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  • 6 SOPS Reserve Citizen Airmen excel in fast-paced space mission

    SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 6th Space Operations Squadron, 310th Space Wing, explain the fast pace of their mission, which is to provide a backup command and control center for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Aug. 29th, 2018. The DMSP

  • 310th SW members support local IRR muster

    SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Master Sgt. Demetrios Consolo, 310th Aerospace Medicine Flight, assists an Individual Ready Reserve member with his medical records during an IRR muster at Peterson Air Force Base, Aug. 17, 2018. The IRR is a category of the Ready Reserve of the Reserve Component of

  • 310th SW Reserve Citizen Airman represents at Broncos military combine

    SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Tech. Sgt. Christine Lewis, 310th Security Forces Squadron, participated on a team that went head-to-head with nine other military teams during a National Football League-style boot camp Aug. 21, 2018, at the Denver Broncos' Dove Valley Fieldhouse in Englewood,

  • Reserve space squadron upgrades operations floor

    In August, 6 SOPS agreed to partner with the United States Naval Observatory, letting them share the 6 SOPS operations floor in exchange for funding to upgrade their computer systems and furniture. Lt. Col. Timothy Gasmire (retired) thought outside the box to come up with a way for 6 SOPS to receive

  • Space: A Universal Language

    Air Force Instructors travel to Oberammergau, Germany, where they provide space expertise to the NATO School in March, 2018. The NSO's mission it to conduct education and individual training in support of current and developing NATO operations, strategy, policy, doctrine and procedures. (U.S. Air

  • Space squadron celebrates heritage, reflects on past 25 years

    Twenty-five years ago, Maj. Frank Casserino had no idea what an impact his work as a Reserve Citizen Airman would have on the future of the Air Force Reserve’s involvement in the space program. He did know, however, that Reservists had a lot to offer to their active duty partners and he encouraged

  • Satellite operator takes silver in canopy piloting event

    A Reserve Citizen Airman and satellite vehicle operator for the 6th Space Operations Squadron flies more than just satellites when he participates in canopy piloting. The sport is a landing competition and the first spectator-friendly form of skydiving, also known as “swooping.”

  • 19th Space Operations Squadron receives new commander

    The 19th Space Operations Squadron, a classic Reserve associate unit to the 2nd Space Operations Squadron, 50th Space Wing, received a new commander on Sunday, June 3. The squadron performs launch, early-orbit, anomaly resolution and disposal operations for the Global Positioning Satellite

  • Reserve Citizen Airman commissions directly into space mission

    When Margaret Ann Atkins first sat down with Tech. Sgt. Michael Smith, Officer Accessions recruiter at Scott Air Force Base, she knew exactly what she wanted to do in the Air Force Reserve. Without hesitation, Atkins expressed her interest in working with the space mission and requested that Smith