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  • How Can You Prevent Stormwater Pollution?

    How Can You Prevent Stormwater Pollution?As Earth Day approaches, you may ask yourself what you can do to help. Since Patrick Air Force Base makes its home on the banks of the Banana River, those of us who live and work here can easily help prevent potential pollutants from reaching the river. Stormwater runoff is rainwater that does not seep into
  • Staff Sgt. Kyle Pethtel, 45th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, poses for a photo with Pieter, his military working dog, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., Nov. 26, 2019. Pethtel and Pieter have been a MWD team since July 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dalton Williams)

    Partners. Defenders. Airmen: A bond forged in 45th SFS

    There’s nothing moving in morning dark, only a stillness that’s interrupted by the odd buzz from the bugs under street lamps at the Military Working Dog Kennels. The silence is soon shattered as Staff Sgt. Kyle Pethtel, 45th Security Force Squadron MWD handler, whips into the parking lot and slams on his brakes under a street lamp. As he steps out
  • The 45th Medical Group held their Ready Eagle exercise 27-31 Jan., 2019, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. The medical group worked alongside the 45th Security Forces Squadron and the 45th Civil Engineer Squadron, which helped equip our team for the most accurate, timely and tactical response to home station medical hazards. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zoe Thacker)

    45th MDG holds Ready Eagle exercise

  • Maj. Christopher James, 45th Comptroller Squadron commander, pins the Bronze Star Medal on Master Sgt. Racquel Farquharson, 45th CPTS financial operations flight chief, January 10, 2020 at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Farquharson was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement during her deployment. (U.S. Air Force by Senior Airman Dalton Williams)

    45th CPTS Airman Awarded Bronze Star Medal

    Master Sgt. Racquel Farquharson, 45th Comptroller Squadron financial operations flight chief, was presented with the Bronze Star Medal, January 10, 2020, for meritorious achievement during her deployment.
  • The 45th Space Wing, the 45th Force Support Squadron and the Riverside Dining Facility Staff look forward to hosting the Hennessy Award evaluation team for the eighth consecutive year!

    45th FSS set to dish out another victory

    For professional hockey players, it is the Stanley Cup. For professional soccer players, it is the World Cup. For professional golfers, it is the Green Jacket. For food service professionals at the Riverside Dining Facility, it is the John L. Hennessy Trophy. For an unprecedented eighth consecutive year, the 45th Force Support Squadron is a top
  • Members of the 45th Operations Group, Detachment 3, participate in an exercise on Nov. 20, 2019, in the Support Operations Center at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Det 3 is the only unit within the Department of Defense tasked to support contingency operations during Commercial Crew Program rocket launches, and is preparing for the planned return of human spaceflight within the next few months. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joshua Conti)

    45th OG, Detachment 3; Making Sure an Astronaut’s Worst Day Isn’t Their Last Day

    Only months away from the first planned crewed space flight from the Space Coast since 2011, the 45th Operations Group, Detachment 3, is working hard to refine its command and control processes in the event they are needed to rescue our astronauts. Det 3 is the only unit within the Department of Defense tasked to support contingency operations
  • The Orbital ATK L-1011 Stargazer aircraft flies over the Atlantic Ocean carrying the Pegasus XL rocket with eight Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System spacecraft. The 45th Space Wing supported Orbital ATK’s successful rocket launch Dec. 15 at 8:37 a.m. from the L-1011 carrier aircraft which took off from the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. According to NASA, CYGNSS satellites will make frequent and accurate measurements of ocean surface winds throughout the life cycle of tropical storms and hurricanes. The data that CYGNSS provides will enable scientists to probe key air-sea interaction processes that take place near the core of storms, which are rapidly changing and play a crucial role in the beginning and intensification of hurricanes. (Courtesy photo by NASA/Lori Losey)

    Not your average rocket launch; 45th SW supports Pegasus ICON

    The 45th Space Wing supported the Pegasus ICON rocket launch on Nov. 7, 2018 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Skid Strip. Skid Strip? That’s quite different than a standard launch from the Cape – don’t rockets launch from pads? The skid strip, a smaller flight line on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, served as the acting “launch pad” for an
  • Staff Sgt. Randle Williams, military working dog handler, and military working dog Digo, show Cub Scouts some of what they train to do on Oct. 7, 2019, at Clubhouse Park in Viera, Fla. MWD handlers from the 45th Space Wing put on a K9 demonstration for a Cub Scout pack to showcase the skills, training and bond bewtween handler and military working dog. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maggie Nave)

    45th SFS MWD handlers give back to community through Cub Scout Outreach Program

    Kids begin thinking about ‘what they want to be when they grow up’ early in life. Some may say they want to become an astronaut, doctor, princess or firefighter –with so many options, it can be difficult to choose. But for a Cub Scout pack based in Viera, Fla., after a K-9 demonstration Oct. 7, 2019, from 45th Space Wing Defenders – their newest
  • The 45th Space Wing's Ascension Island Auxiliary Airfield looks quite similar to Mars, per5 it's physical characteristics. Food must be flown in because the topography of the island isn't able to grow food organically. However, a team from the 45th Mission Support Group's Detachment 2 has revamped the hydroponics lab so that fresh vegetables can be grown and consumed by the 700 inhabitants of the volcanic island. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cathy Little)

    Ascension Island's hydroponics lab is revitalizing life on the volcanic island

    Space has been the center of conversation in the news and entertainment. There was even a movie about future human inhabitance on Mars! But how would that happen? How would we be able to sustain growing food? Mars, a dry and dusty planet, would not be able to support human life organically. And just like the case would be on Mars, the food choices
  • Airman 1st Class Tyler Digby, 45th Security Forces Squadron, installation entry controller, poses for a photo on the beaches at Patrick AFB, Fla., August 7, 2019. Digby was recently awarded the Medal of Valor at the Melbourne Regional Chamber Valor Awards. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dalton Williams)

    45 SW Airmen Receive Valor Awards from Local Community

    “It was pure instinct. Honestly, I wasn’t even thinking about what was going to happen to me. I was just focused on getting out there, getting to him, and getting him back.” Airman 1st Class Tyler Digby, Staff Sgt. Avery Morehead, and Master Sgt. Wynee Diaz — each of these Airmen had just a single moment to react, and each individually saved someone’s life in a moment of crisis.
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