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  • JEEP Day revs up learning opportunities

    Forty-one junior enlisted service members attended the Junior Enlisted Emerging Professionally Day Oct. 29 at the Education Center here. "JEEP Day is an opportunity for Airmen of the rank of airman basic to technical sergeant to participate and be actively involved in professional development as

  • Vandenberg successfully launches Minuteman III

    A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration test assembly was launched from North Vandenberg today at 1 a.m. The launch was an operational test to determine the weapon system's reliability and accuracy. The missile's single unarmed

  • CE project ensures mission, environmental success

    After almost a decade of planning and research, the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron's effort to restore and reinforce San Antonio Creek is underway. The $3.7 million in-house engineering and environmental project not only stops erosion from taking out parts of San Antonio Road West, but it also creates

  • Vandenberg helps give ecosystem back to Pillar Point

    Members of the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron's natural resources team began a project to remove invasive plants from Pillar Point Air Station near Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Oct. 28.Along with civilian volunteers, natural resources personnel recognized National Public Lands Day by manually removing

  • Vandenberg celebrates communicate with your child month

    How well do you know your children? It's fair enough to say parents have a general knowledge as to what their kids like opposed to what they don't. However, there is more than what meets the eye when it comes to talking to your kids. October is recognized as "Communicate with Your Child Month" where

  • Officials call energy efficiency 'huge priority' for Air Force

    As the largest consumer of energy in the federal government, the Air Force has made conserving resources a priority, a top official said Oct. 21."We have to continue with our strategy of reducing demand and increasing [energy] supply and changing the culture within the Air Force," said Kevin

  • PA program offers enlisted Airmen chance to become medical professional

    Enlisted Airmen have until Jan. 25 to apply for their spot in the Air Force Physician Assistant Program.The program, which is based in Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, offers enlisted Airmen the opportunity to attend a top tier physician assistant program."The military's PA school is one of the best in the

  • Team V successfully launches Delta II

    Vandenberg AFB successfully launched a Delta II rocket today at 7:28 p.m. The rocket took off from Space Launch Complex-2 carrying the Thales Alenia-Space COSMO-SkyMed 3 Satellite. The 30th Space Wing team supported the United Launch Alliance in preparing for the launch a mere six weeks after the