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Aug. 20, 2024
Sentinel: The History of the DAF Modernizing the Backbone of America’s National Security

The U.S. Air Force is replacing the 54-year-old LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM weapon system with the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM. Upgrading to Sentinel ICBMs ensures the land-based leg of America's Nuclear Triad remains safe, secure & effective.
July 25, 2024
VANDENBERG RELEASES NEW LAUNCH ALERT MESSAGES

Vandenberg Space Force Base recently released a new launch alert messaging system to provide updates on launches and important news updates. The new system allows users to select from notification topic’s as well as how to receive notifications.
July 10, 2024
WALL BEACH CLOSED UNTIL OCT. 1

Wall Beach will be closed for the remainder of the Plover nesting season and will reopen Oct. 1, 2024. Beach restrictions are enforced annually on all three Vandenberg beaches (Surf, Wall, and Minuteman) from March 1 through Sept. 30 to protect the Western Snowy Plover, listed as a threatened
May 30, 2024
UNARMED MINUTEMAN III TEST LAUNCH TO SHOWCASE READINESS OF U.S. NUCLEAR FORCE’S SAFE, EFFECTIVE DETERRENT

Vandenberg Guardians and Airmen will support two separate operational test launches of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile off the Vandenberg Test Range scheduled for the first week of June.
April 11, 2024
WSF-M SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED FROM VSFB

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was successfully launched today at 7:25 a.m. PDT from Space Launch Complex-4 East carrying U.S. Space Force’s Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) into Low Earth Orbit.
April 10, 2024
WSF-M SATELLITE SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH FROM VSFB

Guardians and Airmen from Space Launch Delta 30 and Space Systems Command in support of SSC’s program executive office, Assured Access to Space, are targeting Thursday, April 11, 2024, prepare to launch U.S. Space Force’s Weather System Follow-on–Microwave (WSF-M) satellite to Low Earth Orbit from
Feb. 8, 2023
HIGHWAY 1 REPAIRS AT VSFB

Space Launch Delta 30 civil engineerswill be performing repairs on Highway 1 from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. Thursdaymorning.
April 5, 2022
SPACEX SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH FROM VANDENBERG APRIL 15

Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch a National Reconnaissance Office mission (NROL-85) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base Friday, April 15, with a launch period opening at 5:59 a.m. to 7:25 a.m. Pacific Time.
Jan. 31, 2022
SPACEX SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH FROM VANDENBERG WEDNESDAY

Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch a National Reconnaissance Office mission (NROL-87) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex-4 Wednesday, Feb. 2, with a launch window targeting 12:18 p.m. Pacific Time.
Jan. 21, 2022
Giving, Goals, Gratitude

The 2021 Combined Federal Campaign, a fundraising event that provides federal employees the opportunity to make donations to charities and people in need, has come to an end on Jan. 15, 2022.