Vandenberg kids enjoy summer reading with Lt. Gen. Helms

USAF Initiates voluntary limited loadmaster recall

Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard loadmasters may be eligible to apply for a limited period recall to extended active duty, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced here.The loadmaster career field is chronically undermanned, said Senior Master Sgt. Marvin Daugherty, the AFPC accessions

New civilian pay system on the way

All Air Force civilian employees are slated to be using a new, standardized Air Force pay system by June 2013. The Automated Time Attendance and Production System will standardize the pay method across the service and will be implemented first at Air Force Global Strike Command and Air National

30th Medical Group poised for whooping cough

This year, health professionals nationwide are seeing many more cases of pertussis or "whooping cough" than in previous years--in fact more than they have seen since the 1950's. Whooping cough is a serious and highly contagious respiratory disease that can cause long, violent coughing fits and a

Hot Shots return from fighting local blaze.

Creech Airman saves Canadian lives, awarded medal at Vandenberg

A former Air Force staff sergeant was ceremoniously awarded a Canadian medal by the deputy commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command in the Pacific Coast Club here July 18.Lt. Gen. Tom Lawson, North American Aerospace Defense Command deputy commander, awarded Scott Knight, a former

AFSEC clarifies use of electronic devices for pedestrians on roadways

The Air Force Safety Center released a letter of interpretation this year prohibiting the use of listening and entertainment devices, including single ear pieces and external speakers, when on a roadway. The use of portable headphones, earphones, cellular phones, digital music players or other

Beach violations rise, closure imminent

Base officials here are just a few violations away from being forced to close two of Vandenberg's beaches this week as the number of violations in Western Snowy Plover habitats approach the maximum allowed in the season.With over two months of summer remaining in this Western Snowy Plover nesting

Vandenberg's Hot Shots return: Part duex

Historic training squadrons merge, missions continue at Vandenberg

The Air Force's only Air Force Specialty Code-awarding Intercontinental Ballistic Missile operations qualification squadron deactivated July 2 here and merged with another training squadron at Vandenberg.The 381st Training Group's, 392nd Training Squadron started as the 704th Strategic Missile Wing