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News

  • Retired chief master sergeant earns Bronze Star

    A retired chief master sergeant from the 18th Intelligence Squadron here was presented the Bronze Star Medal in a ceremony held at the Vandenberg Center March 3. Mr. Edward Colquhoun Jr. was awarded the Bronze Star for his meritorious achievement in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom during his 2008

  • Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty team arrives at Vandenberg

    Officials from the 30th Space Wing met an inspection team from the Russian Federation here March 3. The team is here to conduct an on-site verification of compliance with the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. The United States sends similar teams to inspect former Soviet strategic weapon facilities.

  • AFSPC recognizes OSS

    Team, it gives me great pleasure to recognize the men and women of the 30th Space Wing Operations Support Squadron. The 30th SW OSS was recently recognized in two categories of the 2008 Air Force Space Command Airfield Operations and Aviation Resource Management Awards: Ronald D. Mccarthy Airfield

  • AFAF campaign returns

    The Air Force Assistance Fund campaign is back at Vandenberg and in the midst of its six-week campaign ending March 26. The AFAF is an annual fund-raising effort that allows Air Force active duty members, retirees, reservists, guard members and their dependants and surviving spouses to provide help

  • Base beaches close as snowy plover nesting season begins

    Vandenberg's beaches close once again as the nesting season begins Sunday 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

  • Census Bureau to visit Vandenberg

    Census Bureau employees from the Santa Maria Local Census Office visited with the base liaison here Feb. 20 to coordinate the next surveying of Vandenberg. A team of census listers are scheduled to conduct business here beginning in April and ending in May, 2009. The census listers will go