sgt. Joshua Soper, 45th Medical Support Squadron lab technician, said the 45th Space

  • South gate temporarily closed for improvements

    The Patrick Air Force Base south gate will be closed for improvements from 10 p.m. on Friday, July 14, 2017 to 6 a.m. on Monday, July 17, 2017. The east gate will be open 24 hours and golfers with passes will have authorized entry. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Phil Sunkel)

  • 45th MDSS change of command

    Col. Julie Stola, 45th Space Wing Medical Group commander, presents Lt. Col. Tara Lovell, 45th Medical Support Squadron commander, with the 45th MDSS guidon during a change of command ceremony July 10, 2017, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Changes of command are a military tradition representing the

  • 45th Space Wing cuts into a new era of space exploration

    Col. Burton Catledge, 45th Operations Group commander and Lt. Col. Jason Havel, Detachment 3 commander, cut the ribbon to the recently renovated Human Spaceflight Support Operations Center (SOC), to symbolize America’s transition from a government operated space program to a blended mission with the

  • Zika Virus 2017, what you need to know

    As mosquito season ramps up this summer, we want to provide you with information to keep you and your family safe. Mosquitos have the ability to transmit the Zika virus and the following are the latest facts.  To date there have been no cases of local transmission of the Zika Virus in Brevard County

  • 33 Patrick-Cape members promote in July

    Congratulations to the following 33 Team Patrick-Cape members who are scheduled to promote in the month of July:AIRMAN 1st CLASS: Ram Y. Bansil, 45th Aerospace Medicine Squadron  Cole D. Maresca, Technical Support Squadron  Ramon J. Thomas, 45th Comptroller Squadron  SENIOR AIRMAN:Steven R.

  • FTAC’s first ‘Airmanship 300’ course completed

    Fifteen Airmen who completed the first Airmanship 300 course pose for a photo June 30, 2017, at the First Term Airmen Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. The new course is a continuation of the training the Air Force military personnel received at Basic Military Training (Airman 100) and technical

 

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