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  • VITA open for business

    Volunteer Income Tax Assistance is available to help taxpayers prepare their 2014 Federal and State tax returns.For those Team Patrick-Cape members who need their taxes done, the tax office opened for business Feb. 2, and services are offered Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Patrick

  • 17 Patrick-Cape members to promote in February

    Congratulations to the following 17 Team Patrick-Cape members who are scheduled to promote in the month of February:SENIOR AIRMEN:Justine C. Colon, 45th Security Forces SquadronPaul D. Gingrich, 45th Contracting SquadronTommy J. Guess, 45th Operations Support SquadronChad A. Kelly, 45th Security

  • Broken Waterline on A1A

    Due to a broken waterline, minor flooding has caused Southbound A1A to be restricted to one lane north of the Pineda Causeway across from the Tides Consolidated Club.There is a possibility of minor delays so please  slow down and use caution in that area. The 45th Space Wing Civil Engineer Squadron

  • Local High School Students unveil Eastern Range Weather-Bot

    "PINK Team," a robotics team of students from Rockledge, Cocoa Beach, Viera and Space Coast high schools, demonstrate a robot designed to release weather balloons.The robot helps members of the 45th Weather Squadron release weather balloons without risking human life when lightning is too

  • Apollo 1 crew remembered, honored in annual memorial ceremony

    Three former space pioneers were honored during the 48th annual Apollo 1 Memorial Ceremony Jan. 27 at Launch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.The memorial honored crew members, Command Pilot Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Edward H. White II and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee, who were killed

  • 45th Space Wing recognizes Keith Houston as 2014 CivMil Member of the Year

    Commanders from the 45th Space Wing hosted local community leaders at the annual Commander's Civilian Military Community Relations Council Banquet, Jan. 24 at the Tides.During the Banquet, Keith Houston was named CivMil's 2014 Member of the Year.CivMil chairman Norm Wolfinger described Houston as

  • 45th SW launches 3rd Mobile User Objective System satellite

    The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing successfully launched the third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, for the U.S. Navy at 8:04 p.m. from Launch Complex 41 Jan. 20.The United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket flew in the 5-5-1 vehicle configuration with a

  • PAFB lieutenant named 2014 McCartney NDS award recipient

    The National Space Club Florida committee named a Flight Mission Lead from the 5th Space Launch Squadron at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as the 2014 Forrest S. McCartney National Defense Space Award Recipient on Jan. 13 at a ceremony in Cape Canaveral.First Lt. Joseph A. Chestnut, Jr. was

  • VITA offers free income tax return help; opens Feb. 2

    Tax season is here again.Volunteer Income Tax Assistance is available to help taxpayers prepare their 2014 Federal and State tax returns.For those Team Patrick-Cape members who need their taxes done, the tax office will be open for business beginning Feb. 2, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

  • 45th Space Wing supports 5th SpaceX launch for ISS resupply mission

    The 45th Space Wing supported Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) successful launch of their Falcon 9 Dragon spacecraft headed to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 here Jan. 10 4:47 a.m.The mission, designated SpaceX CRS-5, is the fifth of 12 SpaceX flights NASA

 

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