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  • Our mission? Mission support

    As Chuck Milam, Air Force Space Command Director of Services said recently, "Shut down the Child Development Center and see what happens to mission." I'd like to take that concept a little further... what would happen to our mission if we shut down Security Forces or Civil Engineering capabilities?

  • Meeting ‘special needs’ of mission success

    Unless you are an active duty member with a special needs family member, you are probably not aware of the Air Force's Special Needs program and what it can do for you. The USAF Special Needs program is used to identify and track active duty families with special medical needs and ensure those needs

  • Making our workplace safer

    Let me begin here the same way I ended up our commander's call Wednesday afternoon. And that's by thanking you once again for everything you do around here. There are few things - if any - that give me more pleasure than to publicly recognize some of the super-star award-winners we have. You make us

  • The awards just keep coming to the Sharks…

    This week I had the distinct pleasure of handing out a special award to the senior management of our Patrick AFB commissary - the Defense Commissary Agency East 'Superstore' Award for Best Commissary! This came as no real surprise - because this entire installation has benefited from the special

  • Teamwork: the important role each of us plays in our mission

    The apostle Paul made the analogy that people are like the parts of a body, designed for different functions and assigned unique tasks. When each part of the body functions as it is designed, the whole body performs a greater task that none of its members could ever accomplish individually.

  • Take time to take care of yourself

    A few weeks ago I used this space to write a column entitled "Taking care of our people." But as vital as it is to take care of our people, I want this week to ask each and every one of you to do something equally as important: take care of yourself.And I specifically ask you that you do this in

  • Strike a balance; get out and get a life

    We've all seen it ... the coworker who always seems overloaded or the boss who is at work until all hours of the night.You know the one ... they can't get to the unit workout due to the critically important task they are working for the boss. No time to have lunch with the troops - too busy. They

  • The end is only the beginning

    Remember that new computer, new car or new camera you recently researched, anguished over and finally bought last weekend? More than likely, it's probably out-of-date by the time you're reading this. Obviously, I'm exaggerating a little, but not as much as some of us would like to think.The

  • Transformation can be an opportunity

    For our service, which was born of a revolution in technology and doctrine, transformation is fundamental to who and what we are. Transformational change is coming to the way supplies and services are acquired at the installation level in our Air Force through an initiative called "Installation

  • You can't find all the answers in a manual

    Whether you're buying a brand-new car, an upgraded computer system or a high-tech toy for a three-year-old child, you're almost always guaranteed to get a very thorough owner's manual and operating instructions explaining - often in painstaking detail - the proper use, care and warnings associated



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  • 45th Space Wing successfully launches Falcon 9 SES-9

    The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing supported the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of the SES-9 communications satellite March 4, 2016, at 6:35 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 40 here.SES-9 was built by Boeing Satellite Systems and is designed to operate for 15 years in geosynchronous orbit. The satellite

  • SAF-AA visits Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

    Patricia J. Zarodkiewicz, Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, visited and met with several members of the 45th Space Wing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Feb. 24-25, 2016. Zarodkiewicz was introduced to the mission and toured facilities, received mission briefings

  • Airmen look ahead after historic GPS satellite mission

    Capt. Trung Nguyen was born the year the first of the latest series of GPS satellites was blasted into space.Twenty seven years later, the Airman helped process the final GPS IIF satellite, worth about $131 million, before it was launched on an Atlas V rocket in early February."All your work leads

  • Bleeding for a cause

    More than 38 blood donations were collected from Airmen and civilians during a blood drive, nearly doubling the original projected number of 17, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. March 1, 2016. OneBlood, the collecting agency, distributes nearly one million units of blood and provides blood for

  • 30 Patrick-Cape promote in March

    Congratulations to the following 30 service members who are projected to promote in the month of March:SENIOR AIRMAN:Steven G. Goebel, 45th Civil Engineer SquadronTravis S. Henderson, 45th CESShayne P. Herndon, Cyber Caps SquadronBianca C. Hilgersgallagher, 45th CESCody D. Mclaughlin, 45

  • Falcon 9 launch attempt aborts prior to liftoff

    A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SES-9 payload was aborted at Space Launch Complex 40 prior to liftoff at 7:21 p.m. EST.  Following the abort, the launch then officially scrubbed at 7:34 p.m. EST and the range will begin evaluating new launch dates from the customer no earlier than 48 hours from Feb.

  • Patrick AFB Honor Guard performs at Daytona 500

    Members of the Patrick Air Force Base Honor Guard Team in Florida were proud to provide support during the Daytona 500, Feb. 21, 2016 at Daytona Beach, Fla. The mission of the Patrick AFB Honor Guard is to represent Airmen to the American public and to ensure a legacy of Airmen who: promote the

  • Riverside Dining Facility competes for Hennessy Award

    The 45th Space Wing welcomes the U.S. Air Force Hennessy Team Feb. 11, 2016, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., as part of an Air Force Hennessy evaluation. The team is evaluating the Riverside Dining Facility staff and facility's food operations, as the team competes for the Hennessy Award.The

  • 45th SW supports Air Force GPS IIF-12 launch aboard an Atlas V

    The 45th Space Wing supported the U.S. Air Force's twelfth launch of a Boeing-built Global Positioning System IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41 here Feb. 5 at 8:38 a.m. EST."Today's launch marks a momentous milestone in the history of the Global

 

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