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  • 2023 Madrigals Concert on VSFB

    The Cabrillo High School Madrigals perform a song during a concert at the Base Annex Chapel on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Dec. 7, 2023. The Madrigals consist of high school students from Cabrillo High School who annually perform Christmas songs and carols on VSFB for the base community.

  • German Space Command Commander Visits 18 SDS

    U.S. Space Force Lt. Col. Jordan Mugg, commander of the 18th Space Defense Squadron, welcomed German Air Force Major General Michael Traut, commander of the German Space Command, to the 18 SDS for a visit Dec. 19, 2023.

  • FIREFLY ALPHA LAUNCH SCHEDULED

    Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha FLTA004 rocket is scheduled to launch Wednesday, Dec. 20, between the hours of 9:18 and 9:39 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, conducted by Space Launch Delta 30 Guardians, Airmen and Firefly Aerospace. The mission, called Fly the Lightning, will launch a

  • BOOTS ON THE GROUND: SAVING SPECIES, SUPPORTING THE MISSION

    The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment announces the release of Boots on the Ground: Saving Species, Supporting the Mission—a video that showcases the Department of Defense’s (DoD) success in maintaining its national defense and security mission,

  • Annual Santa's Workshop Event for EFMP, Deployed and Remote Families

    A family works together to build a stocking during Vandenberg's annual Santa's Workshop event for exceptional family member program enrollees, along with families with deployed service members in the Pacific Coast Club at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Dec. 13, 2023. During the event,

  • 2023 Holiday Bike Give Away

    On Dec. 16, members of Vandenberg coordinated with the Village Dirtbags and Main Street Cycles for giving away 100 bikes to military kids this holiday season. The members of both clubs hosted the giveaway pickup in Lompoc where families came to bike around, eat the complimentary breakfast provided

  • New eWAPS System at Vandenberg

    The new electronic Weighted Airman Promotion System will improve the testing process to a computer based platform that will be used by the entire Air Force.