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Press Releases



  • President Of Poland To Visit Vandenberg Air Force Base

    Polish President Lech Kaczynski is set to visit Vandenberg AFB, Calif., on Tuesday to tour U.S. missile defense facilities located on the base and meet with U.S. Missile Defense Agency officials. President Kaczynski is set to make a media statement at Vandenberg AFB at approximately 6:30 p.m. on

  • 76th Helicopter Squadron Inactivation Media Opportunity

    The 30th Space Wing Operations Group Commander Col. Andre Lovett is set to conduct a press conference on Friday at 11:15 a.m. to discuss the upcoming inactivation of the 76th Helicopter Squadron. Media desiring to attend the event should call Tech. Sgt. Neil Spann at 805-606-3595 and be at the

  • Delta II launch successful

    Vandenberg AFB successfully launched a Delta II rocket today at 7:34 p.m. The rocket took off from Space Launch Complex-2 carrying the Thales Alenia-Space COSMO-SkyMed Satellite. Col. Steve Tanous, 30th Space Wing commander, was the spacelift commander for this mission, or final go-for-launch

  • Delta II launch scheduled

    Vandenberg is scheduled to launch a Boeing Delta II rocket carrying the Thales Alenia-Space COSMO-SkyMed Satellite, Thursday at 7:21 p.m. from Space Launch Complex-2 on north Vandenberg. The launch has a 13-minute window of opportunity. Col. Stephen Tanous, 30th Space Wing commander, will be the

  • Missile defense declares "no test"

    A Missile Defense Agency (MDA) interceptor launch from North Vandenberg was declared a "no test" at 7:15 a.m. today. A no-test occurs when there is a target failure or other anomaly not connected with the interceptor, and intercept test cannot be conducted. The abort followed a non-nominal MDA

  • Pegasus launches from vandenberg

    An Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket was launched from Vandenberg AFB today at 1:26 p.m. The rocket took off from an L-1011 aircraft and carried NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) spacecraft into orbit. NASA's launch director for the mission was Omar Baez. AIM is a two-year mission to

  • Special olympics

    The Northern Santa Barbara County Special Olympics will be held at the base track April 21 beginning at 9 a.m. This will be the 18th year that nearly 150 athletes will make their way to Vandenberg to compete in track and field events. This is a qualifying event for the Southern California Special

  • Missing tax documents

    The Vandenberg Tax Office reported that documents being collected for shredding may have contained privacy act protected information went missing April 9. The boxes contained draft tax forms and other source materials that were used or created in the process of helping customers during the current

  • Point Sal closure

    As of Jan. 1, Vandenberg officials have permanently restricted access to Point Sal, citing extreme safety concerns in the area. These concerns include steep cliffs and potential landslides due to coastal erosion. Prior to 1998, roadway access to Point Sal was via State Highway 1 to Brown Road, then

  • 30th Space Wing changes command

    Col. Jack Weinstein relinquishes command of the 30th Space Wing here, to Col. Stephen Tanous, in a formal change of command ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday at the Vandenberg Parade Grounds. Colonel Weinstein arrived here in June 2005 and goes on to serve as director, strategic plans, programs, analyses,

 

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