The 45th Space Wing recently began construction on a new Range Communications Facility at Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla. The suite of technologies in the new center will give the 45th SW greater reliability at a lower cost, and the new construction incorporates flood-resistance measures. “The new facility will alleviate concerns we have every hurricane season resolving structural, mechanical, and fire protection problems that the building has experienced over the years,” said Robert Elliott, 45th Civil Engineer Squadron project manager, according to a press release. The new 32,000-square foot facility will cost $18.6 million to build and is expected to be finished in 2018.
The Air Force is targeting August 2027 for its new T-7A Red Hawk trainer jet to reach its initial operational capability. To get there, the head of Air and Education Training has three milestones he needs to see the program hit.
