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Sept. 18, 2020
VAFB know your mil

Before hitting the ground in an operational setting, newly selected United States Space Force Space Operator officers arrive at Vandenberg Air Force Base, where they will attend Officer Undergraduate Space Training at the 533rd Training Squadron. Currently, the first batch of Space Force officers
April 10, 2020
RocketShip delivers Delta IV Heavy boosters at VAFB

A United Launch Alliance barge, carrying Delta IV Heavy booster cores, second stage and payload faring, docked and delivered the rocket body parts April 5, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
April 6, 2020
VAFB Space Cowboys remain mission ready

The 2nd Space Launch Squadron is home to the Space Force’s only hands-on space lift mission in support of the Minotaur launch vehicle. The Airmen who support this vital mission have been dubbed ‘Space Cowboys.’
Dec. 27, 2019
14th Air Force Redesignated as Space Operations Command

By order of Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett, effective Dec. 20, 2019, Fourteenth Air Force was officially redesignated as Space Operations Command.Air Force military and civilian personnel previously assigned to Fourteenth Air Force are now assigned to SpOC by virtue of the
Dec. 20, 2019
Barrett, Air Force leaders applaud Space Force’s formal creation

In accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act signed into law Dec. 20 by President Donald J. Trump, the U.S. Space Force is the sixth branch of the United States military.

VAFB know your mil