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  • Orcutt Memorial Day 2024

    U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Jewell, Space Launch Delta 30 vice commander, gives a speech during a Memorial Day ceremony in Orcutt, Calif., May 27, 2024. Team Vandenberg leadership participated in Memorial Day ceremonies alongside community members in Lompoc, Santa Maria, Solvang, Guadalupe and Santa

  • 30th Security Forces Squadron Trains with Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 30th Security Forces Squadron participate in an integrated training with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office in Buellton, Calif., May 15, 2024. 30th SFS defenders participated in this joint training to share tactics between agencies, providing alternative

  • SLD 30 Police Week 2024

    Space Launch Delta 30 briefly highlights the capabilities of the 30th and 45th Security Forces Squadrons, and their dedication to defending our Spaceports coast to coast. (U.S. Space Force video Senior Airman Kadielle Shaw)

  • 2024 Vandenberg SFB Mission Video

    As Vandenberg SFB paves the way as the Gateway to the Future, our mission, partners, and objectives have honed in to assure access to space, now and in the future. This video entails who Space Launch Delta 30 is and our mission, our partners and their missions, and the Guardians, Airmen and

  • Volunteer Bed Building Event at Vandenberg

    The Vandenberg Chapel hosted the bed building event, with 257 Vandenberg community volunteers showing up to help craft 128 beds for local children without beds of their own.

  • VSFB 2024 Chief Master Sergeant Recognition Ceremony

    U.S. Space Force Col. Mark Shoemaker, Space Launch Delta 30 commander, U.S. Space Force Chief Master Sgt. Johnny “Jay” Harris, SLD 30 senior enlisted leader, and U.S. Space Force Chief Master Sgt. Cherise Mosley, SLD 30 senior enlisted airman, pose for a congratulatory picture with U.S. Air Force

  • Ashes to Space

    Retired Col. Gregory Gilles, former 50th Space Wing commander, speaks about his son's ashes launching to space from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., March 4, 2024. A small capsule, carrying Brandon Gilles' remains, was among the 53 payloads placed aboard the spacecraft. Gillies and his family