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  • '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

  • Atlas V launch successful

    Vandenberg AFB successfully launched an Atlas V rocket March 13 at 3:01 a.m. The rocket took off from Space Launch Complex-3 carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload.Col. Steve Tanous, 30th Space Wing commander, was the spacelift commander for this mission, or final go-for-launch

  • MDA general awards medals to three Vandenberg officers

    Three company grade officers in the 1st Air and Space Test Squadron received joint service medals from a Missile Defense Agency program director on March 7. Brig. Gen. Gary Connor, Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Joint Program Office director, presented 1st Lt. Derek Gilman with the Joint Service

  • Team rehearsals, new pad makes Atlas V ready for first launch

    The first launch of an Atlas V from the West Coast is scheduled to take a National Reconnaissance Office satellite into orbit from Space Launch Complex 3 here Thursday. This milestone for Team Vandenberg is the product of the combined efforts of the 30th Space Wing, the National Reconnaissance

  • VAFB military working dogs verify bomb at local school

    A Vandenberg military working dog team responded to a mutual aid request from the Lompoc Police Department at about 8:35 a.m. March 7. Lompoc police requested the aid of the 30th Security Forces Squadron after a bomb threat occurred at Lompoc High School. Two Airmen and one military working dog

  • Airmen participate in North Star deployment exercise

    The Vandenberg Exercise Evaluation Team engineered a three-day deployment exercise to test and prepare Airmen on deployment readiness March 5-7.North Star assessed each Airman's ability to survive and function in combat situations. Airmen simulated deploying to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. In

  • Plant a business, watch it grow

    The Grow Your Business conference is set for March 19-20 in the Pacific Coast Club. This highly-packed, two-day conference gives business owners opportunities to meet and market with government purchase card cardholders and to network with federal agencies, prime contractors and small

  • One thing certain: 'tis the season to be filing

    Not much time remains until April 15, and all citizens are required to file their taxes by that date. As responsible citizens, all Airmen and their families must complete this important financial task.Vandenberg offers free tax advice, assistance, preparation and electronic filing. The 30th Space

 

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