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In Memoriam – 45th Space Wing celebrates the life of Mr. Nicholas Byrnside

The flag will be flown at half-staff Friday, March 30th in honor of Mr. Nicholas C. Byrnside, Chief, Safety Analysis, who passed away on March 19. He was 78 years old. For more than 50 years, Mr. Byrnside proudly served and supported the United States Navy and United States Air Force, where he had a tremendous impact on the United States space program. (U.S. Air Force illustration by SSgt. Christopher Stoltz)

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SBIRS GEO Flight-4 Successfully Launched

An Atlas V rocket carrying the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO Flight 4 satellite lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Jan. 19, 2018. The SBIRS program delivers timely, reliable and accurate missile-warning and infrared surveillance information to the president of the United States, the secretary of defense, combatant commanders, the intelligence community and other key decision makers. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Airman 1st Class Dalton Williams)

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January is Mental Health Awareness Month

The World Health Organization defines mental wellness as “a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.” (Courtesy graphic/James Rainier)

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December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month

Drunk and drugged driving is a deadly epidemic, yet it still continues across the United States. In addition to the human toll, drunk driving takes a toll on our country. The financial impact is devastating, based on 2010 numbers, the most recent year for which cost data is available, impaired driving crashes cost the United States $44 billion annually, according to the CDC. (Courtesy illustration/James Rainer)

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Here's to your holidays and to your health!

(Courtesy illustration)

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The last Flying Tiger

The American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers with their P-40 Warhawk aircraft in the early 1940s. (US Air Force graphic by Matthew Jurgens)

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Air Force senior leaders thank Team Patrick-Cape for Irma recovery efforts

The Under Secretary of the Air Force, Matthew Donovan, thanks Senior Airman Nicholas Lipton, 45th Medical Support Squadron, during a visit to Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. Donovan and the Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, Gen. Stephen W. Wilson, came here to thank Airmen for their selfless service to their nation during Hurricane Irma recovery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Jurgens)

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Air Force senior leaders thank Team Patrick-Cape for Irma recovery efforts

The Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, Gen. Stephen W. Wilson, thanks Senior Airman Alexander Ramirez, 920th Mission Support Group, for his Hurricane Irma recovery efforts Sept. 20, 2017, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. As Hurricane Irma threatened the area early morning on Sept. 11, 2017, the 45th Space Wing was already preparing for reconstitution efforts. Eight hours after the worst of the storm passed, “weather safe” was declared and recovery efforts were under way. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Jurgens)

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Air Force senior leaders thank Team Patrick-Cape for Irma recovery efforts

The Under Secretary of the Air Force, Matthew Donovan, and the Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, Gen. Stephen W. Wilson, pose for a group photo during their visit to Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, to thank Airmen for their Hurricane Irma recovery efforts Sept. 20, 2017. Donovan and Wilson were briefed on the full spectrum of efforts from the time leading up to the storm through the 45th Space Wing’s recovery phase. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Jurgens)

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Air Force senior leaders thank Team Patrick-Cape for Irma recovery efforts

The Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, Gen. Stephen W. Wilson, thanks Airmen for their Hurricane Irma recovery efforts Sept. 20, 2017, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. After shaking hands with each member of the Hurricane Response Teams, the Air Force senior leaders made their way to the 920th Rescue Wing to personally thank them for their rescue and recovery efforts for Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Harvey. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Jurgens)

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Lightning Safety: What you need to know

The depict figure shows the 10 lightning warning areas issued by the 45th Weather Squadron. Phase 1 Lightning Watches and Phase 2 Lightning Warnings directly apply to the small (inner) green circles. The large (outer) yellow circles include a prudent safety buffer. (Screen capture image may not be to scale)

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45th SW supports successful Falcon 9 EchoStar 23 launch

The U.S. Air Force’s 45th Space Wing supported SpaceX’s successful launch of the EchoStar XXIII spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center March 16 at 2 a.m. EDT. (Courtesy photo/SpaceX webcast)

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45th SW supports successful Falcon 9 EchoStar 23 launch

The U.S. Air Force’s 45th Space Wing supported SpaceX’s successful launch of the EchoStar XXIII spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center March 16 at 2 a.m. EDT. (Courtesy photo/SpaceX webcast)

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day from the 45th Space Wing. We are only 4 days from our second launch of the year!

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45th SW supports successful Delta IV WGS-8 launch

The 45th Space Wing supported United Launch Alliance’s successful launch of the WGS-8 spacecraft aboard a ULA Delta IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 37 here December 7 at 6:53 p.m. ET.

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DoD FFF 2016 logo

Deparment of Defense 2016 Feds Feed Families Campaign logo. On June 10, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture kicked off the 8th annual governmentwide Feds Feed Families Food Drive Campaign. The campaign will run through August 31, 2016. The 2016 FFF slogan is "Feds Fighting Hunger." Defense Department employees nationwide have been asked to answer the call to fight hunger.

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Promotion

Promotions (U.S. Air Force Graphic/James Rainier)

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Three Sharks once Rams

Colonels Shawn Fairhurst, 45th Space Wing vice commander, Daniel Gottrich, 45th SW chief of safety,Shannon Klug, 45th Weather Squadron commander, pose with one of their high school's yearbook and the inserted photos in the graphic show photos of them as students of James W. Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, Va., in the late 1980s. Fairhurst’s senior photo is in Klug’s 1986 yearbook where she was featured as a junior. She graduated in 1987 and Gottrich graduated in 1988. The yearbook pages prove the three former Robinson Rams who were once strangers are now Air Force Wingmen, leading extraordinary missions from the nation’s gateway to space.(U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Jurgens/released)

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GPS IIF-12

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 is scheduled to launch the GPS IIF-12 mission for the U.S. Air Force Feb. 5, 2016, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The 19-minute launch window opens at 8:38 a.m. EST. (Courtesy graphic/United Launch Alliance) (Released)

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