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  • Vandenberg airman wins Stars and Stripes BEYA award

    Maj. Brendan O’Neal, 14th Air Force Analysis and Assessment Branch chief, was recognized as the winner of the 2018 Stars and Stripes U.S. Air Force award during the Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) conference Feb. 9, in Washington D.C. The Air Force

  • Royal Canadian Air Force Director General for Space Visits Team Vandenberg

    Royal Canadian Air Force Brig. Gen. Kevin Whale, Director General and Component Commander for Space, met with Maj. Gen. Stephen Whiting, 14th Air Force Commander and Deputy Joint Force Space Component Commander, at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Feb. 12. During the visit the generals and staff discussed the

  • Marriage: Air Force to Air Force

    According to the Air Force Personnel Center there are more than 27,000 active-duty Airmen, just under 10 percent of the active-duty Air Force, married to another active- duty Airman, and about 1,500 active-duty Airmen married to an active-duty member of another military service.

  • Falcon 9 PAZ scheduled to launch

    Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch the PAZ satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 here, Saturday, Feb. 17, at 6:17 a.m. PDT. Col. Greg Wood, 30th Space Wing vice commander, is the space launch commander. "The 30th Space Wing is ready to support the first West Coast

  • Vandenberg hosts Military Saves Week

    As part of Military Saves Weeks 2018, scheduled for Feb. 26 to Mar. 9, Airman & Family Readiness Center is spreading the saving message, urging the community to participate in Military Saves Weeks and take the Military Saves Pledge.“Military Saves Weeks is a great opportunity to help service members

  • 614th Combat Training Squadron “Fighting Tigers” Celebrate One Year

    December 16th 2017 marked the one-year anniversary of the establishment of Air Force Space Command’s newest squadron, the 614th Combat Training Squadron (614 CTS) Fighting Tigers.  Since the squadron’s activation, the Fighting Tigers continue to skillfully implement and sustain enterprise-wide

  • Vandenberg firefighters provide Thomas Fire, and mudslide support

    The last few weeks, Vandenberg Firefighters have joined the mass efforts to secure the Thomas Fire and, mudslides, in California.“The Thomas Fire burned an excess of 270-thousand acres, destroying over 1,500 structures making the cost to be a couple billion,” said Mark Farias 30th Civil Engineer

  • Fitness program advocates healthy lifestyle choices

    The 30th Medical Group continued its annual “Pair 2 Win” fitness program here Jan. 10. “Pair 2 Win” is a 12-week fitness program designed to improve the healthy lifestyle of military, dependents, civilians or contractors at Vandenberg AFB. “Participants grouping up in pairs gives the program

  • 14th AF commander visits Team Buckley

    BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Maj. Gen. Stephen Whiting, who took command of 14th Air Force in December, made his inaugural visit to Buckley Air Force Base today.During his visit, Whiting met with Airmen from the 460th Operations Group, Medical Group, and the 460th Security Forces Squadron.

  • DELTA IV NROL-47 LAUNCHED FROM VANDENBERG

    Team Vandenberg successfully launched a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload from Space Launch Complex-6 here, Friday, Jan. 12, at 2:11 p.m. PST. Col. Greg Wood, 30th Space Wing vice commander, was the space launch commander. "This was an