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  • 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

  • Turning stripes into gold bars

    Tech. Sgt. James Selix, 614th Air and Space Operations Center mission planner, was recently selected to attend Officer Training School in the spring of 2015.OTS applicants are selected based on academic discipline, grade point average, and Officer Qualifying Test scores. Other factors include work

  • 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

  • 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