45th Space Wing Launches WGS-6 from 'The Cape'

The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing successfully launched a United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV rocket carrying the sixth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite at 8:29 p.m. Aug. 7 from Space Launch Complex 37B here.A combined team of military, government civilians and contractors from across the

Pentagon cuts furlough days from 11 to 6

Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees who have had to take a weekly unpaid day off from work since July 8 are getting some relief, as the total number of furlough days has been reduced from 11 to six, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Aug.6. Officials are briefing

Congratulations to our new Staff Sergeant Selects!

The following Airmen were recently selected for promotion to the rank ofStaff Sergeant!ACHESON, MATTHEW                                 45 OPERATIONS SUPPORT SQ ARRIVEY, MIQUELA                                      45 MEDICAL SUPPORT SQ BACH WILLIAM                                               AF

Missoula Children's Theater comes to Patrick AFB

Aspiring young thespians spent a week auditioning, studying lines, singing songs and learning proper staging in preparation for Patrick AFB Youth Center's production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" July 26, 2013.Missoula Children's Theater came to the Space Coast to produce a musical complete

Random acts of kindness

First sergeants from around the 45th Space Wing and its mission partners, surprised junior enlisted Airmen and their family members by providing $25 gas cards at the Express, formally known as the Shoppette, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., July 24, 2013, during a "Random Acts of Kindness" day.

333rd RS volunteer for coastal clean up

45th SW Launches second Mobile User Objective System satellite

The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing successfully launched the second Mobile User Objective System satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, for the U.S. Navy at 9 a.m. July 19 here.The United Launch Alliance built Atlas V rocket will fly in the 5-5-1 vehicle configuration with a five-meter fairing, five

45th SW Launch Weather Officer interviews with The Weather Channel

Kathy Winters, a launch weather officer with the 45th Space Wing Weather Squadron and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, participated in a live on-camera interview with Reynolds Wolf of The Weather Channel, at John F. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla., July 9. Winters discussed Patrick AFB's

One boy’s trash is another boy’s treasure

For someone who doesn't play baseball, doesn't follow baseball, and doesn't even know the rules of the game, he sure does have a lot invested in the sport.Rafael Nuñez, a computer security manager for the Air Force Technical Applications Center here, has spent the past seven months collecting

Commissaries collect items for Feds Feed Families

The 2013 Feds Feed Families food drive campaign is in full swing as commissaries once again serve as one of the collection points on military installations.Military customers and federal employees can donate nonperishable food and personal hygiene items to the campaign using marked bins located at