WEBVTT

00:00.570 --> 00:03.220
- Hey there, everyone, I'm Staff
Sergeant Anastasia Tompkins

00:03.220 --> 00:05.542
here with your look Around the Air Force.

00:05.542 --> 00:08.162
Air Force Chief of Staff
General David Goldfein

00:08.162 --> 00:11.240
announced that all wings
will conduct a stand-down day

00:11.240 --> 00:13.776
to focus on resiliency
and suicide prevention

00:13.776 --> 00:16.522
because of the service's
growing suicide rate.

00:16.522 --> 00:19.300
Chief Master Sergeant of
the Air Force Kaleth Wright

00:19.300 --> 00:21.651
says 78 airmen have taken
their lives this year,

00:21.651 --> 00:24.540
just 28 more than this time last year.

00:24.540 --> 00:27.730
- And we have to dedicate
ourselves every single day

00:28.646 --> 00:32.862
to building strong and healthy airmen,

00:32.862 --> 00:37.862
supporting and engaging
teams, and cultures of trust

00:38.420 --> 00:43.420
and respect, to help keep these
airmen hopeful, to give them

00:43.990 --> 00:46.910
an opportunity to thrive
in this great Air Force.

00:46.910 --> 00:48.640
- He emphasized a stand-down day

00:48.640 --> 00:50.390
means more than checking a box.

00:50.390 --> 00:52.796
It's focusing on airmen
and their well-being.

00:52.796 --> 00:56.090
GPS is technology everyone depends on.

00:56.090 --> 00:57.970
From accurately timing and navigating

00:57.970 --> 01:00.440
from point A to point B, to staying ahead

01:00.440 --> 01:02.270
of adversaries in the space domain.

01:02.270 --> 01:05.360
Lockheed Martin presented
the second space operations

01:05.360 --> 01:08.230
squadron with a GPS block
three satellite model

01:08.230 --> 01:11.300
to celebrate the successful
on orbit testing of the new

01:11.300 --> 01:14.543
GPS three satellite at Schriever
Air Force Base Colorado.

01:14.543 --> 01:17.887
The model is a physical
representation of modernization in

01:17.887 --> 01:21.329
the works to improve capabilities
over older satellites.

01:21.329 --> 01:24.020
The updated satellite has the ability

01:24.020 --> 01:25.950
to perform on-board calculations,

01:25.950 --> 01:28.380
and save itself when it senses an anomaly.

01:28.380 --> 01:31.190
It has increased power,
three times the accuracy,

01:31.190 --> 01:33.773
and eight times the anti-jam capability.

01:33.773 --> 01:36.760
The squadron has spent the
last few months upgrading their

01:36.760 --> 01:39.512
hardware and software for
the new GPS block three.

01:39.512 --> 01:41.430
Training continues to make sure

01:41.430 --> 01:43.180
operators are ready for the new system.

01:43.180 --> 01:46.375
You can find more Air Force
news and stories on AF.mil.

01:46.375 --> 01:49.224
And that's your look Around the Air Force.

01:49.224 --> 01:52.641
(spooky, bouncing music)