Los Angeles Air Force Base, Home of Space and Missile Systems Center 4.64

Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California is the only active duty military base in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area.

LAAFB serves as the headquarters for the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), the key acquistion center of Air Force Space Command, headquartered at Peterson AFB, Colorado. The base develops and sustains military space systems, including GPS, satellite communications, defense meteorological satellites, and space-based infrared systems. It also contributes $1.8 billion to the local economy annually and is one of the region’s largest employers with over 6,000 employees.

Its host unit is the 61st Air Base Group which provides administrative and base services to personnel assigned to SMC.

For more information, please visit www.losangeles.af.mil