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  • New Services card opens door to worlds of fun

    Our Services Division is truly at your service! They've started a can't miss promotion with a new Services Advantage Card for you and your families that can pump up the fun quotient and enhance your quality of life...while literally saving you money, too. This program is just one of the many ways we

  • The Kitty Hawk of the Space Age

    Sharks, the milestones just keep coming! Last September, our Air Force celebrated its 60th year of existence. Earlier this week, Bettye Krieter of our Human Space Flight Support Office marked her 60th year of government service. Next week, on Jan. 31 we will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the

  • Investing today to ensure tomorrow

    The budget is going to get bigger next year. Start making plans on how we'll spend the windfall. Well, not exactly...instead, it looks as if we are once again heading into an extremely challenging year as we try to maintain America's edge while fulfilling the Air Force's top priorities: fighting and

  • Sharks, I am asking because I care

    I directed our 45th Space Wing Equal Opportunity office to conduct a wing-wide climate assessment schedule to start Jan 29. I know we are inundated with surveys and often the time committed to completing a survey is not rewarded. However, I want to assure you that I am determined to address the

  • Knockin' the ball out of the park every day (part 3)

    As the Mission Support Group's Detachment 1 commander at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Col. Mark Bontrager asked me to take some time to brag about the huge effort that goes into keeping the Cape running - ensuring our Nation's access to space. Every day, thousands of people ensure that the

  • Setting goals or making resolutions?

    Did you make New Year's resolutions for 2008? Are you still on track? If you are, you are better off than most people who make a resolution. If you've already broken your resolution don't lose hope. There are many reasons behind failed resolutions. Most people claim that a lack of discipline, time

  • Sharks:welcome to 2008

    Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope all of you had an enjoyable, fulfilling and safe holiday season. I need to emphasize up front how pleased I am that everyone returned back to duty safely. It's good to be able to unwind a bit, especially after the rapid ops tempo we've been spinning at around

  • What a year it's been for the Sharks

    This is the 50th and final edition of the Missileer for this year. It's hard to believe we have just about put 2007 behind us. Wrapping up a year puts me in a reflective mood, makes me think of the importance of ensuring the safe return from the holidays of all our Airmen, and also inspires me to

  • Have fun, but be safe out there

    Once again the holiday season is upon us - how quickly time flies by! Like me, I'm sure the majority of you are looking forward to spending time with relatives and friends, enjoying delicious meals, and altogether having a joyous time. However, along with all the joy and happiness that comes with

  • No one's as agile as a Shark

    We got 'er done! The 45th Space Wing Sharks and our mission partners made history this week, for the first time reconfiguring our Eastern Range between two major space launch operations in less than 36 hours -- a process that normally takes at least two full days.When NASA postponed its STS-122



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  • 45th SW hosts ESGR civic leaders

    Members of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve stand at Launch Complex 34, the Apollo 1 Memorial at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, during a tour, Nov. 12, 2015. ESGR has served our country for more than 40 years, fostering a culture in which all employers support and value the

  • 23 Patrick-Cape members promote in November

    Congratulations to the following 23 Patrick-Cape members who are projected to promote in the month of November:SENIOR AIRMAN:Jake E. Flores, 45th Civil Engineer Squadron Thomas E. Stinson Jr., Air Force Technical Applications Center James H. Teat, 45th CESCarl R. Zahn, 45th CES STAFF

  • 45th Space Wing supports Air Force GPS IIF-11 launch aboard an Atlas V

    The 45th Space Wing supported the U.S. Air Force's eleventh launch of Boeing-built Global Positioning System IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41, here Oct. 31 at 12:13 p.m. EDT."As the nation's premier gateway to space, we are proud to be part of the

  • DEOMI visit

    Brig. Gen. Wayne R. Monteith, 45th Space Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Jason A. Lamoureux, 45th Space Wing command chief, visited with Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, the 45th Space Wing's mission partners, Oct. 21, 2015. They received a firsthand look at the training,

  • Operation Homefront Seeks Military Child of the Year Nominations

    Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit organization, is accepting nominations for the 2016 Military Child of the Year awards.Operation Homefront leads more than 2,500 volunteers with nationwide presence who provide emergency and other financial assistance to the families of service members and

  • Former NASA astronaut to visit PAFB chapel

    Team Patrick-Cape is invited to attend a presentation and meet-and-greet of former NASA astronaut retired Capt. Winston E. Scott, U.S. Navy, at the South Patrick AFB Protestant Chapel Children's Church, Oct. 25, at the 11 a.m. service.Both of the Patrick AFB Protestant Children's Church services, 9

  • Honor Flight takes Space Coast's war veterans to DC

    Members of the 45th Space Wing and its mission partners, Junior Enlisted Officer Corp cadets, and other supporters of local military veterans gathered at Wickham Senior Center in Melbourne, Fla., at 2:30 a.m. to honor World War II, Vietnam and Korean War veterans Oct. 17, 2015.The Space Coast Honor

  • Exceptional Airman promotes early

    It was a typical Friday physical training formation when the 45th Civil Engineer Squadron commander called Airman 1st Class Jake Flores to the front and asked him to do the push-ups he skipped during the last session. Flores did not recall skipping any push-ups during the last formation but began

  • Last of the dozen GPS IIF satellites arrive at CCAFS for processing

    The last Air Force GPS IIF in a block of 12 satellites was delivered to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, from Boeing's manufacturing facility in El Segundo, California Oct. 8 via a C-17 Globemaster III.A crowd from the government and industry partnership, who will complete the satellite's

 

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