North Star exercise readies expeditionary Airmen for combat

A cross-section of the base put their skills to the test during the December North Star exercise here to prepare for the next Air Expeditionary Force bucket, which is set to deploy next year.To train Airmen for deployment to hostile locations, the exercise puts them in situations like the ones they

Ceremony, monument honor fallen Santa Maria Soldier

CoRC gives Vandenberg Airmen healthy options

With the mission at Vandenberg demanding 100 percent success from all Team V members, it's important that every Vandenberg Airman makes good decisions -- on and off the job. The Culture of Responsible Choices program (or CoRC) was a program created to help remind each of us the importance of making

Vandenberg launches Delta II, Italian weather satellite

Vandenberg successfully launched a Delta II rocket Saturday at 6:31 p.m. The rocket took off from Space Launch Complex-2 carrying the Thales Alenia-Space COSMO-SkyMed 2 Satellite.Col. Steve Tanous, 30th Space Wing commander, was the spacelift commander for this mission, or final go-for-launch

Vandenberg MPF will go paper-less in 2008

Beginning Dec. 10, Vandenberg's officers will no longer be able to walk into the 30th Mission Support Squadron military personnel flight and receive a paper copy of their Record of Performance. By February 2008, Vandenberg and the rest of the Air Force will switch to a paperless record keeping

Charitable Airmen welcome local children for Christmas bash

Senior center sends holiday cheer to deployed single Airmen

Industry leaders speak of change at base AFSO 21 seminar

Delta II delayed 48 hours after inspection shows loose cork

Vandenberg's launch of a Delta II rocket scheduled for Wednesday was delayed for 48 hours after post launch inspections revealed an area of de-bonded cork on the launch vehicle. Cork insulates the rocket from excessive heat.  Teams are working to fix the issue and a launch date will be set once

Tree lighting ceremony captures essence of holiday spirit