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  • Atlas V InSight scheduled to launch

    Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch the NASA InSight on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3E here, Saturday, May 5, with a two-hour launch window starting at 4:05 a.m. PDT. Come watch the first interplanetary mission to take off from the West Coast from one of the

  • Alpha Warrior tour returns to Air Force installations

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The Air Force is continuing its rollout of the Alpha Warrior program with the launch of the 2018 Alpha Warrior Meet and Greet Tour this month. Alpha Warrior, built around a unique apparatus, challenges Airmen as they tackle the various obstacles or

  • Vandenberg solar array project

    Local elected officials, key Vandenberg leaders, base affiliates and local media came together for the 28 megawatt solar photovoltaic array dedication, April 10, at Vandenberg Air Force Base. With a ceremonial switch in the foreground of the stage, representatives from SunPower, the Defense

  • Secure Messaging makes communicating with your Air Force doctor simple

    In today’s connected world, we expect most communication to be convenient and instantaneous. Why should communicating with your health provider be any different? That is why the Air Force Medical Service offers a secure messaging platform for patients and families to communicate safely and quickly

  • KUDOS educates military children

    Team Vandenberg volunteers came together to educate military children from the Youth Center on what their parents experience during deployments, here, on April 4. The Kids Understanding Deployment Operations is a program developed to give children a deeper understanding of the military deployment

  • JFSCC tracks Tiangong-1’s reentry over the Pacific Ocean

    U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) Joint Force Space Component Command (JFSCC), through the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC), confirmed Tiangong-1 reentered the Earth’s atmosphere over the southern Pacific Ocean at approximately 5:16 p.m. (PST) April 1, 2018.The JFSCC used the Space

  • Falcon 9 Iridium-5 launch photos

    Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of the fifth Iridium mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 here Friday, March 30, 2018, at 6:13 a.m. PST. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clayton Wear/Released)

  • Local events outside the gate

    Spring is here, and that means we can play outdoors while the East Coast is still thawing out from last week’s storm. So break out the flip-flops and go explore our beautiful Central Coast.Lompoc ValleyOn Friday, the Lompoc Certified Farmers Market is open. If you’re needing fresh seasonal produce,

  • Vandenberg to hold Passport Fair

    The Airman & Family Readiness Center will be hosting a Passport Fair event, here, April 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.This annual event is supported by agents from the Los Angeles Passport Agency to receive applications for first time passports or renewals, and also answer any questions about the