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  • Space welcomes new 3-star: billet showcases mission importance

    Lt. Gen. William Shelton, Commander of the Joint Functional Component Command for Space, U.S Strategic Command, and Commander of 14th Air Force, Air Force Space Command, pinned on his third star Tuesday in an official ceremony held at Vandenberg AFB. General Kevin P. Chilton, Commander, U.S.

  • European delegates visit Vandenberg, view missile facilities

    Forty-five NATO delegates visited Vandenberg Monday to receive a briefing and tour of the Missile Defense Agency's Ground-based Missile Defense facilities here.The visit addressed concerns from various European countries about the proposed deployment of components of the U.S. Ballistic Missile

  • Command awards Team V's outstanding missile maintainer

    It gives me great pleasure to announce the Air Force Space Command-level winner of the Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez Outstanding Munitions/Missile Maintenance Award for Technician Supervisor of the Year.The award goes to Tech. Sgt Robert Longnecker of the 30th Launch Support Squadron.The Lieutenant General

  • Team-V participates in National Public Lands Day

    The 30th Civil Engineer Environmental Flight led a group of Vandenberg volunteers to participate in National Public Lands Day on Sept. 29 by refurbishing Vandenberg's boathouse.The event gave Team-V the opportunity to volunteer, learn and experience the historical mystique of the boathouse, which

  • Vandenberg successfully supports MDA interceptor launch

    Vandenberg's sky was lit up for a brief minute when the Missile Defense Agency's OBV FTG-03a interceptor was launched from Launch Facility-23 at 1:16 p.m. on Sept. 28.The launch, which has been declared successful by MDA officials, is a rebirth from the May 24 launch of a ground-based interceptor

  • Team V launches heritage Delta II rocket, image satellite

    The launch of a Boeing Delta II rocket carrying the DigitalGlobe WorldView-1 satellite at 11:35 a.m. on Sept. 18 from Space Launch Complex-2 on north Vandenberg confirmed a milestone success for Team Vandenberg.The members of the 30th Space Wing were supporting the launch by Boeing Launch Services

  • Vandenberg breaks ground for Reagan Memorial

    A ground breaking-ceremony symbolized the beginning of construction of the Ronald W. Reagan Memorial at 3 p.m. on Aug. 29 at North Base.The memorial, which is set to be completed around Jan. 17, 2008, will replace the existing on-base launch viewing site at Del Punta. It was designed by Bobby Woods,

  • NFIRE missile defense experiment lifts off from Vandenberg

    Vandenberg successfully launched a space launch vehicle, the Chimera, which is a modified Minuteman II booster vehicle with a simplified target payload today at 1:31 a.m. from North Vandenberg. The launch was part of an exercise involving the tracking of a long-range target missile by the NFIRE, or

  • Polish president visits Vandenberg's MDA sites

    Polish President Lech Kaczynski came to Vandenberg on July 17 to tour missile defense facilities located on the base and meet with Missile Defense Agency officials. The visit followed the Polish president's meeting with President George W. Bush on July 15 to discuss the U.S. proposal to emplace 10

  • START exercise preps Team V for inspectors' visit

    Launch Facility 5 rests high on a plain on North Base overlooking many miles of Vandenberg's coastline. At one time, it was an active Peacekeeper missile silo. Now, three missile maintainers are working on the silo's surface, participating in an exercise of international proportions. And they are

 

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