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  • Vandenberg announces 2006 Airfield Operations and Aviation Resource Management Annual Award winners

    Vandenberg announced the following Airmen as the 2006 Airfield Operations and Aviation Resource Management Annual Award winners. Airfield Management Facility of the Year: 30th Operational Support Squadron Colonel Derrel L. Dempsey Officer of the Year: Capt. John Bennett, 30th Operational Support SquadronAirfield Management Airmen of the Year:

  • Vandenberg annouces 2006 Outstanding Air Force Space Command Service Airman

    Vandenberg announced Friday that Senior Airman Joy Lopez-McGraner, 30th Space Wing chaplain assistant,  the 2006 Outstanding AFSPC Chaplain Service Airmen Award winner. Airman Lopez-McGraner has represented the wing in sterling fashion and this award is a testament to her high standards of professionalism and dedication to the mission.

  • Vandenberg announces 2006 communications and information award winners

    Vandenberg announced the following 30th Space Communications Squadron members as the 2006 Air Force Space Command Communication and Information Award Winners Thursday.Air Force Communications- Electronic Systems Outstanding Senior Non Comissioned Officer: Master Sgt. Kevin Riek Air Force Communications Computer Systems Outstanding Airman: Senior

  • Vandenberg announces annual award winners

    Vandenberg announces its annual award winners at a banquet in the Pacific Coast Club here Friday.The following indivuals were recognized as Vandenberg's outstanding performers for 2006:Honor GuardAirman - Senior Airman Nicole Deaver, 30th Medical Operations Squadron Noncommisioned Officer - Staff Sgt. Jesus Antillow, 30th MOSCompany Grade Officer -
  • Vandenberg's East Housing units are being prepared for demolition. 633 houses have been slated for demolition due to their dilapidated condition. The families will be moved to homes in Vandenberg's West Housing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Nathan Prost)

    Demolition begins in Vandenberg's East Housing

    Vandenberg's East Housing has begun the process of demolition as families have started moving from the dilapidated homes there to houses on the main base. At a recent industry forum, in which potential contract bidders came to the base to discuss housing privatization, it was decided that the residents in East Housing would have to be moved prior

  • 30th Civil Engineer Squadron announces yard of the month for January

    The Winner of the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron yard of the month contest here for January was Staff Sgt. Elaina Ealy, 532 Training Squadron.The Runner-up for the 30th Civil Engineer Yard of the month contest for January was Tech. Sgt. Robert Crowley, 614th Space Operations Squadron.
  • David Ballard, facilitator of the Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century, team 1, discusses with contractors, civilians, and military personnel the values and necessity of each missile launch on Jan. 30 at Vandenberg. AFSO21 was separated into three teams according to Vandenberg's mission concerning the 2nd Range Operations Squadron here. All the teams worked together to process a more efficient and less expensive launch. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ashley Tyler)

    Vandenberg works to improve base capabilities

    An Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century team recently visited Vandenberg for a four-day conference to discuss improving base capabilities Jan. 29 through Feb 1. AFSO21 is a project headed by the Secretary of the Air Force, Michael W. Wynne, and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, to enable Airmen to work more efficiently and

  • Vandenberg Airman sparks change in DoD

    When she stood in front of senior leadership Dec. 21 at Breaker's dining facility she had no idea that voicing her concern would have an effect the entire Department of Defense. "I was just in the right place at the right time and asked the right question," said Airman 1st Class Erica Hudson, 30th Operations Support Squadron client support
  • Capt. Rod Smith, 576th Flight Test Squadron, delivers an opening speech during a Black History month ceremony at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on February 1. The ceremony was to honor those of black heritage in our armed services and around the world for their important and respectable roles in today’s society. (Air Force Photo by Amn Adam Guy)

    Black History Month kicks off at Vandenberg

  • Vandenberg Air Force Base successfully participated in a U.S. Air Force test launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from North Vandenberg's Launch Facility-10 to the Ronald Reagan Test Site near the Kwajalein Atoll in the western chain of the Marshall Islands February 7, 2007. The launch was part of an operational test to determine the weapon system’s reliability and accuracy. This was Vandenberg's first launch of the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer)

    Vandenberg completes first launch of year

    The 30th Space Wing successfully completed its first launch of the year, an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, at 12:14 a.m. today from Launch Facility-10 on North Vandenberg. The launch was part of an operational test to demonstrate the weapon system's reliability and accuracy. The missile's single unarmed re-entry vehicle
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