Lt. Col. Joshua Killian, 30th Logistics Readiness Squadron commander, speaks to the Veterans, Airmen and Guardians in attendance at the Armed Forces luncheon Dec. 17, 2022 at Guadalupe, Calif. The city name honors Our Lady of Guadalupe, which is the Catholic title given to the Virgin Mary. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tiarra Sibley)

Team Vandenberg launched an international mission led by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the French space agency CentreNational d’Études Spatiales (CNES), the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle from Space Launch Complex 4-E here, Thursday, Dec. 16, at approximately 3:46 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. (U.S. Space Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Kadielle Shaw)

Col. Brent Cunningham, 30th Medical Group commander, meets with Tony Briggs, American Red Cross regional chief executive officer, to sign the Memorandum of Understanding, Dec. 16, 2022 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. The signing of this Memorandum of Understanding will bridge the gap between Vandenberg Space Force Base and the local community. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tiarra Sibley)

Space Launch Delta 30 will be posting a Request for Information (RFI) on SAM.GOV within the first 2 weeks of December. The purpose of this announcement is to formally seek interest from Commercial Launch Service Providers (CLSP) who desire to obtain a real property use agreement with the Department of the Air Force at Vandenberg Space Force Base California for the purpose of developing and providing space launch services to the Department of Defense (DoD), Non-DoD Federal and other commercial entities.

U.S. Space Force Col. Shay Warakomski, Combined Force Space Component Command deputy commander, middle, welcomes participants in the Combined Space Operations Center mission analysis held from Oct. 31 – Nov. 4, 2022, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. This was the first CSpOC mission analysis conducted since the organization changed from a joint to a combined operating center. Representatives from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States were able to provide their feedback during the five-day event. (U.S. Space Force photo by Capt. Erin Recanzone)

Team Vandenberg launched a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) and NASA's Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) from Space Launch Complex-3 Thursday, Nov. 10, at 1:49 a.m. Pacific Time. (U.S. Space Force Photo by Ryan Quijas)