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  • Vandenberg temporarily switches water source

    The 30th Civil Engineer Squadron's water treatment plant will switch from the California State water source to Vandenberg water wells Sept. 25. The switchover, which will be in place until Dec. 1, is a semiannual maintenance requirement to ensure Vandenberg meets and exceeds Santa Barbara County and

  • Airman's Roll Call: Air Force celebrates 61st birthday

    This week's Airman's Roll Call focuses on six decades-plus of airpower as the Air Force celebrates its 61st birthday Sept. 18. For more information about the Air Force's 61st birthday read this week's Airman's Roll Call. Airman's Roll Call is designed for supervisors at all levels to help keep

  • Air Force officials up bonuses by $93 million

    Officials have released the latest selective reenlistment bonus list containing 88 Air Force specialties, effective Sept. 15. The new program includes a $93 million budget increase, almost triple the amount of the current program. This will allow for greater distribution of bonuses across Air Force

  • Acting Secretary Donley speaks at AFA conference

    From uniforms to deployments, nuclear priorities and the service's future, acting Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley spoke of a variety of topics at the Air Force Association convention here Sept. 15. "We are providers of tremendous capability of air and space," Secretary Donley said. "All

  • Climate survey coming to an e-mail account near you

    As Airmen in the world's greatest air and space force we are afforded several different benefits to include healthcare, housing and food. One benefit that is often overlooked by many Airmen is the opportunity to help change the Air Force for the better by participating in the 2008 Air Force Climate

  • Recycling benefits base, keeps dollars close to home

    In a time of tight budgets and limited resources, the nation has turned its attention to finding ways to do more with less. With climate changes and the specter of global warming, the "throwaway" mentality is being replaced with a mindset to reduce, re-use and recycle. Vandenberg has been at the

  • CCAF announces Fall 2008 graduation

    The United States Air Force has always recognized the positive effects of education on Air Force personnel and continually establishes various programs to meet the needs of the Air Force, its personnel and society as a whole. One of the most notable programs is the Community College of the Air

  • Roadway safety ensures survivability

    Wing leadership here, including 30th Space Wing commander Col. David Buck, spent a few hours conducting road safety checks on base Sept. 11. As part of the checks, the wing commander, along with Col. Steven Winters, 30th SW vice wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Cari Kent, 30th SW command chief,

  • Surf board gets bad end of shark attack

    {Insert music from movie Jaws} Security forces members responded to a shark attack on Sept. 7 off Vandenberg's Surf Beach. A shark, believed to be either a blue shark or a great white, attacked the board of a surfer as he was drifting in the water. The surfer, who wishes to remain anonymous, was not

  • Airman's Roll Call: Pentagon Memorial unveiling

    This week's Airman's Roll Call focuses on the unveiling of the Pentagon Memorial, a lasting tribute to those who died in the attack there on Sept. 11, 2001. As the World Trade Center burned in New York City as a result of two terrorist-hijacked aircraft crashing into them, a third plane struck the