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  • DELTA IV NROL-47 TO LAUNCH FROM VANDENBERG

     Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload from Space Launch Complex-6 here Wednesday, Jan. 10, with a launch window opening at 1:00 p.m. PST.  Col. Greg Wood, 30th Space Wing vice commander, is the space launch

  • Air Force saves Airmen time, no longer requires first year evaluations

    WASHINGTON -- Air Force officials announced Jan. 4, 2018 Enlisted Performance Reports are no longer required for Regular Air Force Airmen in the grade of airman first class and below with less than 36 months’ Time-In-Service or Air Reserve Component Airmen below the grade of Senior Airman.This

  • Falcon 9 Iridium-4 Successfully Launched

    Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of the fourth Iridium mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 here Friday, Dec. 22, at 5:27 p.m. PST.Col. Michael S. Hough, 30th Space Wing commander, was the space launch commander."What a way to end the year with the fifth

  • Driving safely during the holidays

    As the holiday season continues, Airmen and their families traveling should take extra precautions to prevent any mishaps.According to the National Safety Council, 355 people died on New Year's Day, 386 on Thanksgiving Day and 273 on Christmas Day in 2015.“Typically, automobiles are the highest mode

  • Falcon 9 Iridium-4 scheduled to launch

    Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch the fourth Iridium mission consisting of 10 satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 here Friday, Dec. 22, at 5:27 p.m. PST. Col. Michael S. Hough, 30th Space Wing commander, is the space launch commander. "Team Vandenberg is excited

  • Japanese Airmen Visit Vandenberg

    Japan Air Self-Defense Force Col. Tsuyoshi Takeda, Defense Plans and Policy Officer, Air Staff Office, (center) and Col. Michael Manor, Joint Space Operations Center commander, (right) pose for a photo during a tour at the JSpOC at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 8, 2017. Vandenberg Airmen

  • Balfour Beatty Communities accepting additional applicants

    Balfour Beatty recently expanded its list of eligible applicants for Vandenberg Air Force Base housing to include retired Federal Civil Service and DoD Contractor permanent employees who are U.S. citizens. This is in addition to unaccompanied members, Guard and reserve personnel, current Federal

  • Vandenberg Thrift Shop Improves Quality of Life for New Airmen

    Members of the 381st Training Group provide officer and enlisted initial skills training to space operators, missile operators and missile maintainers here. Many 381st TRG students are Airmen-in-Training—brand new graduates of Basic Military Training—here for their technical training. While living

  • Maj. Gen. Whiting takes command of 14th Air Force

    Air Force Maj. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting took command of 14th Air Force and became the Deputy Joint Force Space Component Commander during a reorganization and change of command ceremony at the Joint Space Operations Center, Dec. 1.Air Force Gen. John W. Raymond, Commander, Air Force Space Command,