CREWS FIGHT VANDENBERG AFB WILDLAND FIRE

Close to 800 Vandenberg AFB, U.S. Forestry Service, CalFire, and Santa Barbara County fire fighters continue to battle the nearly 500 acre wildland fire on south Vandenberg, Sept. 18. In addition to the hand-crews and bulldozers, air assets are expected to rejoin Sunday morning according to

VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH DELAYED

The south Vandenberg AFB wildland fire that began on Sept. 17, has delayed the Atlas V launch scheduled for Sept. 18."Our procedures require stand-by firefighting crews for every launch to ensure safety of our personnel and facility protection," said Col. Paul Nosek, Emergency Operations Center

WILDLAND FIRE AT VANDENBERG

Fire crews from Vandenberg Air Force Base and Santa Barbara County are responding to a wildland fire on Vandenberg AFB, South Base, Saturday, September 17.The fire, named the Canyon Incident, is affecting 50 acres near Arguello and Santa Ynez Ridge roads.Approximately 250 firefighters including

WILDLAND FIRE AT VANDENBERG - UPDATE

Fire crews from Vandenberg AFB and Santa Barbara County continue to fight a wildland fire on south Vandenberg, September 17.No facilities or infrastructure have been damaged, as the fire is located in a remote canyon between Arguello and Santa Ynez Roads, and crews work to contain the

ATLAS LAUNCH DELAYED

Worldview-4 satellite to launch from Vandenberg

Vandenberg’s 4th Space Launch Squadron and United Launch Alliance are set to propel the Worldview-4 satellite into a Sun Synchronous orbit, here, Sept. 16.Accompanied by seven Cubesatellites, the Worldview-4 payload is an Earth imaging satellite able to capture extremely high resolution,

ATLAS V LAUNCH SCHEDULED

Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch the WorldView-4 satellite on an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 here Friday, Sept. 16, with a launch window opening at 11:30 a.m. PDT.   The rocket, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 provided by Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, has a

MALMSTROM TESTS MINUTEMAN III MISSILE WITH LAUNCH FROM VANDENBERG

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. – A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle Sept. 5 at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time from

MINUTEMAN LAUNCH DELAYED

The launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile has been delayed due to the forecasted hurricane weather over the Hawaiian Islands.The missile was set to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base Sunday, Sept. 4, with a launch window of 12:01 a.m. to 6:01 a.m. PDT. The launch

Top Hawk competition tests teamwork, boosts readiness

Team V personnel recently participated in the Top Hawk competition, here, July 27 through Aug. 16.Created to mirror Air Force Space Command’s Guardian Challenge, Top Hawk pits 30th Operations Group launch teams against each other in a series of challenges designed to test job knowledge and