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Vice President visits Schriever for day with space
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THIS WEEK 50th Space Wing change of command Lt. Gen. David Buck cordially invites you to attend the 50th Space Wing Change of Command ceremony 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Building 210 courtyard. Col. DeAnna Burt will relinquish command to Col. Jennifer Grant. There will be a post-reception immediately following at the Schriever event center. For additional details, contact Capt. Matthew Adams at 567-2484. Please RSVP using the eInvitation below. https://einvitations.afit.edu/inv/ anim.cfm?i=347924&k=016545007953
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Vice President Mike Pence, sends a payload command to a Global Positioning System satellite at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Friday, June 23, 2017. The command is part of the care and feeding 50th Space Wing space professionals provide on a daily basis to ensure Global Positioning System satellites remain the world’s premiere space-based position, navigation and timing system. The Vice President was on base for a space orientation in support of the administration’s relaunch of the National Space Council.
By 2nd Lt. Scarlett Rodriguez 50th Space Wing Public Affairs
Vice President Mike Pence made history by being the first vice president to send a payload command to a Global Positioning System satellite, Friday, June 23, at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado.
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Heather Wilson and Gen. Jay Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command, for a space orientation in support of the administration’s relaunch of the National Space Council. See Vice President page 12
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Beginning Saturday, the Visitor Center will have the following hours: Monday - Thursday: 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. Friday: 7 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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The command is part of the care and feeling the 50th Space Wing space professionals provide on a daily basis to ensure GPS remains the world’s premiere space-based position, navigation and timing system. Pence was on base, along with Second Lady Karen Pence, Secretary of the Air Force
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The “Bloody 25th’s” centennial celebration By 2nd Lt. Scarlett Rodriguez 50th Space Wing Public Affairs
“What an alignment of planets, stars, you-name-it, for you to be celebrating this one-hundredth,” said Brig. Gen. John Shaw, Air Force Space Command director of Strategic Plans, Programs, Requirements and Analysis. “There is no other squadron in all of space command that can trace their history like the 25th,” he continued. “None. It goes back to the dawn of airpower.” The 25th Space Range Squadron traces its history back to World War I; under its first name, the 20th Aero Squadron, which was activated June 13, 1917. Fast-forward to June 21, 2017, the “Bloody 25th” and their band of new and old “Executioners,” as they fondly call themselves, celebrated their 100th birthday; bringing the past and present together for a night to remember. The night began with a clamorous social hour, where reviewed 100 years of artifactsmost of them collected only within the last year-for not only the centennial celebration, but for future “Executioners” as well. “We always knew we were a 100-year squadron, but the stories, and the people before us, weren’t captured yet,” said Tech. Sgt. Ryan Herter, 25 SRS operations flight See Celebration page 16
U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Scarlett Rodriguez
Lt. Col. Anthony Zilinsky, 25th Space Range Squadron commander, recognizes Tech. Sgt. Ryan Herter, 25 SRS operations flight chief, for his dedication to collecting the missing fragments of the squadron’s history for the Centennial Dinner Banquet at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Herter played a pivotal role in not only the history collection for the squadron’s 100th anniversary, but also in the planning of the banquet itself.