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  • Suicide prevention month: stopping suicide is everyone’s battle

    September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time for Americans to build awareness and help understand suicide in our culture. More than 40,000 Americans lose their life due to suicide each year and research shows that rates in the military and the general population are very close. The loss of any one

  • 1st ASTS teams up with SpaceX for Falcon 9 launch

    Vandenberg’s 1st Air and Space Test Squadron provided support for a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch, here, Aug. 24. With the help of the 1st ASTS, a Taiwanese Earth-imaging payload launched into orbit. The vehicle is designed to test out the country’s domestic aerospace manufacturing capability and

  • FALCON 9 LAUNCHES FROM VANDENBERG

    Team Vandenberg launched the FORMOSAT-5 satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 here Thursday, Aug. 24, at 11:51 a.m. PDT.Col. Gregory E. Wood, 30th Space Wing vice commander, was the launch safety authority."The 30th Space Wing takes great pride in supporting another

  • Falcon 9 scheduled to launch

    Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch the FORMOSAT-5 satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 here Thursday, Aug. 24, between 11:50 a.m. and 12:34 p.m. PDT.Col. Gregory E. Wood , 30th Space Wing vice commander, will be the launch safety authority."We are proud to provide a

  • Solar Eclipse Safety Tips

    A total solar eclipse that will be visible across North America from coast to coast for the first time in 38 years is slated to occur, Aug. 21. The rare phenomenon when the sun, moon and Earth perfectly align is predicted to be the most viewed eclipse ever. As of this writing, the best viewing spots

  • Vandenberg Spouses’ Club set to open Cinderella’s Closet

    The Vandenberg Spouses' Club is an all-inclusive charitable and social organization dedicated to promoting a sense of belonging to, and support for, the collective voice of the Vandenberg community. With the goal of supporting Team V members in mind, two of the club’s board members, Bonnie Martin,

  • JSpOC Echo Crew wins Air Force Association award

    The Joint Space Operations Center’s Echo Crew was recognized as the 2017 Air Force Association’s Best Space Operations Crew, July 27. The award is presented to the best overall space operations crew in the Air Force. “I’m honored and thankful that our team received such an amazing recognition,” said

  • New Club Membership Program

    30th Space Wing Commander, Col. Michael Hough, was the first Club Member to transition to the new Member Planet Club Card system.  As of Aug. 1, 2017, existing Club Members can connect their accounts to the new system by going to: http://www.myairforcelife.com. The biggest news for Club Members is

  • MINUTEMAN III LAUNCHES FROM VANDENBERG

    An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched during an operational test at 2:10 a.m., PDT, here Aug. 2.   Col. Michael Hough, 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decision authority.   “The seamless partnership of Team V and our Air Force Global Strike Command

  • MINUTEMAN III SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH

    An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug 2, between 12:01 a.m. to 6:01 a.m. PDT from north Vandenberg Air Force Base.The purpose of the ICBM test launch program is to validate and verify

 

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