MINUTEMAN III LAUNCHES FROM VANDENBERG

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched during an operational test at 7:45 a.m. here Tuesday.Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decision authority."An outstanding display of teamwork ensured 100-percent mission success for the first Minuteman

Firework donation ends with a bang

Santa Maria Valley Young Men's Christian Association recently raised money to donate to a Vandenberg Airman in need.The SMV YMCA runs a firework booth yearly to raise money for community support programs, and this year decided to donate eight percent of the proceeds to a local military support

AF to every Airman: Tell us your story

Air Force leaders want Airmen to share their stories with the world and designed the 2014 American Airman Video Contest with that purpose in mind."Every Airman has a story -- and smartphone technology now allows those Airmen to share those stories to a wider audience than ever before," said Air

Delta II launch success

A NASA satellite on a United Launch Alliance rocket was launched from Space Launch Complex-2 here Wednesday, July 2, at 2:56 a.m. PDT.Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decision authority.The Delta II rocket carried NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2; the second of NASA's

Delta II launch delayed

The launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta II carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite was scrubbed today due to an issue with the water suppression system that is used to flow water on the launch pad to dampen the acoustic energy during launch.The launch is rescheduled for

Delta II launch scheduled

Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch a NASA satellite on a United Launch Alliance rocket from Space Launch Complex-2 here Tuesday, July 1, at 2:56 a.m. PST. The Delta  II rocket will carry NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2; the second of NASA's five Earth  science missions to launch in

Missile Defense test completed

A Ground-based Interceptor missile, an element of the nation's Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, was launched from North Vandenberg Sunday at 11:54 a.m. PDT by 30th Space Wing officials, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, and U.S. Northern Command. The missile intercepted a target missile over

Chief trio recognized

SCS kicks MDG in soccer match

Troops take advantage of GI Bill transferability

More than 100,000 requests from troops desiring to transfer their unused education benefits to family members have been approved under the Post-9/11 GI Bill, a defense official said April 22 here. Signed into law in June 2008, the new GI Bill is a Department of Veteran Affairs-sponsored program that