May 5, 2021 MINUTEMAN III TEST LAUNCH ABORTS PRIOR TO LAUNCH An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile test launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, experienced a ground abort prior to launch.The cause of the ground abort is currently under investigation and Air Force Global Strike Command is assessing the potential to reschedule
May 3, 2021 UNARMED MINUTEMAN III TEST LAUNCH SCHEDULED An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled for Wednesday, May 5, between 12:15 a.m. to 6:15 a.m. from north Vandenberg.
April 16, 2021 USSF Acquisition Leader visit VAFB U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center commander and program executive officer for Space, Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson, and SMC command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Lisa Arnold, visited Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. April 9, 2021.
Feb. 24, 2021 Unarmed Minuteman III Test Launch from Vandenberg An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 11:49 p.m. PT.
Feb. 23, 2021 UNARMED MINUTEMAN III TEST LAUNCH SCHEDULED An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 23, between 11:47 p.m. to Wednesday, Feb. 24 5:47 a.m. from north Vandenberg.
Dec. 22, 2020 533rd TRS transitions to STAR Delta Provisional After 26 years of training and 78 years of Air Force heritage, the 533rd Training Squadron transferred from the Air Education and Training Command to Space Training and Readiness Delta Provisional on Sept. 1, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base. STAR Delta (P) will aim to build lethality by
Dec. 1, 2020 Vandenberg’s multinational CSpOC team supports NASA’s multinational space missions I have had the privilege of working on two historic NASA missions over the past year, during which the United States launched astronauts into space from its own soil for the first time since 2011. Although these launches took place from a launch pad in Florida, my team’s participation in both
Nov. 16, 2020 CFSCC welcomes new commander, high expectations set for combined space operations Just over a year after its activation, the Combined Force Space Component Command welcomed its newest commander in front of a mask-donned gathering of CFSCC staff, community members, partner-nation representatives, and others, during change of command ceremony today at the Combined Space Operations
Oct. 29, 2020 Mother-daughter share MMIII test launch experience, decades apart In the early morning of June 8, 1994, a then-1st Lt. Linda Tonnies, 740th Missile Squadron operator, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, turned the launch key and launched an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM for Glory Trip 155 at Vandenberg AFB, California. Little did she know that 26 years later, her
Oct. 29, 2020 UNARMED MINUTEMAN III TEST LAUNCH FROM VANDENBERG An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Thursday, Oct. 29, at 12:27 a.m. Pacific Time.