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Commander signs
museum contract
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When man first
orbited the Earth
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Who won at
Football Frenzy?
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Patrick Air Force Base/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.


Feb. 20, 2009


 FPhtQ by Airmn st 0Class avid L bryd ey
 (left) 14th Air Force Commander Lt Gen. Larry D. James presents the Air
 Force Combat Action Medal to Senior Airman Justin Macias of the 45th Civil
 Engineer Squadron at a commander's call Tuesday. Meanwhile, Mrs. James
 (above at right) visited the Child Development Center. Here she speaks with
 Pl..:.b, v rn cn.l CDC employee Amy Doollttle.

James: Perfection is and always will be the standard


 By Chris Calkins
 and Airman 1st
 Class David
 Dobrydney
 45th SW Public Affairs
 Lt. Gen. Larry D.
 James. 14th Ati Force
 commander. made his
 first tour of Patrick Air
 Force Base and Cape
 Canaveral Air Force
 Stallon Tuesday since
 assuming command
jusl a few months ago.
He wasn't surprised by
what he saw.
 General James,


who previously served
as a squadron corn
mander and deputy
group commander at
the 4511 Space M ingL
from Seplember 1993
to January 1996, said
whtle the facilities have
changed, the mission
- and the work ethic
- hasn't.
 "Being In the launch
business means one
IIIIIIL and one lilii1i
only: perfection Is the
standard... It always
was and always will


be," said General
James. "We can do one
million IiiIIl .- tight
when we gel ready to
do a launch, but 11 only
takes one small mis
take to make 11 unsuc
cessful." he said.
 "And tihe people here
at the 45th Space Wing
get that whole con-
cept as well as ruinone.
anywhere In he space
business, The people
we talked with loday at
Patrick and at the Cape
were like I remembered


them to be. I'llr are
very good at what II, \
do and excited to be
doing It." he said.
 The I]i.I I ,l wife.
Susan, also took lime
T i 1 1.i.1 II1.'.-I i|c4l lI I.m11
the Airman & Family
Readiness Center. the
Child Development
Center. and had an
Interactive tour of the
45t h Medical Group's
Satellite Pharmacy.
 Like her husband,
she liked what she
saw.


 She was especially
surprised and happy
 with the news of the
current construction
of a brand-new center
which is expected to
be open within a tew
months.
 "I'm Impressed with
the fact that so much
of this Is going on when
you think of the tinan
elal aspects. fIll ,1.v
doing a great job ot
doing more with less,"
she said.
See JAMES, page 8


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