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  • 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

  • ATLAS LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL

    Team Vandenberg successfully launched the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload from Space Launch Complex-3 here Friday, Dec. 12, at 7:19 p.m. PDT.Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decision authority."This launch was an

  • ATLAS LAUNCH DELAYED

    The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the NROL-35 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office was scrubbed today due to predicted violations of multiple weather criteria.The launch is rescheduled for Friday, Dec. 12, from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force

  • USSTRATCOM commander visits Vandenberg

    Adm. Cecil D. Haney, U.S. Strategic Command commander, visited Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 10, and expressed the critical importance of the Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines of USSTRATCOM's Joint Force Component Command for Space and 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) during tours

  • ATLAS LAUNCH SCHEDULED

    Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload from Space Launch Complex-3 here Thursday, Dec. 11, with a launch window opening at 7:17 p.m. PDT.Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander will be the launch decision

  • Milestone reached in ops center, headquarters consolidation project

    The 614th Air Operations Center, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) and Joint Functional Component Command for Space headquarters consolidation project reached its first major milestone as the 30th Space Wing turned over a key administrative building for construction work to begin, Nov. 3.U.S.

  • 14th Air Force holds Wingman Day

    Fourteenth Air Force and Joint Functional Component Command for Space paused for Wingman Day, Oct. 30, with Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines attending wellness-oriented briefings and small group discussions focused on resilience."We are wingmen every day to the warfighter downrange by the

  • Delta Mariner docks at Vandenberg

    A cargo ship, contracted by United Launch Alliance and specifically designed to carry rocket components, recently dropped anchor here, Nov. 5.The Delta Mariner made its way from a production facility in Decatur, Ala., to deliver a Delta IV rocket, scheduled to launch in early 2015."Months of work