Los Angeles AFB, CA Installation Guide

WELCOME TO LOS ANGELES AFB

Los Angeles Air Force Base is located within El Segundo city limits, less than a mile west of the San Diego Freeway (I-405) on El Segundo Blvd. The base has no flightline. The housing area is at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, approximately 20 miles south of the operations base. The base is divided into two areas -- Area A where most major units are located, and Area B which houses the 61 Air Base Group, the clinic, BX, and the commissary.

To reach the base take the El Segundo Blvd. exit off I-405 and go west on El Segundo Blvd. Continue west and turn right on Douglas Street. The entrance to Area B will be on your right. The in-processing office is in the People Center, Building 219, on Challenger Way. We recommend that you arrive during duty hours Monday through Friday, 7:00am to 4:00pm, for easier in-processing. If you arrive after duty hours contact your sponsor or the SMC Command Post at (562) 363-2353.

For more information about the base, look at our homepage on the Internet, especially our "Newcomers Guide/FSC" for area maps and details on how to get a sponsor, forward mail, get a smog check, find school information, and much more.

MAJOR COMMAND: AFMC, Space and Missile System Center

MISSION: Space and Missile Systems Center, part of Air Force Materiel Command, is responsible for research, development, acquisition, on-orbit testing and sustainment of military space and missile systems. In addition to managing Air Force space and missile programs, SMC participates in space programs conducted by other U.S. military services, government agencies and North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies. SMC responds to user needs by developing and acquiring space systems. After launch and check-out, SMC turns these systems over to the appropriate operating command. SMC also serves as the integrating center for the Strategic Defense Initiative within AFMC. It monitors progress in more than 70 Space Defense Initiative efforts throughout AFMC. SMC itself has direct management responsibility for more than half of these efforts.

POPULATION ASSIGNED-SERVED: 869 Active Duty Officers; 534 Active Duty Enlisted; 1,602 Family Members; 11,065 Air Force retirees in the area; 1,518 AF civilians including tenants.

TELEPHONE ACCESS: (562) 363-1110; DSN 833-1110

HISTORY: SMC traces its origins to the Western Development Division created in July 1954. The organization's original mission was to develop ICBMs and the results are a proud legacy with the early Atlas, Thor, and Titan of the 50s, through the Minuteman of the 60s, to the Peacekeeper of the 80s. SMC has been the center of military satellite development since 1956. The Center has contributed to maintaining peace through programs such as early warning systems, meteorological, navigation and communications satellites to serve combat forces.