The Pit: Securing Vandenberg during the Holidays

The top priority of the Space Launch Delta 30th Security Forces Squadron working the Lompoc gate search pit is to provide security to Vandenberg Space Force Base year-round.The Lompoc gate becomes a highly trafficked area for commercial visitors delivering packages and goods on base during the

CSEL Conference

Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott Stalker, Command Senior Enlisted Leader of United States Space Command, poses for a group photo with senior non-commissioned officers attending the Senior Enlisted Leader conference on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Dec. 1, 2021. The conference is a three-day event

Securing Vandenberg during the Holidays

The top priority of the Space Launch Delta 30th Security Forces Squadron is to provide security to Vandenberg Space Force Base year-round, but especially during the holidays. The 30th SFS uses the visitors center, gate security, patrolmen, military working dogs, the conservation unit, and the small

Vandenberg Space Force Base Anti-Vehicle Barrier Check

18th Space Control Squadron recognized for innovation

The 18th Space Control Squadron, Combat Development Division, recently won the 2021 Colonel Bradford W. Parkinson Innovation Team Award at the Space Operations Command level. Following the Nov. 3 award announcement, the team will now compete for recognition at the U.S. Space Force level. The Col.

Team Vandenberg Launches the NASA DART Mission

Members of the Vandenberg Fire Department and 30th Civil Engineer Squadron support a static fire test and rocket launch for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) space mission at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Nov. 19 and 23, 2021.

Team Vandenberg Launches the NASA DART Mission

Team Vandenberg launched a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 here today, Nov. 23, at 10:21 p.m. Pacific Time. Col. Rob Long, Space Launch Delta 30 commander, was the launch decision authority. “It takes the entire team for a safe and successful launch,” said Long. “I congratulate

377th Air Base Wing at Kirtland AFB welcomes 576th FLTS

On Oct. 8, 2021, the 377th Air Base Wing at Kirtland AFB, N.M., assumed responsibility for the 576th Flight Test Squadron, a geographically separated unit operating at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

UK Space Command operations commander visits CFSCC

Royal Air Force Air Commodore Mark Flewin (left), commander of both the UK Space Command’s Operations, Plans and Training, as well as UK Joint Force Space Component, stands in front of the Combined Force Space Component Command headquarters building with Brig. Gen. Michael Conley, CFSCC deputy

SPACEX FALCON 9 SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH FROM VANDENBERG TUESDAY

Team Vandenberg is supporting a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch carrying NASA’s first planetary defense test mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) from Space Launch Complex-4 here Tuesday, Nov. 23, at 10:20 p.m. Pacific Time.