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  • AF announces Safety Award winners

    Team, it is with great pride that I announce our winners of the 2009 Air Force Safety Awards. Please join me in congratulating the individual and unit below:Air Force Space Safety Outstanding Achievement Award: Mr. Jeffrey Claxton, 30th Space Wing SafetyMissile Safety Plaque: 30th Space

  • Vandenberg's ready for Challenge

    As the moon and stars move silently over Vandenberg, a Delta II rocket stands ready to launch, a rogue train enters the base, security forces find an unconscious Airman in the woods and an intruder enters the control center. Is it another action-packed Tom Clancy novel? No, it's just a few possible

  • Space command general: 2009 'a successful, transitional year'

    The commander of Air Force Space Command highlighted the command's achievements in his Year in Review -- 2009 memorandum Feb. 10.Gen. C. Robert Kehler said in a year defined by mission shifts, the more than 46,000 people of Air Force Space Command chose to thrive, allowing joint forces to navigate

  • Vandenberg civilian retires after 30 years of faithful service

    While some people actively pursue their passions in life, others enjoy life's journey by taking chances and exploring new opportunities. David Rentschler finished up a ride of a lifetime at Vandenberg Feb. 26 as he served his final day as a civil servant. As a youth growing up in the Midwest, Mr.

  • Chief of staff highlights importance of space to Air Force mission

    The Air Force's highest ranking uniformed officer spoke on the value of space and the emerging medium of cyberspace during the Air Warfare Symposium and Technology Exposition Feb. 18 in Orlando."Virtually all aspects of military operations are affected in some way by the capabilities provided from

  • Team V member places in Armed Forces Cross Country championship

    The Air Force men's and women's cross country teams won the Armed Forces Cross Country Championship Feb. 13 at Plantes Ferry Sports Complex, Spokane Valley, Wash."This was the most talented men's and women's team I've been a part of in seven years. I was proud of how well everyone performed," said

  • Airfield managers ensure safe emergency landing

    In two years here, said the 33-year-old staff sergeant, there had been nothing like it.On a warm, sunny winter's day, the kind that typifies Central Coast weather, two Vandenberg NCOs were inspecting the flightline when it happened."Is that a crop duster?" asked Staff Sgt. Lilanae Martin, pointing

  • Missile defense test conducted

    The Missile Defense Agency conducted a flight test today of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System.A target missile was successfully launched at approximately 3:40 p.m. PST from the U.S. Army's Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Approximately six minutes

  • Missile defense test scheduled

    The 30th Space Wing and Missile Defense Agency are scheduled to conduct a test of the ground-based interceptor system on Jan. 31.The ground-based interceptor system will launch approximately between 2 - 5:30 p.m.The test will involve the launch of a target missile from Kwajalein Atoll in the

  • Vandenberg's Army detachment critical for U.S. missile defense

    Under the National Security Act of 1947, the Department of Defense was created to protect the assets and interests of the United States.During one of former President Ronald W. Reagan's speeches concerning U.S. strategic defense initiatives in March 1983, his words began to ignite a movement in

 

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