VAFB revives motorcycle safety course

After an almost two-decade hiatus, VAFB will once again offer motorcycle safety courses on the installation. The inaugural safety class was specifically geared toward handling sport-bikes and was held on the newly constructed course here, April 15."Besides being the very first class in almost 20

Building partnerships through faith

It is said that a family who prays together, stays together. The same could be said for a community.Twenty-eight clergy, representing 20 local churches and 12 different denominations, participated in the annual Clergy Day hosted by the Vandenberg chapel, April 3.This years' forum focused on

Vandenberg leadership finds ways to beat the budget in 2014 and years to come

Team V seeks fiscal solutions with Spacebook, a social media tool for identifying process improvements and efficiencies at Vandenberg. Spacebook provides a voice for anyone associated with Team V. "In today's constrained budget environment, we know we must discover and implement process improvements

Vandenberg plants pinwheels for prevention

One by one, children from three pre-school aged classes filed outside of the Vandenberg Child Development Center building, with blue pinwheels in hand, April 7, to plant them in the ground, doing their part to bring awareness to child abuse prevention during the month of the military child.Through

Vandenberg hosts Japan’s highest ranking military officer

General Shigeru Iwasaki, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff, Japanese Self Defense Forces, visited Vandenberg Air Force Base April 1, 2014. General Iwasaki was accompanied by his wife, Toshiko Iwasaki, and several members of his senior staff. The group visited Vandenberg to learn more about the mission of

Distinguished visitors witness successful VAFB launch

VAFB successfully launched the 19th U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program payload on an Atlas V rocket here Thursday, April 3.More than 200 members of the local community, media representatives and distinguished visitors were afforded the opportunity to view the launch within the

Vandenberg launches Atlas V rocket

Inspirational Vandenberg Women: Vandenberg captain loses husband, maintains "rock"

Lee Iacocca, an American businessman known for engineering, was once quoted saying, "The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works is the family."Capt. Jeannette Sandoval, 381st Training Group inspector general, is testament to that statement. Even though her family

Deployment, emergency management inspection concludes

In an effort to measure aptitudes and deficiencies, Airmen throughout VAFB recently participated in a base-wide deployment and emergency management inspection here, March 17 through 25.The dual phased inspection began with a massive deployment scenario and culminated with an emergency management

Vandenberg officials conduct spouse town hall

More than a dozen spouses attended two town hall-style briefings March 26 -27 at the base theater here.Vandenberg officials and military spouses came together with representatives from the Vandenberg Airman and Family Readiness Center, the 30th Force Support Squadron military personnel section and