White Sands Missile Range News

Tinker Airmen make mark in 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' Air Force News - By Air Force News Agency on June 29, 2009 at 6:39 am Loading ... TINKER AIR FORCE BASE: Airmen of the 552nd Air Control Wing's E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System here had a unique mission recently: helping Autobots fight off Decepticons in support of worldwide ...

A new $935 million project called the Japan Aerospace Defense Ground Environment has been initiated to improve the country's automatic air warning and defense control system.

Published: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 29, 2009 at 8:19 p.m. TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla.

Actor Shia LeBeouf runs past an Abrams tank, left, and an M113 armored personnel carrier on loan from Fort Bliss in a scene from "Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen" filmed last year at White Sands Missile Range.

JASSM test, White Sands The U.S. Army Contracting Agency Information Technology, e-Commerce and Commercial Contracting Center awarded NextiraOne Federal in Herndon, VA a $9.8 million task order to upgrade and expand the voice switching environment at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

Two military bases are once again playing a role in the new Transformers movie. Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range are both featured in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", the sequel to the 2007 movie.

A specially modified 46th Test Wing NC-130H aircraft equipped with the Advanced Tactical Laser weapon system fired its laser while flying over White Sands Missile Range, N.M., successfully hitting a target board located on the ground.

Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox and Megatron may be the center of publicity on 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,' but it's the supporting cast of Michael Bay's bombastic sequel that's the real coup.

Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M: Members of the 413th Flight Test Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., and contractor Boeing recently successfully fired the high-power laser aboard the Advanced Tactical Laser aircraft for the first time in flight.

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. - In Michael Bay's sandbox, everyone is a toy soldier.

Talk about a military operation. When director Michael Bay and his army of filmmakers wanted to shoot a climactic desert battle sequence for "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," they turned to the real Army for help - and hardware.

White Sands Missile Range Commanding General Brig. Gen. David Mann, left, administers the oath of office to Robert Carter, WSMR executive director, during a formal appointment ceremony Wednesday at the Missile Range.

Artifacts have been found near White Sands Missile Range of the Jornada Mogollon, who lived mostly in the Tularosa Basin more than 650 years ago.

Laser beams instead of bombs? The U.S. Air Force successfully tested a high-power laser carried aboard a C-130 aircraft on a ground target located at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M., reports Boeing.

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force on Jun. 13 successfully fired the high-power laser aboard the Advanced Tactical Laser aircraft for the first time in flight.

More comments on Friday's celebration, including comments from President Barack Obama and military officials: here , , The Army's birthday and Flag Day both fall on the same date.

Realtors who were excited by the prospect of an armored brigade combat team coming to White Sands Missile Range will have to prepare for a big change.

Members of the Las Cruces business community were chagrined by the news last week that the U.S. Army backtracked on its plans to place a Heavy Brigade Combat Team at White Sands Missile Range by 2013.

BY JIM HILLEY The Las Cruces Bulletin Secretary of the Army Pete Geren has announced that White Sands Missile Range will not receive a bri gade combat team from Europe in 2013 as originally planned.

It's discouraging to hear that the Army is canceling the creation of three new brigade combat teams, one of which was slated to come to Fort Bliss.