Air Force Space Command’s 45th Space Wing, Patrick AFB, Fla., provide range and launch support to launch the next generation weather-tracking satellite—Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-N—yesterday evening at 6:11 p.m. A Boeing Delta IV rocket launched the Boeing-built satellite, which company officials said is the first of three it will build for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA. GOES-N primarily is designed to track hurricanes and other severe weather. “This satellite will serve the nation by monitoring conditions that trigger dangerous weather, and it will serve the world by contributing vast amounts of observational data,” stated NOAA Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher Jr.
U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles have roared out of Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., for the last time. The 104th Fighter Wing’s last three F-15Cs departed the base Oct. 23 for the “Boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., ending the aircraft's era on the frontlines of homeland defense.
