"End of an era at US Space Command" Topic
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| Tango01 | 14 Oct 2013 10:24 p.m. PST |
"The 21st Space Wing closed the Air Force Space Surveillance System due to resource constraints caused by sequestration, marking the end of its 52 years of service to the Space Situational Awareness mission, Oct. 1. The Air Force Space Surveillance System was designed to transmit a "fence" of radar energy vertically into space to detect all objects passing through that fence. It operated from three transmitters and six receiver stations located along the 33rd parallel in the southern portion of the United States. The three transmitter sites were located at Jordan Lake, Ala.; Lake Kickapoo, Texas; and Gila River, Ariz.
The six receivers were located at Tattnall, Ga.; Hawkinsville, Ga.; Silver Lake, Miss.; Red River, Ark.; Elephant Butte, N.M.; and San Diego, Calif…"
Full article here
link Bad news. Amicalement
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 FingerAndToeModels  | 15 Oct 2013 7:50 a.m. PST |
But the golf courses and bowling alley are open at Vandenberg. My son in law's a deputy squadron commander there and just shakes his head at what's closed and what's open. |
| ajbartman | 15 Oct 2013 9:06 a.m. PST |
Glenn… yep. Who's running this show anyway. |
| darthfozzywig | 15 Oct 2013 9:42 a.m. PST |
"Peacetime" Air Force needs its golf courses for morale, right? |
| XRaysVision | 15 Oct 2013 11:40 a.m. PST |
Not everything located on a military installation is paid for out of the budget. Some things are self supporting being paid for by the individuals, military and civilains, who use them. |
| jdginaz | 15 Oct 2013 2:11 p.m. PST |
Careful now XRaysVision lets now confuse them with facts. |
| Mako11 | 15 Oct 2013 4:27 p.m. PST |
Perhaps if "we" closed the golf courses and gyms, and cut off takeout pizza deliveries, the elite would retract in horror, and finally get something done, instead of puttering around on the links, on our three cents (used to be a dime, but due to the currency devaluation, we're down to much less). |
| tuscaloosa | 15 Oct 2013 6:17 p.m. PST |
Yeah, punish military officers for the failings of Congress. |
 Legion 4  | 16 Oct 2013 9:23 a.m. PST |
Sure … we'll be sorry when an alien mothership goes into orbit around the planet …  |
| Landorl | 16 Oct 2013 12:47 p.m. PST |
Not everything located on a military installation is paid for out of the budget. Some things are self supporting being paid for by the individuals, military and civilains, who use them. Unfortunately that doesn't apply everywhere. There were several self-sufficient, privately owned businesses on National lands that were closed, and they actually generated income for the federal government. |
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