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  • Vandenberg Military Working Dog Memorial Ceremony

    Vandenberg Base Honor Guard posts the colors during a Military Working Dog Memorial Ceremony at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., April 25, 2025. The ceremony honored Hugo, 30th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, and his service to the United States of America. U.S. Air Force Military

  • VSFB Hype Video

    Hype video for Vandenberg Space Force Base and Space Launch Delta 30. The video showcases the base, mission, spirit and workforce.

  • SLD 30 Hosts Industry Infrastructure Tour at Vandenberg

    Brent Blevins, staff director of the U.S. House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics and Col Mark Shoemaker, Space Launch Delta 30 commander, pose for a photo with key senior leaders at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., April 23, 2025. The visit provided an opportunity for senior leaders

  • NROL-174 Patching Ceremony

    U.S. Space Force Col. Dorian Hatcher, Space Launch Delta 30 deputy commander, and Laura Robinson, National Reconnaissance Office Office of Space Launch deputy director, led a patching ceremony in the Heritage Room at the Pacific Coast Center to celebrate the NROL-174 launch at Vandenberg Space Force

  • Meet the Space Cowboys: A Critical Capability at VSFB

    VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The 2d Space Launch Squadron at Vandenberg SFB is home to a uniquely capable team known as the Space Cowboys. This team serves a specialized role within the U.S. Space Force by providing the Department of Defense’s only expeditionary space launch and transport

  • VSFB 2025 1st Quarter Awards Ceremony

    2nd Space Launch Squadron members pose for a group photo after receiving the quarterly Space Launch Delta 30 Spirit Award at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., April 16, 2025. The Spirit Award recognizes Guardians, airmen, and civilians who consistently go above and beyond, both in their work

  • Vandenberg Launches NROL-174 Mission

    A Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket launched the National Reconnaissance Office's NROL-174 mission from Space Launch Complex 8 at Vandenberg Space Force Base Calif., at 12:33 p.m. PDT, April 16, 2025. This marks the fifth National Reconnaissance Office launch of 2025 and the first launch

  • 1st Delta Operations Squadron Inactivation

    The 1st Delta Operations Squadron inactivation ceremony was held at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., April 11, 2025. The training squadron stood-up in 2021 to provide training in initial skills, specialized warfighter follow-on and advanced training events and courses to prepare U.S. Space Force

  • Introducing “Airman Space”: VSFB’s New Wingman Morale Initiative

    U.S. Space Force 1st Lt. John Rockett, 2 Range Operations Squadron range operations commander, briefs airmen on the several launch vehicles that launch from Vandenberg during a tour of the Western Range Operations Control Center during the Airman Space event at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.,