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Atlas ICBM First Deployment: "Vandenberg Aerospace Air Force Base" 1959 US Air Force – Video

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Atlas ICBM First Deployment: “Vandenberg Aerospace Air Force Base” 1959 US Air Force more at http://scitech.quickfound.net/ “This 1959 film was produced by the U.S. Continue reading →

X-15 Flight by Capt. Joe Engle 1964 NASA-USAF; Edwards Air Force Base X-15A-3 56-6672 NB-52B – Video

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X-15 Flight by Capt. Joe Engle 1964 NASA-USAF; Edwards Air Force Base X-15A-3 56-6672 NB-52B more at http://scitech.quickfound.net/ X-15 simulator training, and a flight of the X-15A-3 ( 56-6672 ) by then Air Force Captain Joe Engle, (later a Space S.. Continue reading →

NASA's Earth-watching satellite

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NASA/VAFB The payload fairing containing the Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base’s Space Launch Complex-3E where it will be hoisted atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V for launch. Image released Jan 25, 2013. Continue reading →

NORAD teams with Microsoft to track Santa this year 2012 – Video

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NORAD teams with Microsoft to track Santa this year 2012 www.usatoday.com PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colorado (AP) mdash; Volunteers at a Colorado Air Force base monitoring maps showing Santa Claus' progress are several hours into their goodwill mission and have answered more than 24000 phone calls from children wanting to know everything from old Saint Nick's age, to how reindeer fly, to when they can expect their presents. Phones have been ringing nonstop Monday at Peterson Air Force Base, headquarters of the North American Aerospace Command's annual Santa-tracking operation Continue reading →

Residence Inn Palmdale – Palmdale, CA – Video

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Residence Inn Palmdale – Palmdale, CA Overview of Residence Inn Palmdale in Palmdale, CA by WeGoPlaces Tourism (www.WeGoPlaces.com). Residence Inn delivers something you won't find at other Palmdale, CA hotels near Lancaster a true feeling of home. We are conveniently located just north of Los Angeles and south of Edwards Air Force Base Continue reading →

NASA's Global Hawk mission begins with flight to Hurricane Leslie

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ScienceDaily (Sep. 7, 2012) NASA has begun its latest hurricane science field campaign by flying an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft over Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic Ocean during a day-long flight from California to Virginia. With the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) mission, NASA for the first time will be flying Global Hawks from the U.S. Continue reading →

Freedom Fest: Event a 'hot' ticket

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Patrick Johnston/Times Record News Fireworks burst over Sheppard Air Force Base during Freedom Fest’s approximately 30-minute show Saturday night. Patrick Johnston/Times Record News A group looks at a 1964 Chevy Nova on the lot of the car show at Freedom Fest at Sheppard Air Force Base Saturday afternoon. The car show featured various models from classics to current cars and trucks. Continue reading →

DynCorp International Awarded NASA Contract Valued at up to $176.9 Million

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FALLS CHURCH, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– DynCorp International today announced that it has been awarded a contract with NASA to provide aircraft maintenance and operational support services at various locations. The contract, potentially worth $176.9 million, will include work at Ellington Field at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston; NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.; NASA facilities in El Paso, Texas, and Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.; and other locations worldwide as required. Services include support for flight operations, maintenance, repairs and alterations to aircraft, component parts and support equipment and engineering services Continue reading →