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  • Remembrance Day/Veterans Day Ceremony at Pine Grove Cemetery

    Maj. Gen. John Shaw, Commander, Combined Force Space Component Command, gives a key note address to a crowd of about 50 people during a Remembrance Day/Veterans Day Ceremony on Nov 11, 2020, at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Orcutt, Calif. The annual event was hosted by American Legion Post 534.

  • Veterans Day; a celebration of service

    Chief Master Sgt. Jason Delucy, 30th Space Wing command chief, speaks during a Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11, 2020, in Santa Maria, Calif. Originally recognized as Armistice Day, this day marked the end of World War I and was formally celebrated on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in

  • 2nd Space Launch Squadron provides software innovation with Perimeter 9

    The Air Force continuously looks to innovate and prepare for the future. At Vandenberg Air Force Base, a piece of mission software called Perimeter 9 looks to be part of that future. Perimeter 9 was developed by the 2nd Space Launch Squadron (2 SLS) team during the initial COVID-19 emergency

  • Japan’s Consul General of Los Angeles visits Vandenberg

    Maj. Gen. John Shaw, Combined Force Space Component (CFSCC) commander met with the Honorable Akira Muto, the consul general of Japan in Los Angeles, and Japan Air Self Defense Force Lt. Col. Takuro Kubota, Multinational Space Collaboration Cell, U.S. Space Command Plans and Policy Directorate, on

  • Finnish Delegation Visits Vandenberg AFB

    The Finnish Air Force Delegation toured Vandenberg AFB on Oct. 30, 2020, where they learned more about the missions of the Combined Force Space Component Command and 18th Space Control Squadron. U.S. Space Command, through the CFSCC, is committed to working with international partners, like Finland,

  • Mother-daughter share MMIII test launch experience, decades apart

    In the early morning of June 8, 1994, a then-1st Lt. Linda Tonnies, 740th Missile Squadron operator, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, turned the launch key and launched an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM for Glory Trip 155 at Vandenberg AFB, California. Little did she know that 26 years later, her

  • UNARMED MINUTEMAN III TEST LAUNCH FROM VANDENBERG

    An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Thursday, Oct. 29, at 12:27 a.m. Pacific Time.

  • Gen. Brown makes first visit to VAFB as CSAF

    After recently taking over his new position, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., made his first visit to Vandenberg Air Force Base Oct. 26-28, 2020.

 

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