Joint Space Operations Center tracks Progress' reentry into the atmosphere

U.S. Strategic Command's (USSTRATCOM) Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC Space), through the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC), confirmed at 8:34 p.m. PDT (11:34 p.m. EDT) that the Progress M-27M cargo transport spacecraft reentered the Earth's atmosphere and over the Pacific

Vandenberg receives conservation award

Vandenberg recently received the 2015 Military Conservation Partner Award for excellence and exceptional leadership in natural resource conservation, May 4, 2015.Working in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is critical for the preservation of the multitude of threatened species on

AFSPC Chief Scientist visits VAFB

Team V hosts Wing Space Walk

Vandenberg is scheduled to host a Wing Space Walk, here, May 8.The Space Walk is an open house for team members and their families and is an opportunity for them to see the wing's unique mission, people, facilities and equipment.Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander, will have two mission

JFCC Space deputy commander earns second star

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Brian B. Brown, deputy commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral Upper Half during a ceremony, here, April 29.The ceremony was officiated by U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond, commander, 14th Air Force (Air

Free respite program takes care of families

Free respite care is now available to eligible Vandenberg families currently enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program, with the support of Child Care Aware of America.Families with children age 18 or younger who have a moderate to severe diagnosis, are eligible for up to 12 hours of free

Joint Space Operations Center tracking Progress anomaly

Joint Functional Component Command for Space's Joint Space Operations Center made an initial observation of an anomaly with an International Space Station Progress resupply cargo craft at 4:53 a.m. (7:53 a.m. EDT), today.The JSpOC immediately began tracking the event and initiated the appropriate

Earth Day celebration

Vandenberg Airmen volunteer for Special Olympics

More than 60 Team V Airmen volunteered to join forces with members of Special Olympics Northern Santa Barbara County to assist with an event in Santa Maria, April 18.Volunteers were paired up with athletes with intellectual disabilities for the day, where they got to know their athlete, watched them

Cyber sports challenge builds camaraderie, promotes fitness

Vandenberg recently hosted its first ever cyber sports challenge, here, April 17.The event aimed to build camaraderie while pitting the base's two communications squadrons, the 614th Air and Space Communications Squadron and the 30th Space Communications Squadron, against each other in a series of