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  • 2026 State of Vandenberg

    Community leaders, mission partners and military personnel gathered for the annual State of Vandenberg event at the Pacific Coast Center on Vandenberg Space Force Base, March 12, 2026.Hosted in partnership with the Santa Maria Valley and Lompoc Valley Chambers of Commerce, the event provided local

  • Vandenberg's Hawk of the Week Award on March 11th

    U.S. Air Force Col. Lawrence Smith, left, Space Launch Delta 30 deputy commander, presents Vandenberg’s Hawk of the Week Award to Staff Sgt. Aramis Quinones-Tirado, right, 2nd Space Launch Squadron mission assurance technician, during a weekly installation leadership meeting at Vandenberg Space

  • Patching Ceremony for GT-255 Test Launch

    Team Vandenberg members gather following the recent launch of an unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (GT-255) launch during a patching ceremony at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., March 5, 2026. The tradition commemorates Vandenberg's launches and highlights the team that

  • U.S. STRATCOM Leadership Visit Vandenberg SFB During ICBM Test Launch

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael J. Lutton, right, deputy commander of U.S. Strategic Command, and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Jo Naumann, middle, command senior enlisted leader, USSTRATCOM, and Casey L. Deering, left, Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Nuclear Matters, engage in conversation

  • Range Commanders' Council tour VSFB

    Range Commanders Council members and partners pose for a photo near Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6) following a base tour at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Feb. 11, 2026.

  • Vandenberg Space Force Base takes ‘Mission Update’ to Santa Barbara

    VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (March 6, 2026) Vandenberg Space Force Base is taking its community speaker series “Mission Update," on the road for its second iteration on Tuesday, March 17, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the county’s Planning Commission Hearing Room, accessed via the County

  • GT 255 Minuteman III ICBM Test Launch

    Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen conducted an operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. March 3, 2026, to demonstrate the readiness of the U.S. nuclear forces and provide confidence in the lethality and

 

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