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A structural test vehicle from the Defense Support Program, which helped provide the Air Force with early warning of ballistic missile launches or above ground nuclear detonations, was recently donated to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force by Northrop Grumman.

This 35-foot-long structural test vehicle, which is now on display in the museum's missile & space gallery, includes the infrared sensor Trailblazer component without the associated electronics. Structural test vehicles are full-sized units used to verify that all the components fit together correctly.
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The 688th Information Operations Wing celebrated its one year anniversary Aug. 18 during the wing's commanders conference.

In looking back over the last year, the 688th IOW has operated on afterburners improving and integrating cyber effects across all domains, said Col. Robert Skinner, 688th IOW commander. The 688th had the complex task of bringing together the different cultures of three major commands into a new wing, and work to lay the foundation upon which the Air Force will build future full spectrum operational cyber excellence.
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Fraudsters continue to hijack accounts on social networking sites and spread malicious software, FBI officials said. One technique entices users to download an application or view a video that appears to be sent from users' "friends", giving the perception of being legitimate. Once the user responds to the phishing site, downloads the application, or clicks on the video link, their computer becomes infected.

With the influx of social media, Web 2.0 platforms and subsequent ease in sharing of sensitive and personally identifying information, Airmen should consider the risks and vulnerabilities in both personal and official activities, Air Force officials said.
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The colored interlocking bricks, called pavers, on Thule and Payne streets are pretty and they serve a purpose: handling storm water runoff.

Dealing with storm water runoff is important because of Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Defense mandates. Engineers are charged with developing ways to reduce storm water runoff, which would otherwise flow into streams, rivers, or lakes carrying possible contaminants and erode stream beds.

In 2009, the Energy Independence and Security Act established into law new storm water design requirements for federal development and redevelopment projects. The new requirement is to reduce storm water runoff associated with new construction.
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Today's 4-H program is a lot more than children and teens raising chickens and rabbits to show at the local county fair. Approximately 30 youths from Los Angeles Air Force Base are exploring science, engineering, technology, healthy living and citizenship through participation in 4-H program activities. The LAAFB 4-H program is one of hundreds of similar programs found on military installations around the world.

Since 1995, the 4-H's National Headquarters has partnered with military youth programs to provide educational experiences for kids, ages 5 through 19. According to the 4-H Website, the military program allows youth to continue their projects and involvement in 4-H wherever their families may PCS. To help the military programs run, 4-H youth development specialists from "land grant universities" work with military partners to provide youth services staff members with training and technical assistance.
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Air Force Space Command held its biannual Air Reserve Component Focus Day, Aug. 26 at the Peterson AFB Club.

The day-long conference was designed as an opportunity for AFSPC, Air Force Reserve Command, and Air National Guard leaders to discuss issues at a strategic level. The focus day was attended by more than 60 personnel including senior leaders and action officers from HQ AFSPC, AFRC, and the National Guard Bureau.

The conference was divided in to three parts: two morning sessions focusing on AFRC topics, and the ANG topics respectively, and an afternoon executive session that brought together all of the participants for discussion and brainstorming on Total Force issues.
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It was a week of havoc on Peterson Air Force Base - natural disasters, active shooters, planted radiological agents, and building lockdowns. During the quarterly Condor Crest exercise on Peterson AFB emergency crews wailed down the roads and emergency response and medical crews worked for five days.

This Condor Crest exercise, Aug. 16 to 20, left no skill untested. From start to finish, an estimated 75 percent of the base personnel were involved in one of the many scenarios that required employees to evacuate buildings, barricade doors for building lockdowns or seek shelter within the building when tornado sirens sounded.
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Air Force Space Command held its second annual command-wide Cyber Awareness Day (CAD), Aug. 19 in order to promote an understanding of the cyberspace domain and increase awareness that all personnel must use the best cyberspace security practices to assure the Air Force mission.

The CAD, an AFSPC vice commander directed event, encouraged the command's personnel to continue to embrace the "cyber wingman" ethos and to remain vigilant, focused, and disciplined in cyberspace. CAD activities included briefings designed to foster a culture of best practices among AFSPC personnel at work and at home. A particular focus this year was to educate AFSPC personnel about the utility and the risks of internet based capabilities such as social networking sites.
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Master Sgt. Simon Deyell stands in front of about 15 Soldiers and Airmen and tells a story of when he was on a dismounted patrol and some Afghans brought him a young boy with his head and shoulders covered in blood.

When Sergeant Deyell cleaned the blood off, he discovered the cause of the bleeding was just a small cut on the back of the boy's head - the incident goes to show how even minor head wounds can bleed profusely, he said.

Sergeant Deyell, deployed from the 21st Space Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., is the noncommissioned officer in charge of Medical Operations and the senior combat medic with the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team based here. Sergeant Deyell and fellow medics Senior Airman Jeffrey Marr and Staff Sgt. Nikolia Saunders recently provided Combat Lifesaver refresher training to about 50 of their teammates on the PRT.
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