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SCCU was formed in 1951 as the Patrick Air Force Base Credit Union, serving Patrick Space Force Base (at the time known as Patrick Air Force Base). [3] The credit union started with $372 and 7 members. The company changed its name to Space Coast Credit Union in 1980. [4]
The installation was renamed Patrick Air Force Base in August 1950. [17] From 1966 to 1975, the Space Coast was the second most visited spot by VIPs, after Washington, DC, due to the Space Program. A protocol officer was assigned to Patrick to coordinate these visits, about three weekly, consisting of 10 to 150 people. [18]
Pan American Airways Guided Missile Range Division (PAA GMRD) was a distinct division of Pan American World Airways in the period 1950-1980, responsible as prime contractor of the U.S. Air Force Eastern Test Range, based out of Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.
The Space Launch Delta 45 (SLD 45) is the host wing for Patrick Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, providing base support for NASA, the Air Force's Technical Applications Center and 920th Rescue Wing, and U.S. Navy's Naval Ordnance Test Unit.
The Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC), based at Florida's Patrick Space Force Base, is an Air Force surveillance organization assigned to the Sixteenth Air Force. Its mission is to monitor nuclear treaties of all applicable signatory countries.
The 39th Rescue Squadron is an Air Force Reserve Command unit of the 920th Rescue Wing (920 RQW) at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida.Until December 2019, it operated the Lockheed HC-130P/N Combat King aircraft conducting search and rescue and combat search and rescue/personnel recovery missions. [2]
On May 17, 1950, the base was renamed the Long Range Proving Ground Base but three months later was renamed Patrick Air Force Base, in honor of Major General Mason Patrick of the U.S. Army. [15] In 1951, the Air Force established the Air Force Missile Test Center. [16] Early American sub-orbital rocket flights were achieved at Cape Canaveral in ...
The 114th received its third Air Force Outstanding Unit Award in 2009. [9] In 2011, the 114th supported the launch of STS-135, the orbiter Atlantis, on the final space shuttle mission. [10] Due to U.S. Air Force structure changes announced in March 2012, the 114 ROPS was scheduled for inactivation on 1 October 2012. [11]