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Speed finds support from his parents and his grilfriend, Trixie, and enters The Crucible in a partnership with his one-time rival, Racer X, to rescue his family’s business and the racing sport itself. Chronicles of Narnia 2: Prince Caspian (PG) 1 p.m. Saturday, October 4 The Pevensie siblings are magically transported back from England to the world of Narnia, where a thrilling, perilous new adventure and an even greater test of their faith and courage awaits them. During their absence, the Golden Age of Narnia has become extinct. Narnia has been conquered by the Telmarines and is now under the control of the evil King Miraz, who rules the land without mercy. The four children will soon meet an intriguing new character — Narnia’s rightful heir to the thrones, the young Prince Caspian, who has been forced into hiding as his uncle Miraz plots to kill him in order to place his newborn son on the throne. Iron Man (PG-13) 7 p.m. Saturday, October 4, 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 8 Tony Stark is a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a dev- Movie night astating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the word as Iron Man. 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Tinker Air Force Base officials said the program could save the center more than $2 million each year in acquisition costs. “This process allows us to recover and recycle parts made from specialty metals, such as titanium and rhenium, that were previously sold as scrap and return the material to the Air Force supply chain,” said Maj. Gen. Loren M. Reno, the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center commander. “The benefit is reduced manufacturing lead times and price discounts on future component purchases.” According to the program’s assessment and opportunity statement, an estimated 60,000 to 80,000 pounds of strategic materials had been identified as “field scrap” during routine overhaul and maintenance operations each month, prior to the introduction of the reuse program. Lt. Col. Jack Cooley, the 327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing’s director of propulsion at Tinker AFB, is the Air Force lead on the project. The pilot program encompasses not only activities on Tinker AFB, but also includes the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. Efforts are underway to expand the pilot project to include the Naval Air Systems Command at Fleet Readiness Center East at Cherry Point, N.C.; and Fleet Readiness Center Southeast at Jacksonville, Fla., to increase Department of Defense benefits. Among the benefits are that manufacturing lead-times for new engine parts can be reduced four to six months, and the need to mine for necessary alloy raw materials is drastically reduced. This, in turn, reduces the United States’ dependence on foreign markets for these materials by up to 30 percent, officials said. The program came about as an effort to reduce foreign dependence, preserve U.S. natural resources and reduce energy consumption. 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Colonel Falzarano is accompanied by Col. Chris Crawford, 21st Operations Group commander and Chief Master Sgt. Randy LaCombe, 21st Operations Group superintendent. 20th Space Control Squadron wins first ever General Lord award EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — During an awards banquet on Sept. 10 here, the 20th Space Control Squadron, Eglin AFB, Florida and 20th SPCS, Detachment 1, Naval Support Activity, Dahlgren, Va., took home the first ever General Lance W. Lord Award. The Lord Award is named in honor of a career space and missile officer and pioneer who served 37 years on active duty, culminating as the commander of Air Force Space Command. The award is to be presented annually to the unit making the greatest impact in mission accomplishment, improvements and innovations, and new initiatives. In addition to the unit award, Mr. Scott Leonard, an orbital analyst at Det. 1, took home the General Lord Award in the civilian category. The winners in the officer and enlisted categories were Capt. Gregory Lawrence from the 76th Space Control Squadron and Master Sgt. Scott McKenzie from the 21st Operations Support Squadron. In a speech before more than 150 people, Col Chris D. Crawford, commander of the 21st Operations Group, praised all the award winners for a job well done and for taking the first step in making the Lord Trophy the premier Operations Group award in Air Force Space Command. General (ret.) Lance W. Lord also addressed the gathering, emphasizing the wing’s dedication to “flawless” operations and praising the 21st Space Wing’s dedication and devotion to excellence. COSprings_Military_AD.ai 8/26/08 9:42:59 AM PATERNITY | STD | DRUG | HEALTH & WELLNESS HOW CAN I TELL IF THE BABY IS MINE? 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The squadron is able to track objects the size of a softball orbiting at an altitude of 300 nautical miles and basketballsized objects orbiting at 22,300 nautical miles above the earth. 20th SPCS, Det. 1, headquartered at Naval Support Activity, Dahlgren, Va., operates the AN/FPS-133 surveillance fence radar, a network of three transmitters and six receivers located from coast to coast along the southern United States. The detachment also operates as the Alternate Space Control Center for United States Strategic Command. The ASCC provides accurate positional data on all man-made, earth-orbiting space objects, in-depth orbital analysis on these space objects, and efficiently disseminates orbital positional data to customers worldwide. The men and women of the 20th SPCS were singled out for taking two 40-year-old weapon systems and transforming them to meet 21st Century space threats. One key initiative was the implementation of 3-D modeling software. “This tool enables the unit to transform a satellite’s orbital flight path as it relates to the radar’s field of view into a 3-D image,” said Lt. Michael Wilson, operations flight commander and tactics officer. “This gives crew members the ability to predict when an object is entering the radar’s view and for how long, so they can employ the best tactics and techniques for that particular mission.” In the past year alone, 20th SPCS crews developed multiple special reconnaissance fences to track several new foreign satellites. “The improved quality of intelligence gathered allowed the Joint Functional Component Command-Space to give American and allied forces a better understanding of enemy capabilities in space,” said Lt. Col, Steven Buzon, Det. 1 commander. “An award like this is only possible with the dedicated hard work of each and every member of our family,” Lt. Col. Thomas Falzarano, commander of the 20th SPCS said. “At this very moment Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines are in harm’s way in every corner of the globe, and every squadron in the Air Force, including the 20th Space Control Squadron, is critical to that fight.” The Power to Amaze Yourself
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