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  • General: Space capability integral to all military operations

    Space capabilities have become integral to all military operations, the commander of Air Force Space Command told reporters here during a Defense Writers Group breakfast March 22."It's hard to imagine what life was like before we had ... GPS providing very accurate targeting capability, military

  • Air Force Museum offers virtual tour

    The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Virtual Tour is now fully embedded with audio and video hotspots, and touch-screen devices, offering online visitors the opportunity to experience the entire museum.Located at www.nmusafvirtualtour.com, the final two areas to be embedded -- the Cold War

  • Minuteman III test missile launches from Vandenberg

    An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched during an operational test at 2:46 a.m. Feb. 25 from Launch Facility-09 on north Vandenberg. Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decision authority.30th Space Wing Western Range safety operations went

  • Air Force fiscal 2013 budget invests in critical space capabilities

    Investment in space programs was a priority in this year's Air Force budget, according to Undersecretary of the Air Force Erin Conaton.Air Force leaders sought to sustain and modernize the capabilities that enable the service to support the Department of Defense's new strategic guidance, Conaton

  • Vandenberg radar transfers to Army missile range

    Personnel from White Sands Missile Range, N.M., removed Vandenberg's decommissioned AN/MPS-39 Multiple Object Tracking Radar from the rooftop of Building 175 on Tranquillian Peak here Feb. 2. The radar, which provides digital data output of position versus time on up to 40 simultaneously tracked

  • General’s son follows in father’s footsteps

    When he walked across the stage more than 25 years ago he had no idea he would be the guest speaker at his son's graduation from the very same program. Brig. Gen. Robert Rego, a career space and missile officer, recognized 28 graduates here Jan. 12 from the 392nd Training Squadron missile officers'

  • ICBM instructor trains to compete against world's best triathletes

    An assistant flight commander at the 392nd Training Squadron here is currently training to compete in the International Triathlon Union's 2012 Long Course Triathlon World Championships on July 29 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Capt. Sean Glas, a 392nd TRS intercontinental ballistic missile operations

  • AFSPC commander emphasizes foundational space capabilities

    Space efficiencies and effectiveness, the importance of STEM education and foundational levels of space capabilities were highlighted by the Air Force Space Command commander during a speech Jan. 9 in Nashville, Tenn. General William Shelton kicked off the 50th American Institute of Aeronautics and

  • Airfield Management keeps mission flying

    It's a long runway but someone's got to take care of it.That's where the 30th Operations Support Squadron's Airfield Operations Flight Airfield Management team comes into play. Responsible for Vandenberg's three-mile runway, one of the largest in the Department of Defense, Airfield Management works

  • Missile warning and defense advanced course graduates 10th class

    Seven missile warning/missile defense experts recently earned graduation certificates from the Advanced Space Operations School, Missile Warning Advanced Course.The Advanced Space Operations School operates under the Space Innovation and Development Center and provides advanced space training to

 

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