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  • 50-year time capsule captures essence of present VAFB

    Members of Vandenberg Air Force Base gathered at Heritage Park on Sept. 11 to emplace a time capsule to commemorate the Silver Anniversary of Air Force Space Command.Col. Steve Tanous, 30th Space Wing commander, hosted the event with 50 spectators joining him in placing 2007 memorabilia for Air

  • DIMHRS transforms pay and personnel for 21st century

    The way Airmen conduct personnel and pay business will change when the Department of Defense introduces the Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System, bringing payroll and personnel functions for the Army and Air Force into one integrated Web-based system.It's the next generation of a

  • Sept. 11 Remembrance: A moment of silence at Chapel One

    Nearly 100 people sat quietly in Vandenberg's Chapel One as the 30th Space Wing hosted a Sept. 11 Remembrance Ceremony today.It was a somber scene as various speakers stood at the podium expressing their feelings of how the events of Sept. 11 changed their lives and the lives of an entire nation. A

  • Flightline, first responders answer F-15 emergency call

    Airfield operations and first responder teams reacted Aug. 30 when a call came from an F-15C Eagle pilot requesting to land at Vandenberg's flight line due to operational difficulties.The pilot reported a failure in the jet's left engine, said Staff Sgt. Norman Davis, NCOIC of airfield management

  • Vandenberg breaks ground for Reagan Memorial

    A ground breaking-ceremony symbolized the beginning of construction of the Ronald W. Reagan Memorial at 3 p.m. on Aug. 29 at North Base.The memorial, which is set to be completed around Jan. 17, 2008, will replace the existing on-base launch viewing site at Del Punta. It was designed by Bobby Woods,

  • Airmen invited to submit videos, "do something amazing"

    As part of its "Do Something Amazing" national advertising campaign, the Air Force is offering Airmen the opportunity to submit videos showing Air Force members in action, the best of which will be posted to the official web site - www.dosomethingamazing.com."In the spirit of the ad campaign, we

  • Excercise prepares Vandenberg Airmen for deployment

    Approximately 93 Airmen representing almost every squadron on base deployed Aug. 22 to an off-base location for a North Star field training exercise."The purpose of North Star is to train like we fight," said Capt. Jennifer Holthaus, 30th Space Wing IG chief of inspection exercises. "When we are