Preparation's a wrap on Operation Kids Christmas

Chopper crews take the plunge

Vandenberg photographers get field ready

Air Force Space Command recognizes Vandenberg's finest

Air Force Space Command recently recognized its outstanding performers in the areas of financial management, civil engineering and security forces.The following Vandenberg personnel were recognized for their professionalism, dedication to service and knowledge in their respective career fields: 2006

Vandenberg community honors America Recycles Day with beach clean-up

About a dozen military and community members volunteered anywhere from 1 to 3 hours of their day to pick up trash along the shore. "We get a lot of things that drift in from the ocean also, along the lines of tires, car seats and PVC pipe," Craig Nathe, Conservation Chief and beach clean up program

Navajo Code Talkers: the code that was never broken

Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Peleliu, Iwo Jima: the Navajo code talkers took part in every assault the U.S. Marines conducted in the Pacific from 1942 to 1945. They served in all Marine divisions, transmitting messages by telephone and radio in their native language--a code that the Japanese never broke.

Airmen kick butt during Great American Smoke Out

The Vandenberg Health and Wellness Center is helping smokers kick their habit by sponsoring this years' Great American Smoke Out from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the Fitness Center. The Great American Smoke Out is a one-day event which encourages Americans to quit using all tobacco products for

Vandenberg leads the way in base security

Vandenberg is paving the way for Air Force installation security by implementing a new method of checking identification cards at base access points Monday.The base will be the first in the Air Force to put into use this new system of identification verification in the continental United States. The

Breakers hosts deployed spouses Halloween party

Breaker's dining facility understands the importance of family time and support for the families of Vandenberg's deployed Airmen. Every Thursday, Breaker's hosts dinner for the spouses and family members of Vandenberg's deployed Airmen. "The deployed spouses' dinners give spouses of deployed Airmen

Vandenberg water under annual maintenance

From now until Nov.20, the base will undergo its annual water supply maintenance transition from state water to the base San Antonio Aquifer wells. "This is an annual preventative maintenance just to make sure that nothing catastrophic happens," said Capt. Laura Abt, 30th Civil Engineer