Team V recognizes new chiefs

Top 3 holds retraining workshop

Airmen plan peer-to-peer engagements to prevent mishaps

Members of the 2012 Airman-to-Airman Safety Advisory Council convened Feb. 14-16 at the Air Force Safety Center to plan communication strategies to share the consequences of their experiences and help others avoid repeating the same mistakes. A2A began in 2010 and gives young Airmen the opportunity

NASA's NuStar satellite assembly

Service science chiefs discuss technology, budget gaps

In talks yesterday with science chiefs from the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps, House Armed Services Committee members targeted technology advances, cyber security and gaps left by mandated cuts in the 2013 defense budget.The panel heard testimony from Dr. Steven H. Walker, the Air Force

Air Force Museum offers virtual tour

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Virtual Tour is now fully embedded with audio and video hotspots, and touch-screen devices, offering online visitors the opportunity to experience the entire museum.Located at www.nmusafvirtualtour.com, the final two areas to be embedded -- the Cold War

AF leaders: FY 13 budget maintains quality, ready force

Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz met with members of the House Armed Services Committee here Feb. 28 to discuss key components of the service's fiscal 2013 budget request."The budget request represents the culmination of many hard decisions

Extreme home makeover: plover edition

Members of the Santa Barbara Zoo teamed with Vandenberg personnel today in the name of endangered species habitat conservation.Eight Santa Barbara Zoo conservationists met with 30th Civil Engineer Squadron biological scientist, Samantha Kiasersatt, at Vandenberg's Wall Beach to get down and dirty to

VANDENBERG BEACHES TO CLOSE FOR ANNUAL SNOWY PLOVER NESTING SEASON

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 1, 2012VANDENBERG BEACHES TO CLOSE FOR ANNUAL SNOWY PLOVER NESTING SEASONVANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Vandenberg leadership is scheduled to temporarily close sections of Surf, Wall and Minuteman Beaches here March 1.Beach restrictions are enforced annually on all

Minuteman III test missile launches from Vandenberg

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched during an operational test at 2:46 a.m. Feb. 25 from Launch Facility-09 on north Vandenberg. Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decision authority.30th Space Wing Western Range safety operations went