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  • Vandenberg golf course to cease regular operations

    The Marshallia Ranch Golf Course at Vandenberg AFB will cease offering rounds of golf effective Sept. 1. Due to substantial increases in the price of water over the past 10 years, the cost of maintaining and watering the course has skyrocketed. This has placed Vandenberg’s entire Morale, Welfare,

  • Vandenberg observes 7th annual Salute to Youth

    The Airman and Family Readiness Center, along with the Youth Center, recently hosted the 7th annual Salute to Youth event here, Aug. 12. The Salute to Youth program is an opportunity for families of Team V, including families with special needs and school-aged children, to become familiar with

  • New automated system ensures launch safety

    With safety being an integral aspect of the space business, Vandenberg is looking to adopt an innovative safety measure known as the Autonomous Flight Safety System. The AFSS is a device that is placed on the rocket and collects a variety of essential data from the vehicle during flight. This data

  • Ops Air Force program brings cadets to Vandenberg

    As part of a two-week summer program, cadets from the United States Air Force Academy recently visited Vandenberg, July 19 through Aug. 2.The Ops Air Force program exposes cadets to real world Air Force operations before they personally select the profession of their choice.“We commit to our

  • 30 FSS sergeant wins big

    A 30th Force Support Squadron technical sergeant was recently named the Installation-level Force Support NCO of the Year at the Air Force level.Tech. Sgt. Bryan Karason, 30th FSS NCOIC of career development, received the award for his outstanding performance and leadership."I'm still in shock, it’s

  • LRS ‘rodeo’ builds esprit de corps

    The 30th Logistics Readiness Squadron recently held a teambuilding, competitive “rodeo”, here, July 29.Essentially a timed obstacle course, the LRS rodeo pitted three teams of four Airmen against each other to accomplish various LRS-related tasks while organizers took note of each team’s overall

  • Minuteman stacking mission hones operational capabilities

    Airmen from the 1st Air and Space Test Squadron, alongside members of the Rocket Systems Launch Program office at Kirtland Air Force Base, and various other agencies, recently conducted a training mission involving the receiving, stacking, and removing of an inert Minuteman II missile, here, July 13

  • Joint Space Operations Center tracks reentry over California

    U.S. Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC Space), through the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC), removed a Chinese CZ-7 rocket body from the U.S. satellite catalog as a decayed object after it reentered the atmosphere July 27, 2016, over North America (vicinity

  • New team member joins VAFB

    The responsibility for maintaining the water and wastewater systems on VAFB recently changed hands with a new 50-year utilities privatization contract with American Water, Inc. here, June 1. The new contract will save the Air Force millions of dollars in maintenance costs as well as bring 11 million

 

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