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  • MLK Day; Remember, celebrate, act

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is widely regarded as America’s preeminent advocate of nonviolence and a pivotal leader of the Civil Rights Movement.

  • 14th Air Force Redesignated as Space Operations Command

    By order of Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett, effective Dec. 20, 2019, Fourteenth Air Force was officially redesignated as Space Operations Command.Air Force military and civilian personnel previously assigned to Fourteenth Air Force are now assigned to SpOC by virtue of the

  • VAFB STARBASE is a ‘Go for Launch’

    Vandenberg Air Force Base has been chosen as the newest location for the Department of Defense STARBASE program, making it one of 68 locations to host the program, and the third in California.

  • CFSCC establishment ceremony held at Vandenberg

    Joint and coalition space officials from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States attended a ceremony to formally recognize the establishment of Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC) at Vandenberg AFB, Oct. 1, 2019.

  • VAFB celebrates POW/MIA week

    Members of Vandenberg Air Force Base Honor Guard hosted the POW/MIA Opening Ceremony Sept. 16, 2019, at Vandenberg AFB, Calif.

  • 9/11 A silent walk to remember

    On Sept. 11, 2019, the base held a 9/11 Silent Walk and Remembrance Ceremony at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

  • 30th MDG reforms medical structure

    The 30th Medical Group officially stood up two new health care squadrons during a re-designation ceremony Aug. 23, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

  • 2nd SLS reactivated following squadron merger

    As of Aug. 15, 2019, the 2nd Space Launch Squadron officially activated, following the inactivation of the 1st Air and Space Test Squadron and the 4th Space Launch Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.