Nov. 6, 2020 Around the Air Force: Agile Flag 21-1, re-designed G-Suits, and Testing the Minuteman III Today’s look Around the Air Force highlights Air Combat Command’s “Agile Flag” exercise, incorporating the “Lead Wing” concept for agile combat employment, a test run of modified Advanced Technology Anti-Gravity Suit “G-suits” for female pilots, and an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test
Dec. 31, 2018 First GPS III satellite successfully launched The Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched the first Global Positioning Systems III satellite Dec. 23 from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The Lockheed Martin-built satellitewas carried to orbit aboard a Space Exploration Technologies
July 24, 2018 Reserve Citizen Airmen support successful SpaceX rocket launch Reserve Citizen Airmen get the job done every day, whether it’s on the ground, in the air, at sea, or in this case—in space.On Sunday, July 22, 2018, SpaceX, a commercial leader in aerospace, successfully launched the Telstar 19 VANTAGE satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air
Oct. 16, 2017 Citizen Airmen support two successful rocket launches Members of the 920th Rescue Wing assisted in two successful rocket launches Oct. 11 and 15 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.Aircrew aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter worked attentively to clear the Eastern Test Range and ensure the Atlantic coastline beneath the rockets’ paths was clear of vessels
Sept. 9, 2017 45th Space Wing carries out successful launch while Irma looms off coast Less than one year after Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, took a hit from Hurricane Matthew, the Sharks once again found themselves in a similar situation with one major twist. This time as Hurricane Irma barred down on the Florida coast Sept. 7, the 45th Space Wing had a launch to perform.
June 6, 2017 Citizen Airmen support milestone rocket launch Citizen Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing cleared the range June 3 for a SpaceX mission which marked the 100th launch from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Flying HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, reservists from the wing routinely clear the coastline of marine vessels as a
Feb. 23, 2017 Air Force reservists support special delivery to space Astronauts deployed to the International Space Station received a special package Feb. 23 shipped straight from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Feb. 19 upon the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.The delivery of roughly 5,500 pounds of research equipment, cargo and supplies, required a lot of time and
Nov. 19, 2016 Citizen Airman support successful rocket launch of weather satellite Against a clear fall night on Florida's Space Coast, Citizen Airmen piloting an Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, a few miles from Space Launch Complex 41 here, had the best view of an Atlas V rocket as it pierced the sky carrying a Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R spacecraft