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  • Space & Missile Times to retire ... again

    Vandenberg Air Force Base will be retiring the Space & Missile Times once again while choosing instead to post all news content online Feb. 12. The base paper has gone through many changes over the years, including changes to its appearance and four name changes. Publication of Strategic Air

  • Officials work on Pentagon's need for space capabilities

    Adapting new capabilities within the rapidly changing military space environment is increasingly important to national security, and Defense Department officials in the Operationally Responsive Space office are working to meet the Pentagon's needs for space capabilities rapidly. ORS requires current

  • Missile maintenance school adds to curriculum

    Missile maintenance technical training now takes place entirely at Vandenberg since an integration plan was put in place Jan. 5. A section of the missile maintainer's training curriculum is a general electronic principles course. Until recently the course was taught to Airmen in a number of

  • Space Pioneers return for Thor program’s 50th anniversary

    The pioneers responsible for the foundation of Vandenberg's missile mission gathered Tuesday at Space Launch Complex-10 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first successfully launched Thor missile. Almost 30 Thor Association members were honored by Jay Prichard, the curator and director of

  • Vandenberg supports successful missile defense exercise, flight test

    A Missile Defense Agency interceptor missile successfully launched at 12:21 p.m. today from North Vandenberg. The launch was part of an exercise and flight test involving the intercept of an intercontinental ballistic missile by a ground-based interceptor missile designed to protect the United

  • Vandenberg receives California Space Authority award

    Vandenberg Air Force Base was awarded the National Security Space Award from the California Space Authority Nov. 19 at the SpotBeam Awards ceremony here. The award was presented in commemoration of the base's 50th anniversary of operation as an Air Force base. "This is a great honor," said Col.

  • Team V supports Air Force Week Los Angeles

    Members from Team Vandenberg supported Air Force Week Los Angeles Nov. 14 through 16 inside the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood, Calif.Airmen representing units across the base, including the 576th Flight Test Squadron, the 381st Training Group and the 30th Space Wing, manned a booth

  • Vandenberg graduates 89 Airmen from CCAF

    Vandenberg recently held a Community College of the Air Force graduation ceremony at the Pacific Coast Club on Oct. 31. Guest speaker Chief Master Sgt. Cari Kent, the 30th Space Wing command chief, presented the diplomas to the graduates. While not all were able to attend the ceremony, the names of

  • Vandenberg successfully launches Minuteman III

    A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration test assembly was launched from North Vandenberg today at 1 a.m. The launch was an operational test to determine the weapon system's reliability and accuracy. The missile's single unarmed

  • Vandenberg begins 'Year of Leadership'

    Under an initiative directed by Gen. C. Robert Kehler, commander of the Air Force Space Command, Vandenberg is focusing on the "Year of Leadership." Running from September to August 2009, Vandenberg, along with the rest of the AFSPC, will focus on the critical role leaders play in executing the

 

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