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  • CSAF signs munitions realignment program action directive

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz signed the Program Action Directive Nov. 20 that details the transfer of munitions squadrons responsible for nuclear mission support from Air Force Materiel Command to Air Force Global Strike Command. The realignment has formally begun and will complete

  • 2011 Run to Remember comes to a close

    The 2011 Run to Remember closing ceremony is scheduled to begin at the base track at 6 a.m. Nov. 11.The closing ceremony will include a two-and-a-half-mile formation run from the base track to Missile V, located off California Boulevard. Active Duty members who wish to participate in the run are

  • Team V members walk for CCAF

    A Community College of the Air Force graduation ceremony is scheduled to be held at the Pacific Coast Club here at 1 p.m. Nov. 10.This graduating class will host 94 graduates, the largest number at Vandenberg since 2004, according to the Vandenberg education office."The high number of CCAF graduates

  • Three Vandenberg Airmen compete in 2011 Marine Corps Marathon

    Three Vandenberg Airmen competed in the 36th Annual Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., Oct. 30. At 8 a.m. on the day before Halloween, Col. Michael Wasson, 614th Air and Space Operations Center combat operations division chief, Chief Master Sgt. Alex Escarcega, the 9th Space Operations

  • First week of 2011 CFC underway at Vandenberg

    The 2011 Combined Federal Campaign at Vandenberg is in full swing. The campaign will run for six weeks: Oct. 3 through Nov. 11.The CFC is a fund-raising drive that allows millions of federal employees and military personnel to contribute to thousands of local and national nonprofit organizations.

  • Training group unveils new learning facility

    The 381st Training Group held a ribbon cutting ceremony commemorating the opening of the training group's Airman Learning Center here Sept. 1.Gen. Edward A. Rice Jr., Air Education and Training Command commander, presided over the ceremony.The $750,000 facility features approximately 10 computer

  • Air Force Space Command celebrates 29 years of service

    Today Air Force Space Command celebrates 29 years of service. Originally organized to manage missile early warning and space tracking systems, Space Command brought together operators from Strategic Air Command and technicians from Air Force Systems Command. Today AFSPC operates in the space and

  • One of Vandenberg's own named 2010 Space and Missile Operator of the Year

    Air Force officials announced one of Vandenberg's own as the Air Force 2010 Space and Missile Systems Operator of the Year Aug. 22.Capt. Ben Burdette, assistant flight commander for the Malmstrom Flight at the 392nd Training Squadron here, earned the award in the Company Grade Officer category."Ben

  • Minuteman III destroyed during test launch

    An unarmed operational test Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was destroyed by Vandenberg's Western Range officials at 3:06 a.m. PDT after launching from Launch Facility 04 here July 27.Air Force controllers detected a flight anomaly and terminated the flight for safety reasons. When

  • JFCC Space celebrates fifth anniversary

    Members of the Joint Functional Component Command for Space began a two-month celebration here July 19 in honor of the unit's fifth anniversary at Vandenberg. Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, 14th Air Force and JFCC Space commander, has decided to mark the occasion with activities that reach all members of the

 

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