Dec. 8, 2020 A season of giving at VAFB This year, Vandenberg Air Force Base merged two longstanding holiday traditions to create a giving event for the base populous to enjoy.
Dec. 7, 2020 Department of the Air Force moves Physical Fitness Assessments to April 2021, removes waist measurement from composite score permanently To ensure social distancing practices remain in place during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and to give Airmen and Space Professionals time to prepare, testing was delayed from October to January and is now further delayed to April.
Dec. 1, 2020 2020; A time to be thankful Base leadership, Rep. Salud Carbajal, United States Congressman, and Gina Carbajal, his wife, serve Thanksgiving lunch to service members at the Breakers Dining Facility Nov. 26, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Dec. 1, 2020 Vandenberg’s multinational CSpOC team supports NASA’s multinational space missions I have had the privilege of working on two historic NASA missions over the past year, during which the United States launched astronauts into space from its own soil for the first time since 2011. Although these launches took place from a launch pad in Florida, my team’s participation in both
Nov. 23, 2020 USSPACECOM leadership tours VAFB U.S. Army Gen. James H. Dickinson, United States Space Command commander, and U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott Stalker, USSPACECOM command senior enlisted leader, toured the base Nov. 16, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Nov. 21, 2020 SpaceX launches Sentinel-6 satellite from VAFB Members at Vandenberg Air Force Base launched the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite Saturday, Nov. 21, at 9:17 a.m., from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Sentinel-6 is the first of two identical satellites to head into Earth orbit five years apart to continue sea level observations for at least
Nov. 18, 2020 SPACEX TO LAUNCH SENTINEL-6 SATELLITE FROM VANDENBERG AFB Team Vandenberg and SpaceX are scheduled to launch the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite Saturday, Nov. 21 at 9:17 a.m., from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Sentinel-6 is the first of two identical satellites to head into Earth orbit five years apart to continue sea level observations for at
Nov. 18, 2020 SpOC commander visits USSF students at Vandenberg AFB Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, Space Operations Command commander, met with U.S. Space Force students from the 533rd Training Squadron on Nov. 17, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Whiting briefed the students on current developments in the Space Force organization, before breaking into a
Nov. 17, 2020 30th SW welcomes one of their own as new Command Chief On Nov. 16, 2020, Vandenberg Air Force Base welcomed one of their own, Chief Master Sgt. Jason Delucy, as the new 30th Space Wing Command Chief.
Nov. 16, 2020 CFSCC welcomes new commander, high expectations set for combined space operations Just over a year after its activation, the Combined Force Space Component Command welcomed its newest commander in front of a mask-donned gathering of CFSCC staff, community members, partner-nation representatives, and others, during change of command ceremony today at the Combined Space Operations