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  • Vandenberg Airmen to return from deployment

    VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Approximately 41 Vandenberg Airmen from the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron are scheduled to return from a 6-month deployment at the Vandenberg Airfield on Dec. 7 at 2:10 a.m. While deployed, the Airmen worked jointly with 823rd Red Horse Squadron at Hurlburt Field,

  • DELTA IV LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL

    Vandenberg AFB successfully launched a Delta IV evolved expendable launch vehicle at 5:53 a.m. today. The rocket took off from Space Launch Complex-6 carrying a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellite. Col. Terry Djuric, 30th Space Wing vice commander, was the spacelift commander, or

  • Delta IV launch

    Vandenberg is set to launch a Delta IV rocket carrying a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellite from Space Launch Complex-6 Nov. 4. The launch will take place between 5:52 and 6:02 a.m. Col. Terry Djuric, 30th Space Wing vice commander, is the spacelift commander, or final "go for

  • Vandenberg Hosts Armed Forces Golf Championships

    The 30th Space Wing hosts the 2006 Armed Forces Golf Championship at Marshallia Ranch Golf Course here August 8-11. The Air Force Team, including Capt. Geoff Mann and Tech. Sgt. Howard Hall from Vandenberg, will compete against top players from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. The winners of that

  • Vandenberg Hosts AF Golf Championships

    The 30th Space Wing hosts the 2006 Air Force Golf Championship at Marshallia Ranch Golf Course here August 1-4. Qualified players will compete for one of nine spots on the Air Force Team, which will then compete against other branches of the armed forces in the Armed Forces Golf Championship also

  • Vandenburg Launches Minuteman III

    An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from North Vandenberg today at 3:14 a.m. The launch was part of an operational test to determine the weapon system's reliability and accuracy. This launch also exercised U.S. Strategic Command's Airborne Launch Control System

  • Minuteman III Launch Delay

    The scheduled launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is delayed due to complications with air traffic control radars in the Southwest region of the United States. The launch is delayed 24 hours and rescheduled between 1:01 a.m. to 7:01 a.m. Thursday. The mission was to

  • Vandenberg Officials Announce Base Housing Moves

    Vandenberg leaders announced today the upcoming relocation of some families from Vandenberg's East Housing area into housing units on Vandenberg's main base. Twenty-nine families will be moving after base leaders decided to close down an area containing 372 housing units. Vandenberg's East Housing

  • Security Forces Depart for Iraq

    Twenty-seven Airmen from the 30th Security Forces Squadron are set to depart Vandenberg today for a 180-day deployment to Camp Bucca, Iraq. The deployment follows six weeks of detainee operations training at Fort Bliss, Texas, before the Airmen head to Iraq. While deployed, the security forces will

  • Delta IV Launch Successful

    Vandenberg AFB conducted the first West Coast launch of Boeing's Delta IV evolved expendable launch vehicle at 8:33 p.m. tonight. The rocket took off from Space Launch Complex-6 carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. The spacelift commander for this mission was Col. Jack

 

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