Press Releases

June 2, 2009
Team Vandenberg member killed in Iraq

The 30th Mission Support Group deputy commander here, was confirmed killed in action while serving in Al Anbar province, Iraq, Monday. Naval Reserve Cmdr. Duane Wolfe, assigned as Officer in Charge of the US Army Corps of Engineers Al Anbar Area Office, Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, was performing his
June 2, 2009
Air Force health care team aids first joint humanitarian effort in rural Costa Rica

A team of Air Force medical specialists began joint humanitarian efforts with local Costa Rican medical professionals here May 18. With security provided courtesy of the Costa Rican government, the health care providers will spend two weeks delivering basic and specialty care to people living in
June 2, 2009
Rare 'fire rainbow' appears over Vandenberg

Team V received a glimpse of a rare optical phenomenon here May 18. The circumhorizontal arc, more popularly known as a "fire rainbow," appeared in the skies above Vandenberg at approximately 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The arc is formed when sunlight rays interact with the ice crystals of cirrus clouds,
June 2, 2009
Vandenberg medical team supports Costa Rica humanitarian mission

A Vandenberg medical team will head to Costa Rica May 16 to assist local medical professionals in providing much-needed care for remote areas of the country. Airmen from Vandenberg's 30th Medical Group, along with three specialists from other AF medical units, will work jointly with Costa Rican
May 11, 2009
Vandenberg to officially open new fitness center

A new $15.5 million, 51,000 square-foot fitness center, four years in the making, is scheduled to officially open its doors during a ribbon cutting ceremony here 10 a.m. May 8. Col. David Buck, 30th Space Wing commander, will preside over the ceremony. The new facility features a 20,000 square-foot
May 11, 2009
Minuteman III launch delayed

The scheduled operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is delayed to allow for additional data collection while in the operational ground configuration. A new launch date has yet to be established. "We are working with the Western Range to establish a
May 5, 2009
Delta II launch successful

Vandenberg successfully launched a Delta II rocket from Space Launch Complex-2 today at 1:24 p.m May 5. The rocket carried an experimental satellite for the Missile Defense Agency's Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Technology Risk Reduction mission. At approximately one hour after
Sept. 11, 2008
Delta II launch delayed

The launch of a Delta II rocket has been rescheduled for no earlier than 7 September at 11:50 a.m. due to Hurricane Hanna affecting the availability of key launch personnel located at Cape Canaveral. The rocket will lift off from Space Launch Complex-2 carrying United Launch Alliance's GeoEye-1
Sept. 11, 2008
Delta II launch delayed

The launch of a Delta II rocket has been rescheduled for 6 September at 11:50 a.m. due to Hurricane Hanna affecting the availability of key launch personnel located at Cape Canaveral. The rocket will lift off from Space Launch Complex-2 carrying United Launch Alliance's GeoEye-1 Satellite. For more
Sept. 11, 2008
Delta II launch successful

Vandenberg AFB successfully launched a Delta II rocket from Space Launch Complex-2 at 11:51 a.m. today. The rocket carried the GeoEye-1 Satellite into a circular Sun-synchronous orbit where the satellite will begin its mission of collecting multispectral or color images of the Earth for both