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. 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
Nov. 12, 2020 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.
Nov. 5, 2020 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
Nov. 5, 2020 CFSCC commander visits Cal Poly CubeSat Lab, lauds first space research and development agreement The Combined Force Space Component Command commander Maj. Gen. John Shaw paid a visit to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Calif., Monday, to meet with faculty and students involved in space operations research programs. This was Shaw’s first visit to the campus since the
Nov. 3, 2020 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,
Oct. 29, 2020 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
Oct. 28, 2020 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.