START exercise preps Team V for inspectors' visit

Launch Facility 5 rests high on a plain on North Base overlooking many miles of Vandenberg's coastline. At one time, it was an active Peacekeeper missile silo. Now, three missile maintainers are working on the silo's surface, participating in an exercise of international proportions. And they are

Air Force Space Command issues new command statement

Your Airmen need to know what is important to you, the command and the Air Force. To that end, I ask you to share with them the command's new mission statement: "To Deliver Trained and Ready Airmen with Unrivaled Space Capabilities to Defend America." These words capture what we do in a short, easy

AFSO21 office looks to recycle red tape at Vandenberg

Vandenberg is set to get an AFSO21 office July 19 that is designed to make life for an Airman easier, and the Air Force more efficient. "We are trying to eliminate steps and processes that waste time and are no longer valuable to today's Air Force," said Dave Marston, director of Vandenberg's Air

Lompoc man makes grand donation to Op. Warrior Comfort

On July 2, retired Master Sgt. Richard Depuy gave a check for $500 to Operation Warrior Comfort here. Operation Warrior Comfort is an organization developed at Vandenberg that is collecting comfortable clothes and other necessities for injured military members in Iraq. Operation WC was developed by

USAF collaborates with colleges to help Airmen get degrees

Can you imagine throwing away over $15,000? This is very real problem for some Airmen attempting to transfer their associate's degree from the Community College of the Air Force to another university. The Air Force is trying to prevent that prodigality by starting the Associate to Baccalaureate

eBoard creates virtual bulletin in central online location

The 30th Space Wing has no more requirements for physical bulletin boards, military or civilian, to be displayed in 30th SW units. The initiative to get rid of the requirement has eliminated the need for unit bulletin board monitors, dissolving an additional duty as an aspect of smart operations

Vandenberg aircrew saves stranded hiker

A standby aircrew from the 76th Helicopter Squadron at Vandenberg participated in an emergency rescue mission several miles west of the San Francisco Airport, Calif., on July 8.A four-person crew was recalled at approximately 2:50 a.m. to launch on a rescue mission for a trapped 35-year-old hiker

ROTC cadets check in for 3-day Air Force experience

Vandenberg NCO serves homeland while serving country

When three Polish senators came to Vandenberg they needed a translator. They wouldn't have been able to discuss Vandenberg's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile program with 30th Space Wing leadership without the help of Staff Sgt. Radoslaw Ciesielski. Sergeant Ciesielski, a heating, ventilation and

CoRC taking aim at plugging informational hole for Airmen

The Air Force started the Culture of Responsible Choices program to help find alternatives to alcohol-related programs, but Vandenberg is taking CoRC to a new level.Vandenberg's vision for CoRC brings multiple services and resources, including sexual assault response, suicide prevention and the