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  • A&FRC to host Military Saves Week

    The 30th Space Wing, along with the rest of the Department of Defense, will promote financial readiness through Military Saves Week from Feb. 20 - 26 here. As part of the national America Saves campaign, the DOD program is meant to persuade military service and family members, as well as the wider

  • LRS, OSS earn Outstanding Unit Award

    Team, it is with great pride that I recognize our winners of the 2009 Air Force Space Command Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. Please join me in congratulating the 30th Logistics Readiness Squadron and the 30th Operations Support Squadron! This distinction is well-deserved and earned by these units

  • Base beaches to close as plover season begins

    Vandenberg's beaches will close once again as the nesting season begins March 1 for a tiny shorebird listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The western snowy plover nests on Vandenberg beaches from March 1 through Sept. 30 each year. To aid the species' recovery, portions of

  • JFCC-Space continues to support Haiti mission

    The U.S. military is lending support to disaster-stricken Haiti on the ground, in the air and by sea. One unit, however, is helping out from just a bit farther away -- space.The Joint Functional Component Command for Space here is continuing to support relief efforts in Haiti by providing space

  • AFPC announces February supplemental promotion list

    Three Team V Airmen were selected for promotion, according to the February supplemental promotion list released today by the Air Force Personnel Center.The selectee for promotion to technical sergeant is:Staff Sgt. Michelle Martinez, 18th Intelligence SquadronThe selectees for promotion to staff

  • New concept for annual AF Assistance Fund campaign announced

    Air Force officials are introducing a new concept this year for the annual Air Force Assistance Fund "Commitment to Caring" campaign, which provides Airmen the opportunity to contribute to four official Air Force charitable organizations.The campaign, now in its 37th year, will run during a