Artist’s rendering of WGS-11+

News

  • AFSPC chief makes first visit to Vandenberg

    Enlisted Airmen crowded the base theater to hear the command chief of Air Force Space Command as he addressed Airmen at an enlisted call here Thursday. Chief Master Sgt. Richard Small, who arrived in AFSPC after being the command chief of the 9th Air Force, came to Vandenberg on his first official

  • Chiefs conduct seminar on professional development

    Command-level senior enlisted leaders took time to mentor Airmen here during a Professional Development Seminar on March 21. The seminar, which included three guest speakers and a panel of 14th Air Force command chiefs, focused on strategic planning and joint operations. Guest speakers included

  • CONS unplugs refrigerators to save energy

    The 30th Contracting Squadron recently implemented a cool idea for energy conservation - ridding their office of excess refrigerators. At the beginning of March, the 30th Mission Support Group asked each of its squadrons to conduct an inventory of appliances in use. Lt. Col. Manuel Saenz, the 30th

  • Vandenberg helps small business owners ‘Grow Their Business’

    The 30th Space Wing gave small businesses the opportunity to market their goods to the Air Force at the 'Grow Your Business' conference in the Pacific Coast Club March 19 and 20. The two-day conference gave business owners opportunities to meet and market with government purchase card holders and to

  • Vandenberg to dedicate Reagan memorial

    The 30th Space Wing and Missile Defense Agency will dedicate the Ronald Reagan Memorial at a ceremony March 27 here. The dedication ceremony coincides with the 25th anniversary of President Reagan's strategic defense initiative speech. Located at the Del Punta Observation Site on North Vandenberg,

  • AFSPC announces Command Post Awards

    It gives me great pleasure to announce Vandenberg's AFSPC-level winners for the 2007 Command Post Awards: - Command Post of the Year -- 30th Space Wing - Command Post Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year -- Master Sgt. Marlene Hindman These prestigious awards are a testament to the

  • G.I. Java opens doors in new and improved location

    The G.I. Java reopening ceremony takes place March 20, bringing free coffee, milkshakes, video games and a chance to volunteer to dorm residents here.The Java closed Feb. 29 to relocate from the brown brick dorms to the Bomarc dormitory, east of the medical clinic."We have given a lot of effort and

  • 'Building a Foundation for a Future'

    The Vandenberg Spouses' Club hosted a charity auction Saturday at the Pacific Coast Club to raise money for academic scholarships and other charities."Of the money raised, 75 percent goes toward our military dependent scholarship fund, while the rest helps support many local charities and send care

  • CES installs LED streetlights on base

    In an effort to meet federal and base energy conservation goals, the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron is installing light-emitting diode streetlights here. The squadron ordered 50 of the light fixtures, also known as LED lights, at the end of February after eight months of testing. The results of the

  • Excellence: Redefining the culture of Vandenberg Airmen

    The 30th Space Wing now has a set of three vectors based on the Air Force's third Core Value - vectors that wing leadership wants people on Vandenberg to apply to their work and off-duty time.You see the posters just about everywhere. Walk into any building on Vandenberg and there they are - orange