Vandenberg's chief master sergeant selection board results

Air Force officials selected 487 of 2,201 eligible senior master sergeants for promotion to chief master sergeant for a selection rate of 22.13 percent. The average score for those selected was 659.88, with an average time in grade of 3.09 years and time in service of 22.85 years respectively. The

Team V hosts Beach Cleanup Day

Five members of USSTRATCOM receive prestigious NOAA award

Five members of United States Strategic Command and its Joint Functional Component Command for Space were a part of a ground-breaking team awarded the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Administrator Award in October. The team established a method to provide critical space situational

Military appreciated at Righetti High School

Base Chapel holds Fall Festival

Three Vandenberg Airmen compete in 2011 Marine Corps Marathon

Three Vandenberg Airmen competed in the 36th Annual Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., Oct. 30. At 8 a.m. on the day before Halloween, Col. Michael Wasson, 614th Air and Space Operations Center combat operations division chief, Chief Master Sgt. Alex Escarcega, the 9th Space Operations

Air Force BDU officially history

There are two things you should not see Nov. 1 -- Halloween costumes and the Air Force Battle Dress Uniform.In 2006, the Airman Battle Uniform became authorized for wear and a date was set for final phase-out of the woodland camouflage-patterned BDU's.Previously announced to be effective Oct. 1 of

Team Vandenberg launches Delta II rocket

Team Vandenberg launched a Delta II rocket carrying NASA's NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite from Space Launch Complex-2W here at 2:48 a.m. PDT Oct. 28.Col. Richard Boltz, 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decision authority."Public safety is always our first priority, and Team

SFS reminds base populace about pet control

Personnel from the 30th Security Forces Squadron here are reminding base residents about the existence of the Vandenberg Stray Animal Facility (Building 11478) and the impoundment procedures.The 30th SFS houses stray animals found on base for a five-day period before turning the animals over to the

AFAF to host Air Force-wide video contest

The Air Force Assistance Fund is hosting an online video contest from Nov. 30 to Jan. 20, 2012, to help raise awareness for the AFAF's 2012 fundraising campaign.The conceptualization of the video contest originated after an AFAF installation officer from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., created a