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  • Wing changes configuration streamlining process

    The 30th Space Wing inactivated the 30th Launch Group during a ceremony here July 20, merging their range responsibilities and personnel with the 30th Operations Group. The newly combined group will be led by Col. Curtis Hernandez, 30th OG commander.“Since its inception, the 30th LCG helped launch a

  • AFCEC team earns DoD environmental restoration award

    An aggressive commitment to innovative, green and sustainable remediation techniques at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, earned an Air Force Civil Engineer Center team top honors in the 2018 Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards program recently.

  • ATLAS V LAUNCHES FROM VANDENBERG

    Team Vandenberg launched the NASA InSight  Mission to Mars on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch  Complex-3E here, Saturday, May 5, at 4:05 a.m. PDT. Col. Michael Hough, 30th Space Wing commander, was the space launch commander. "This is our first interplanetary launch to Mars

  • Vandenberg brings children to work

    Vandenberg parents participated in National Bring YourChild to Work Day, here, April 26. This event is part of Vandenberg’s effort to supportMonth of the Military Child, which was established to underscore the importantrole children play in the Armed Forces community. Parents brought their children

  • Vandenberg honors Tuskegee Airman

    The Vandenberg Chapel held a memorial service for retired Chief Master Sgt. Arthur Norris Hicks, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, here, March 17. Hicks grew up in the segregated South, served with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, and worked as an educator and human rights advocate.The

  • National Defense Strategy drives Air Force budget

    Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations about the Air Force’s fiscal year 2019 budget in Washington, D.C., March 14, 2018.

  • 614th Combat Training Squadron “Fighting Tigers” Celebrate One Year

    December 16th 2017 marked the one-year anniversary of the establishment of Air Force Space Command’s newest squadron, the 614th Combat Training Squadron (614 CTS) Fighting Tigers.  Since the squadron’s activation, the Fighting Tigers continue to skillfully implement and sustain enterprise-wide

  • 14th AF commander visits Team Buckley

    BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Maj. Gen. Stephen Whiting, who took command of 14th Air Force in December, made his inaugural visit to Buckley Air Force Base today.During his visit, Whiting met with Airmen from the 460th Operations Group, Medical Group, and the 460th Security Forces Squadron.