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  • Vandenberg launches Minotaur I

    A Minotaur I rocket was launched from Space Launch Complex-8 here at 4:26 a.m. (PST) Feb. 6. The rocket carried a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office.Col. Richard Boltz, 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decision authority."I am extremely proud of the large group

  • Minotaur I launch scheduled

    A Minotaur I rocket is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex-8 here Feb. 5 at 4:26 a.m. PST.The rocket will be carrying a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office.Technicians from the 1st Air and Space Test Squadron here executed emplacement of the rocket's lower and

  • Former astronaut takes helm of 14th AF, JFCC-Space

    The men and women of the 14th Air Force and Joint Functional Component Command for Space, or JFCC-Space, welcomed a new commander with the arrival of Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, who assumed command during a ceremony here Jan. 21.General Helms, who was promoted to lieutenant general an hour prior to the

  • More nuke treaties remain on agenda, official says

    With one major arms reduction treaty nearly to the enforcement stage, more work lies ahead to advance the nation's nuclear security, a senior State Department official said Jan. 19.Rose Gotemoeller, the State Department's assistant secretary for the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and

  • ALS graduates 16

    The Vandenberg Airman Leadership School held the graduation for Class 2011-Bravo at the Pacific Coast Club here Thursday night, Dec. 23. The 16 graduates were from Vandenberg, Los Angeles AFB, and the 369th Recruiting Squadron. The John L. Levitow Award went to Senior Airman Nora Limjoco from the

  • Missile defense test delayed

    Today's scheduled Missile Defense Agency ground-based interceptor flight test has been delayed due to poor weather conditions downrange. The flight test has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 15, with a launch window from 8 a.m. to noon.The ground-based interceptor test will defend against an

  • Missile defense test scheduled

    The Missile Defense Agency plans to conduct a flight test involving the launch of a ground-based interceptor from the Ronald W. Reagan Missile Defense Site here Dec. 14 with a launch window of 8 a.m. to noon.The ground-based interceptor test will defend against an intermediate-range ballistic

  • Vandenberg ready for X-37B landing

    After more than a year of extensive preparation, Vandenberg is ready to host the landing of the Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle scheduled to occur here between Friday, Dec. 3, and Monday, Dec. 6.The X-37B is the latest and most advanced re-entry space vehicle capable of being launched into

  • Vandenberg Airmen excel at Marine Corps Marathon

    Two Vandenberg Airmen, from the 392nd Training Squadron and the 2nd Range Operations Squadron here, were the first and ninth persons to cross the finish line during the 35th Annual Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 31.On the morning of Halloween, 2nd Lt. Jacob Bradosky, a 392nd TRS

  • Missile student wins 2010 Air Force Golf Championship

    A 392nd Training Squadron student here was the overall winner of the 2010 Air Force Golf Championship held at Langley Air Force Base, Va., on Nov. 26. 2nd Lt. Thomas Whitney, a native of La Quinta, won the four-day competition with a total (under par) score of 279. "I felt honored and proud to be

 

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