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News

  • Annual Fire Muster prepares to crown new champion

    The 30th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department is scheduled to host the 3rd Annual Fire Muster competition at the parade grounds here Oct. 9 at 8:30 a.m. The competition consists of three events that are designed to test physical endurance and teamwork. Scores from the fire truck pull, bucket

  • Plover Season ends, beaches open

    Vandenberg game and wildlife officials opened Vandenberg beaches Sept. 17 after Western Snowy Plover chicks left the premises. An annual breeding ground for the bird, the beaches remain closed from March 1 into September due to an agreement between the base and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to

  • Library to receive AFSO21's efficiency-minded 'expertise'

    Personnel from Vandenberg's Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century program are currently assessing and integrating plans to improve the efficiency of operations at the base library. Due to AFSO21's assessment, the library is scheduled to close Oct. 12-26 for renovations. The goal of the

  • Breakers cuts midnight meal

    Breakers Dining Facility here is scheduled to change the hours of operation by ceasing its midnight meals Oct. 1. A mix of elements is responsible for reducing the hours at the dining facility; management weighed the costs of having a fourth meal and the lack of customer usage during the midnight

  • H1N1 vaccination coming to Vandenberg

    The base clinic will have H1N1 influenza virus vaccinations available possibly as early as late October, according to 30th Medical Group officials. The immunizations clinic will vaccinate active duty military members first. The FDA approved vaccines for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus Sept. 15. Even

  • Communications career field begins transformation

    More than 27,000 enlisted Airmen will transition from 16 communications Air Force Specialty Codes to 11 new cyberspace support specialties Nov. 1. The move, which includes 220 Vandenberg Airmen, is designed to help the Air Force face the challenges of working in and protecting a cyber

  • UFC Fight Night comes to Vandenberg

    The Pacific Coast Club here will host Ultimate Fighting Championship Fight Night 103 in the enlisted lounge Sept. 19. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the preliminary fights begin at 6 p.m. Rich Franklin will face Vitor Belfort in the night's main event. The PCC tried to set up a UFC Fight Night in the

  • AFSPC commander discusses space, cyberspace future at AFA convention

    The Air Force's lead for integrating space and cyberspace capabilities spoke at the 2009 Annual Air Force Association Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition at the National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Md., Sept. 15. Gen. C. Robert Kehler, commander of the 43,000-member Air Force Space Command,

  • Airman sentenced at special court-martial

    An Airman from the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron was convicted at a special court-martial here Aug. 7. By a panel of commissioned officers, Senior Airman Andrea Barba was found guilty of stealing a laptop computer and unlawfully entering a private residence on two separate occasions; she was found

  • Members of Team V take home NAF award

    It is with great pride that I announce our 30th Space Wing winners of the 14th Air Force 2nd Quarter Awards. Please join me in congratulating the individuals below: -  1st Lt. James Smith, 1st Air and Space Test Squadron (company grade officer category) - Tech. Sgt. Reginald Curry, 30th Force