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  • Sentinel-6B Patching Ceremony

    Vandenberg celebrated the NASA Sentinel-6B launch with a patching ceremony, Nov. 17, 2025. Patching ceremony's commemorates Vandenberg's launches and highlights the launch team that enables the mission.

  • Vandenberg Hawks’ varsity soccer team scrimmage before the Defender’s Cup

    Vandenberg Space Force Base Hawks’ varsity soccer team players warm-up before a scrimmage at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 30, 2025. The team practiced before competing in the Defender’s Cup hosted by JBSA-Lackland from Nov. 7-11, making it to the quarter-finals and later finishing in

  • Vandenberg Hosts First Sergeant Symposium

    Vandenberg Space Force Base congratulates its newest First Sergeant Symposium graduates on Oct. 24, 2025. This symposium provided a collaborative environment where individuals interested in fulfilling additional duty first sergeants positions engaged with peers, senior leaders, and subject matter

  • Vandenberg Holds Patching Ceremony for SDA Tranche 1 TL-C Launch

    U.S. Space Force Col. Dorian Hatcher, Space Launch Delta 30 deputy commander, and Lt. Col. Ralph Salazar, 2nd Range Operations Squadron commander, lead a patching ceremony at the Pacific Coast Center to celebrate the SDA T1TL-C launch. The patching ceremony commemorates Vandenberg's launches and

  • Vandenberg Conducts Pinniped Survey

    Vandenberg’s 30th Civil Engineer Squadron biologists conducted a regular marine mammal survey at several points on south base Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 15, 2025. The surveys are an effort to study mammals, such as sea lions and harbor seals, behaviors, life cycle, and mating

  • Vandenberg Hosts 3rd Annual Guardian Arena Competition Release Party

    Guardian Arena is an annual showcase of innovation, teamwork, and unwavering commitment to the mission in which competing members exercise mental agility and grit while executing rigorous physical challenges. Competitors will represent Vandenberg SFB at the 3rd Annual Guardian Arena Competition,

  • NROL-48 Launches From Vandenberg

    The NROL-48 mission launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East Sept. 22, 2025, expanded the National Reconnaissance Office’s proliferated constellation, boosting resilience and speed in delivering critical space-based capabilities.

  • Vandenberg SFB Hosts 2025 Clergy Connection Day

    The Space Launch Delta 30 Chapel team hosted its annual Clergy Connection Day event, integrating with members of the local community clergy at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Sept. 18, 2025. They received mission briefings, attended a luncheon and discussion panel, and toured base facilities,