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  • Vandenberg's 2025 Athletes of the Year

    Members of Team Vandenberg hosted a ceremony at the base gym to honor its newest 2025 Athletes of the Year on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 31, 2025. The receipt of these awards denotes these service members' shared commitment not only to physical fitness standards, proper nutrition and

  • Vandenberg Hawks’ varsity soccer team scrimmage before the Defender’s Cup

    Vandenberg Space Force Base Hawks’ varsity soccer team players warm-up before a scrimmage at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 30, 2025. The team practiced before competing in the Defender’s Cup hosted by JBSA-Lackland from Nov. 7-11, making it to the quarter-finals and later finishing in

  • Vandenberg Hosts First Sergeant Symposium

    Vandenberg Space Force Base congratulates its newest First Sergeant Symposium graduates on Oct. 24, 2025. This symposium provided a collaborative environment where individuals interested in fulfilling additional duty first sergeants positions engaged with peers, senior leaders, and subject matter

  • Vandenberg SFB Deployers Return Home

    Members of Vandenberg’s Installation Deployment Readiness Cell perform equipment check-in for personnel returning from a recent deployment at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 23, 2025. The IDRC is responsible for handling all deployment actions on base, ensuring Airmen and Guardians obtain

  • Vandenberg Holds Patching Ceremony for SDA Tranche 1 TL-C Launch

    U.S. Space Force Col. Dorian Hatcher, Space Launch Delta 30 deputy commander, and Lt. Col. Ralph Salazar, 2nd Range Operations Squadron commander, lead a patching ceremony at the Pacific Coast Center to celebrate the SDA T1TL-C launch. The patching ceremony commemorates Vandenberg's launches and

  • Vandenberg Conducts Pinniped Survey

    Vandenberg’s 30th Civil Engineer Squadron biologists conducted a regular marine mammal survey at several points on south base Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 15, 2025. The surveys are an effort to study mammals, such as sea lions and harbor seals, behaviors, life cycle, and mating

  • Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision for Authorizing Changes to the Falcon Launch Program at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

    VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – Oct. 14, 2025 – Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Department of the Air Force (DAF) prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that includes an analysis of the potential environmental effects associated with: • The DAF’s

  • Vandenberg Hosts 3rd Annual Guardian Arena Competition Release Party

    Guardian Arena is an annual showcase of innovation, teamwork, and unwavering commitment to the mission in which competing members exercise mental agility and grit while executing rigorous physical challenges. Competitors will represent Vandenberg SFB at the 3rd Annual Guardian Arena Competition,