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  • Airman 1st Class Austin Jacobs, stands in front of his security forces vehicle, July 14, 2021 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., as he speaks about the day he rescued Mr. George Metzger retired U.S. Army. (U.S. Space Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Rocio Romo)

    Vandenberg Airman Rescues Veteran from a House Fire

    Airman 1st Class Austin Jacobs has been an installation entry controller for Space Launch Delta 30 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. for the past two years. Jacobs’ training as a first responder came into place while visiting his family in the state of Indiana as Jacobs jumped into action to save his neighbor, George Metzger retired U.S. Army on Apr. 13, 2021.
  • Surf Beach

    VANDENBERG OPENS ALL BEACHES

    Vandenberg officially opened all sections of Surf, Wall and Minuteman beaches Sept. 27. Beach restrictions are enforced annually on all three beaches normally through Sept. 30 to protect the Western Snowy Plover, however all Plover chicks have fledged effective Sept. 16, so per the Biological Opinion and with concurrence of the Space Launch Delta 30 Commander, all beaches will be fully opened and boundary fences and signs removed.
  • Skydiver, Kent Lane, speaks to the crowds in the stands at the Santa Maria Elks Rodeo in Santa Maria, California, Sept. 4, 2021. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman First Class Tiarra Sibley)

    Patriotism Soaring Through the Air

    The 78th annual Santa Maria Elks Parade and Rodeo went off soaring in red, white and blue in Santa Maria, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. While celebrating the history and diversity Santa Maria Valley has to offer, people of all ages walked the route of the parade to showcase the many faces throughout the community.
  • Team Vandenberg launched a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 here today, Sept. 27, at 11:12 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman First Class Rocio Romo)

    TEAM VANDENBERG LAUNCHES ITS 2000th MISSION TODAY -- AN ATLAS V

    Team Vandenberg launched a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 here today, Sept. 27, at 11:12 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Col. Robert Long was the launch decision authority.
  • VSFB 2K Launch Logo

    VANDENBERG CELEBRATES ITS 2000th LAUNCH MONDAY

    Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the NASA Launch Program Landsat 9 observatory into a near-polar, sun-synchronous orbit from Space Launch Complex-3 here Monday, Sept. 27, with a launch window opening at 11:11 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
  • collage of rocket launches from Vandenberg

    Vandenberg Space Force Base Prepares to Celebrate its Historical 2000th Launch

    Vandenberg Space Force Base will celebrate its 2000th launch when NASA Launch Services Program sends a Landsat-9 Earth observation satellite, mated to an Atlas V 401 rocket into orbit on Sept. 27, 2021. “The 2000th launch gives us the opportunity to celebrate the thousands of people from Team Vandenberg, past and present, who share a proud heritage beginning with the first launch in 1958 through this 2000th launch. Space—and launch—is hard. Our record of success is a testament to longstanding mission excellence,” said Col. Robert Long, Space Launch Delta 30 commander.
  • Mrs. Jennifer R. Vasquez, Victim Awareness Assistance Program Coordinator at Space Launch Delta 30 on Vandenberg Space Force Base, sits at her desk August 18, 2021. Vasquez explained her daily work schedule with her co-workers and clients that come to her for legal help. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman First Class Tiarra Sibley)

    A Paralegal's Job is Never Done

    Mrs. Jennifer R. Vasquez has been a paralegal specialist and the Victim Witness Assistance Program Coordinator for Space Launch Delta 30 for the past seven years. “My job is important because I am the liaison for family members, active duty members and civilians that have zero idea of what the Air Force is,” she said. “I am the one who supports them and guides them through the military justice process.”
  • A-10 aircraft landing

    Vandenberg supports A-10 "Warthogs" for Search and Rescue Exercise

    Two A-10 Thunderbolt II fighter aircraft from the 59th and 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadrons at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, participating in exercise Rescue Edge, could be seen arriving at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Aug. 24, 2021.
  • A Ground-based Interceptor missile, an element of the nation’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, was launched from North Vandenberg today at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time by Space Launch Delta 30 officials, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, and U.S. Northern Command.

    MISSILE DEFENSE TEST COMPLETED

    A Ground-based Interceptor missile, an element of the nation’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, was launched from North Vandenberg today at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time by Space Launch Delta 30 officials, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, and U.S. Northern Command.
  • The distinguished guests formed in a delta and saluted at the assumption of command ceremony at Vandenberg Space Force Base, September 2, 2021.

    Space Delta 1 Assumption of Command and 1st Delta Operations Squadron Activation Ceremony

    Space Delta 1 held an assumption of command and activation ceremony for the 1st Delta at the 533rd Training Squadron on Vandenberg Space Force Base, September 2, 2021.
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