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  • SURF BEACH VIOLATIONS RISING QUICKLY

    As of today, less than one month into Snowy Plover nesting season, Surf Beach has already experienced 26 violations. Only 50 violations are allowed for the entire season. To protect the Snowy Plovers, the violations will continue to be monitored. When 30 violations are reached Surf Beach will be

  • 30th Med Group highlights patient safety

    The 30th Medical Group recently highlighted the importance of patient care by participating in the National Patient Safety Week campaign, here, Mar. 13th through 19th at Vandenberg Air Force Base.The campaign, headed by the National Patient Safety Foundation, is intended to provide a dedicated time

  • First Class of "Next Generation" space operators graduates at Vandenberg AFB

    Helping usher in a new era of Air Force space training, the 533rd Training Squadron graduated the inaugural class of 12 officers from its new undergraduate space training course here Jan. 19th.Students were introduced to a rigorous new course on space operations, a change which falls in line with a

  • JFCC Space concludes command and control exercise

    Joint Functional Component Command for Space, in coordination with U.S. Strategic Command other combatant commands, services and appropriate U.S. government agencies, concluded Exercise GLOBAL THUNDER 16, Nov. 8.GLOBAL THUNDER, which began Nov. 2, is an annual command and control exercise designed

  • 14th AF Commander Veterans Day message

    As we prepare to enjoy a well-deserved day off, it is important to me that we not lose sight of the significance of this day.  This day is for you, the men and women of 14th Air Force and Joint Functional Component Command for Space, those of you in uniform and in civilian service, who have

  • 14th AF and JFCC Space welcome new commander

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. David J. Buck assumed command of 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic), Air Force Space Command and  Joint Functional Component Command for Space, U. S. Strategic Command, during a ceremony at the Joint Space Operations Center, here, Aug. 14.Buck, who was promoted to

  • Joint Space Operations Center tracks Progress' reentry into the atmosphere

    U.S. Strategic Command's (USSTRATCOM) Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC Space), through the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC), confirmed at 8:34 p.m. PDT (11:34 p.m. EDT) that the Progress M-27M cargo transport spacecraft reentered the Earth's atmosphere and over the Pacific

  • JFCC Space deputy commander earns second star

    U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Brian B. Brown, deputy commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral Upper Half during a ceremony, here, April 29.The ceremony was officiated by U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond, commander, 14th Air Force (Air

  • Joint Space Operations Center tracking Progress anomaly

    Joint Functional Component Command for Space's Joint Space Operations Center made an initial observation of an anomaly with an International Space Station Progress resupply cargo craft at 4:53 a.m. (7:53 a.m. EDT), today.The JSpOC immediately began tracking the event and initiated the appropriate

  • Congratulations to Vandenberg’s AFA and AFSA annual award winners

    For the last 45 years, the Air Force Association's Robert H. Goddard, Chapter 266 has presented base-level awards to military, civilian, and industry contractors. For the second year in a row, Chapter 266 partnered with the Air Force Sergeants Association, Chapter 1356, to present a total of 32

 

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