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  • Vandenberg senior makes chief

    Congratulations to Senior Master Sgt. John E. Kovach Jr.,  576th Flight Test Squadron, on his selection for promotion to chief master sergeant.

  • Vandenberg launches second Delta IV rocket

    Vandenberg successfully launched a Delta IV evolved expendable launch vehicle at 5:53 a.m. today from Space Launch Complex-6 carrying a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellite. The two-stage Delta IV medium booster hauled the 2,700-pound DMSP-17 spacecraft into a polar orbit around

  • Vandenberg celebrates retired members

    "One of my favorite memories from when I was in the military was my first trip into San Francisco," said retired Master Chief Petty Officer Lauren Walter. "I was on the foretop, by the mast, as we were going under the Golden Gate Bridge. I was so close to it I could almost touch it," he

  • ID theft defense necessary in todays world

    In the course of one day many people write checks at the grocery store, charge tickets to ball games, rent cars and call home on cell phones. Chances are they don't give these everyday transactions a second thought. But someone else may be looking over their shoulder. Identity theft is one of the

  • Launch Support Squadron celebrates first anniversary

    Vandenberg's 30th Launch Support Squadron celebrates its first anniversary as a squadron Oct. 31. After taking charge of the still-new unit this summer, the commander gives an inside look at the workings of this unique unit.Although a relatively new squadron, the 30th LCSS is steeped in launch

  • Space & Missile Times ceases production after nearly 50 years

    After nearly 50 years and four name changes, the Vandenberg Air Force Base newspaper has hit the presses for the last time. As of Oct. 27, news from the Space & Missile Times is strictly online.Publication of Strategic Air Command's SAC Missileer began in July 1958 and was well underway when it

  • Airmen celebrate past, present, future at Vandenberg's Dining Out

    More than 350 people celebrated a "Journey of Excellence: Past, Present and Future" at the 30th Space Wing's dining out Oct. 20 at the Pacific Coast Club. Decorations from Vandenberg's early days as Camp Cooke and models of today's satellites and missile systems created a life-sized timeline for

  • Vandenberg implements National Security Personnel System

    The Department of Defense has begun to implement the National Security Personnel System, a new pay plan, starting with certain individuals with supervisory positions on base. "I'm very optimistic about this system," Mark Farias, Vandenberg Fire Chief, said. "Our nature is to walk from known to

  • 30th CPTS manages millions during FY 2006

    The 30th Comptroller Squadron worked diligently to ensure that all Vandenberg funds were accounted and obligated for before the clock struck midnight Sept. 30. Fiscal Year 2006 came to a close, but it wasn't an easy task for the 30th CPTS, also nicknamed the "Money Hawks." The squadron had been

  • VAFB to go paperless

    The last published issue of the Space & Missile Times will be Oct 27. Termination of the internal information product is the wave of the Air Force future as we have fewer assets available to produce them.The 30th Space Wing Public Affairs office's current manning stands at 22%, and there are similar

 

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