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Press Releases



  • Returning Airmen update

    Thirty-eight Airmen will be returning to Vandenberg Monday after being deployed for more than six months in support of the Global War on Terror. The 30th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) Airmen were deployed to Camp Bucca, Iraq, performing detainee operations. The Defenders are scheduled to return via

  • Returning Airmen

    Thirty-eight Airmen will be returning to Vandenberg Monday after being deployed for more than six months in support of the Global War on Terror. The 30th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) Airmen were deployed to Camp Bucca, Iraq, performing detainee operations. The Defenders are scheduled to return via

  • Plover season begins

    Vandenberg officials are preparing Minuteman, Surf and Wall beaches for the upcoming plover season. The nesting season will begin March 1 for the tiny shorebird listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The western snowy plover makes its nests on Vandenberg beaches from March 1

  • Vandenberg launches Minuteman III

    An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from North Vandenberg today at 12:14 a.m. The launch was part of an operational test to determine the weapon system's reliability and accuracy. The missile's single unarmed re-entry vehicle traveled approximately 4,200 miles

  • Minuteman III launch scheduled

    An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled to launch from North Vandenberg Wednesday morning as an operational test to demonstrate the weapon system's reliability and accuracy. The six-hour launch window is from 12:01 to 6:01 a.m. PDT. The missile will launch under the

  • Security forces depart for Southwest Asia

    Twenty-six Airmen from the 30th Security Forces Squadron are set to depart Vandenberg Sunday for a 180-day deployment to Southwest Asia. The Airmen will depart from the 30th SFS building at 1 a.m. via bus. While deployed, the Airmen will aid in force protection and law enforcement.

  • Vandenberg dedicates pavilion to Sesto family

    Vandenberg honors a Santa Maria couple who have devoted more than 50 years of their life for the betterment of the community and the Air Force by naming the former Cocheo Pavilion here to Joe and Phil Sesto Pavilion, Friday at 2 p.m. Col. Jack Weinstein, 30th Space Wing commander, is hosting the

  • Vandenberg celebrates "Breakfast with Santa"

    Nearly 1,500 Vandenberg children are scheduled to have "Breakfast with Santa" from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Dec. 16 at the Pacific Coast Club. Families in attendance will participate in various holiday arts and crafts, kid's bingo and face painting. They will also have the opportunity to get their pictures

  • Delta II launch successful

    A Delta II rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload successfully launched from Space Launch Complex-2 on North Vandenberg at 1 p.m. today. The spacelift commander for this mission was Col. Jack Weinstein, 30th Space Wing commander. "Today's successful launch was accomplished from the

  • Delta II launch scheduled

    Vandenberg AFB is scheduled to launch a Boeing Delta II rocket at 1 p.m., Dec. 14. The rocket will carry a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Col. Jack Weinstein, 30th Space Wing commander, is the spacelift commander, or final "go for launch" authority, for this mission. The 30th Space

 

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