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  • Vandenberg Hosts California Military Youth of the Year

    Military Youth of the Year awards youth for commitment to community service, academic success, and good character judged by several essays, interviews, and speeches. Vandenberg hosted the state MYOY competition and ceremony for contestants from around California.

  • Vandenberg Earth Day Event

    Different organizations from around Space Launch Delta 30 came together to provide games, informational booths, and gifts for members of the base to enjoy in commemoration of Earth Day.

  • Youth Leadership Lompoc Valley Visits Vandenberg SFB

    Youth Leadership Lompoc Valley is a program for high school students entering their junior year of high school and is designed to motivate and empower the students through team building, issues-related seminars, community projects and interaction with community leaders. The program is a

  • Month of the Military Child 2024

    April is recognized as the Month of the Military Child and it is a time to acknowledge and show appreciation of the sacrifices and challenges faced by military children.

  • Commander’s Key Support Program takes place of Key Spouse Program at VSFB

    The Department of the Air Force announced significant changes to the Key Spouse Program in March renaming it the Commander’s Key Support Program.The Key Spouse Program was initially launched in 2009 as an initiative by the Air Force chief of staff to facilitate better communication between

  • Col. Shoemaker Hosts SLD 30 All-Call

    Military and civilian Guardians and Airmen attend an all-call hosted by U.S. Space Force Col. Mark Shoemaker, Space Launch Delta 30 commander, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., April 12, 2024. Shoemaker highlighted the installation’s increased launch cadence at Vandenberg over the past decade,

  • Vandenberg's First Patching Ceremony

    On April 11, U.S. Space Force Col. Mark Shoemaker, Space Launch Delta 30 commander, Col. Jim Horne, the Weather System Follow-on Microwave (WSF-M) spacecraft mission director and senior materiel leader for the Space System Command’s Launch Execution Delta, and Col. Bryan Titus, SLD 30 vice

  • USSF-62 Mission Launches from Vandenberg

    A U.S Space Force mission, carrying the first Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) satellite, launches aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., April 11, 2024, at 7:24 a.m. PST. The WSF-M represents the next-generation

  • USSF-62 Mission Launches from Vandenberg

    A U.S Space Force mission, carrying the first Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) satellite, launches aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., April 11, 2024, at 7:24 a.m. PDT. This is the 13th mission to launch from Vandenberg

  • WSF-M SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED FROM VSFB

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was successfully launched today at 7:25 a.m. PDT from Space Launch Complex-4 East carrying U.S. Space Force’s Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) into Low Earth Orbit.