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  • Students pay an educational visit to Vandenberg

    Fifty-eight students from Colorado School of Mines visited the base May 19, 2014, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The college juniors are majoring in petroleum engineering and got together for the first time as a class to get an overview of the industry they will be working in. Jay Pritchard,

  • Vandenberg slated to host Police Week events

    Team Vandenberg members are preparing to celebrate National Police Week May 12 to May 16.There are more than eight events scheduled throughout the week geared towards honoring not only military, but also civilian law enforcement officers."This National Police Week is important for all law

  • ICBM Eagles gather at Vandenberg

    Following the Martin Luther King Day holiday weekend, members of the Association of Air Force Missileers made a pilgrimage back to Vandenberg Air Force Base to explore their nuclear roots at the 381st Training Group. The AAFM delegation started their historic trip by visiting with group and squadron

  • JFCC Space, 14th Air Force welcome new commander

    Lt. Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond assumed command of Joint Functional Component Command for Space and 14th Air Force during a ceremony at the Joint Space Operations Center here Jan. 31, 2014. Lt. Gen. Raymond, who was promoted to lieutenant general an hour prior to the change of command, previously

  • 1 ASTS supports Minotaur I Rocket launch

    With NASA's next Minotaur I Rocket launch on Nov. 19 at Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., Vandenberg's very own 1st Air and Space Test Squadron work to make the launch a success. The Operationally Responsive Space Enabler mission of the Minotaur I Rocket includes carrying an integrated

  • Leadership Santa Maria Valley visits Vandenberg Air Force Base

    Eighteen members of the Leadership Santa Maria Valley Class of 2014 visited Vandenberg Air Force Base Sept. 6, 2013, for a comprehensive look into operations at the 30th Space Wing.Leadership Santa Maria Valley is considered California Central Coast's premiere leadership program. The program is

  • ASTS to lead SpaceX certification activities at Vandenberg

    Space Exploration Technologies Corporation and the U.S. Air Force reached an agreement June 7 that will allow the company to compete for national security space payload contracts after it completes a certification process that will be led, at Vandenberg, by the 1st Air and Space Test Squadron. "I'm

  • Vandenberg slated to host Police Week events

    Team Vandenberg members are preparing to celebrate National Police Week with over eight events throughout the week geared towards honoring not only military, but also civilian law enforcement officers."This week is not just important for Vandenberg Security Forces members, but as members of the law

  • Strategic Command plans for unexpected, commander says

    The last thing Air Force Gen. C. Robert Kehler wants is to be caught by surprise.He is the point man for the U.S. nuclear arsenal as well as space, cyber, ballistic missile and other capabilities. As commander of U.S. Strategic Command, Kehler's job is to ensure U.S. deterrence remains so strong

 

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