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Col. Anthony Mastalir, 30th Space Wing commander, signs

Col. Anthony Mastalir, 30th Space Wing commander, signs

Col. Anthony Mastalir, 30th Space Wing commander, signs the Fire Prevention 30th Space Wing Commanders Proclamation Oct. 7, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The proclamation is signed annually as a st... More

Veterans Day 2019, US Air Force Photo

Veterans Day 2019, US Air Force Photo

Members of the Vandenberg Air Force Base Honor Guard post the colors to start the Veterans Day ceremony today at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1717 in Lompoc, Calif. The ceremony began at 11 a.m. to commemo... More

Members of Vandenberg participated in a recognition

Members of Vandenberg participated in a recognition

Members of Vandenberg participated in a recognition ceremony for the 75th anniversary of the 11th Armored Division’s completion of training, which occurred on Camp Cooke, September 10, 2019 at Vandenberg Air Fo... More

Chief Master Sgt. Jason Delucy, 30th Space Wing command

Chief Master Sgt. Jason Delucy, 30th Space Wing command

Chief Master Sgt. Jason Delucy, 30th Space Wing command chief, speaks during a Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11, 2020, in Santa Maria, Calif. Originally recognized as Armistice Day, this day marked the end of Worl... More

The Honorable Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of

The Honorable Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of

The Honorable Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy, is greeted by Col. Anthony Mastalir, 30th Space Wing commander and Chief Master Sgt. Jason DeLucy, 30th SW command chief, Dec. 8, 2020, upon arriving... More

Members from 30th Space Wing visit different sections

Members from 30th Space Wing visit different sections

Members from 30th Space Wing visit different sections of the base Nov. 4, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The purpose of the tour was for the 30th Security Forces Squadron to show base leadership spe... More

Members of the installation attend the POW/MIA Candle

Members of the installation attend the POW/MIA Candle

Members of the installation attend the POW/MIA Candle Light Vigil Sept. 19, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. During the event, the members stood in silence as guest speaker, Elizabeth Lucero-Mason, sh... More

Solar array project set to begin on Vandenberg

Solar array project set to begin on Vandenberg

An energy company recently awarded a power purchase agreement is set to design and build a 28-megawatt solar photovoltaic array at Vandenberg. The array will span approximately 200 acres in the old east housing... More

Members at Vandenberg Air Force Base launched the Sentinel-6

Members at Vandenberg Air Force Base launched the Sentinel-6

Members at Vandenberg Air Force Base launched the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, at 9:17 a.m., from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Sentinel-6 is the first of two identical... More

Minotaur IV Launch, US Air Force Photo

Minotaur IV Launch, US Air Force Photo

Team Vandenberg launched a Minotaur IV rocket at 9:41 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 25, from Space Launch Complex-8 here.The Minotaur IV launched the Space-Based Space Surveillance satellite, a first-of-its-kind satell... More

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy launches with

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy launches with

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy launches with a National Reconnaissance Office payload at Space Launch Complex-6 at 1:10 p.m. PST. The Delta IV Heavy is the largest rocket ever launched from the west co... More

2nd Lt. Tom Whitney, 392nd Training Squadron student,

2nd Lt. Tom Whitney, 392nd Training Squadron student,

2nd Lt. Tom Whitney, 392nd Training Squadron student, tees off during an intramural golf tournament here Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. The 30th Space Communications Squadron team and the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron ... More

Master Sgt. Micah Snider, Vandenberg's Top 3 Lunch-and-Learn

Master Sgt. Micah Snider, Vandenberg's Top 3 Lunch-and-Learn

Master Sgt. Micah Snider, Vandenberg's Top 3 Lunch-and-Learn coordinator, flips burgers for Lunch-and-Learn participants at Cocheo Park, here, March 2, 2012. Team V members that attended the event learned how t... More

Retired Chief Master Sgt. James MacKinley, former 14th

Retired Chief Master Sgt. James MacKinley, former 14th

Retired Chief Master Sgt. James MacKinley, former 14th Air Force command chief, speaks during Vandenberg's Annual Chief's Recognition Ceremony at the Pacific Coast Club, here, March 3, 2012. This event was held... More

Team Vandenberg launched a United Launch Alliance Delta

Team Vandenberg launched a United Launch Alliance Delta

Team Vandenberg launched a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) from Space Launch Complex-6 here at 4:12 p.m. April 3, 2012. The launch was the Department of Defense's first-ever Delta IV Medium launch... More

Members of the Vandenberg Hot Shots pose for a group

Members of the Vandenberg Hot Shots pose for a group

Members of the Vandenberg Hot Shots pose for a group photo at the flightline here Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The base deployed 18 members of the Hot Shot crew, along with two crew carrier vehicles, one superinte... More

Minuteman III launches from Vandenberg

Minuteman III launches from Vandenberg

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 11:01 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Col. J. Christopher Moss, 30th Space Win... More

Defenders from the 30th Security Forces Squadron salute

Defenders from the 30th Security Forces Squadron salute

Defenders from the 30th Security Forces Squadron salute as the National Anthem is sung by Airman 1st Class Amber Olds at the opening ceremony for National Police Week, May 15, 2017, at Vandenberg Air Force Base... More

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload launches, Dec. 12, 2014, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The rocket launched at 7:19 p.m. PDT from Space Launch Comple... More

Members of the 576th Flight Test Squadron monitor an

Members of the 576th Flight Test Squadron monitor an

Members of the 576th Flight Test Squadron monitor an operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III missile March 27, 2015, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The intercontinental ballistic missile test ... More

Security Forces Squadron members compete in the Police

Security Forces Squadron members compete in the Police

Security Forces Squadron members compete in the Police Week Warrior Challenge, May 14, 2015, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Team Vandenberg honors public defenders for their continuous service and dedicat... More

Team Vandenberg launched the FORMOSAT-5 satellite on

Team Vandenberg launched the FORMOSAT-5 satellite on

Team Vandenberg launched the FORMOSAT-5 satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 here Thursday, Aug. 24, at 11:51 a.m. PDT. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Kyla Gifford)

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches at 3:03 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, Aug. 19, 2015, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The missile was randomly selected from Minot Air Forc... More

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload launches here Oct. 8, 2015. The rocket launched at 5:49 a.m. PDT from Space Launch Complex-3 by Team Vandenberg.

Team Vandenberg launches a United Launch Alliance Atlas

Team Vandenberg launches a United Launch Alliance Atlas

Team Vandenberg launches a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload Oct. 8, 2015, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The rocket launched at 5:49 a.m. PDT from Sp... More

Minuteman III Launch, US Air Force Photo

Minuteman III Launch, US Air Force Photo

A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test re-entr... More

Airman 1st Class Thucydid Saint Jean, 2nd Range Operations

Airman 1st Class Thucydid Saint Jean, 2nd Range Operations

Airman 1st Class Thucydid Saint Jean, 2nd Range Operations Squadron aerospace control officer, poses for a photo Oct. 26, 2015, at Western Range Operations Control Center, Vandeberg Air Force Base, Calif. Saint... More

Col. J. Christopher Moss, 30th Space Wing commander,

Col. J. Christopher Moss, 30th Space Wing commander,

Col. J. Christopher Moss, 30th Space Wing commander, watches a Missile Defense Agency Ground-based interceptor test launch, Jan. 28, 2016, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Moss served 26 years in the Air Force... More

Team Vandenberg successfully launches a United Launch

Team Vandenberg successfully launches a United Launch

Team Vandenberg successfully launches a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload from Space Launch Complex-6 here Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 3:40 a.m. PDT. This missi... More

Minuteman III launches from Vandenberg

Minuteman III launches from Vandenberg

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 11:34 p.m., Feb. 20, 2016, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 11:34 p.m., Feb. 20, 2016, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Michael Peterson/Released)

Deputy Secretary of Defense visits Vandenberg

Deputy Secretary of Defense visits Vandenberg

Robert O. Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Gen. Paul J. Selva, Joint Chiefs of Staff vice chairman and Adm. Cecil D. Haney, U.S. Strategic Command commander, field questions from media members during a press ... More

Minuteman III launches from Vandenberg

Minuteman III launches from Vandenberg

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 11:01 p.m. here, Feb. 25, 2016. Col. J. Christopher Moss, 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decision au... More

Minuteman III launches from Vandenberg

Minuteman III launches from Vandenberg

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 11:01 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. Col. J. Christopher Moss, 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decisio... More

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Nagy, 270th Engineering Installation

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Nagy, 270th Engineering Installation

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Nagy, 270th Engineering Installation Squadron, Range Simulation Center Installer, inspects a cabinet of recently installed cables March 2, 2016, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Nagy is part ... More

Airmen watch a video during the Enhancing Human Capital

Airmen watch a video during the Enhancing Human Capital

Airmen watch a video during the Enhancing Human Capital Course July 27, 2018, at the Pacific Coast Club on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The course is a seven-hour long program designed to help Airmen with ... More

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo ... More

Team V personnel reflect during MLK observance

Team V personnel reflect during MLK observance

Reverend Darrell Tullis, preacher, discusses Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy during an observance event, Jan. 13, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Attendees were provided the opportunity to reflect o... More

Falcon 9 launches, Jan. 14, 2017 from Vandenberg Air

Falcon 9 launches, Jan. 14, 2017 from Vandenberg Air

Falcon 9 launches, Jan. 14, 2017 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ian Dudley)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with an Iridium NEXT satellite

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with an Iridium NEXT satellite

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with an Iridium NEXT satellite launches from Space Launch Complex-4, Jan. 14, 2017, Vandenberg Air Force Base Calif. Iridium NEXT will replace the world’s largest commercial satellite n... More

Team V member recognized as ‘Big Sister’ of the year

Team V member recognized as ‘Big Sister’ of the year

Andrea Murray, Lompoc High School senior and Sandra Grim, 30th Medical Operations Squadron physical evaluation board liaison officer and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America mentor, hang out at La Purisima Missi... More

A National Reconnaissance Office payload on a United

A National Reconnaissance Office payload on a United

A National Reconnaissance Office payload on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, launches from Space Launch Complex-3, March 1, 2017, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman... More

Col. Gregory Wood, 30th Space Wing vice commander,

Col. Gregory Wood, 30th Space Wing vice commander,

Col. Gregory Wood, 30th Space Wing vice commander, assists Senior Airman Christopher Champagne, 30th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintainer, remove the wheels of an Altec crane, April 7, 2017, at Vande... More

SAPR bowling event aims to ‘strike out’ sexual assault

SAPR bowling event aims to ‘strike out’ sexual assault

Ann McCarty, North County Rape Crisis and Child Protection Center executive director, rolls a bowling ball down the lane during a bowling event, April 21, 2017, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The event, host... More

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 12:03 a.m., PDT, April 26, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Peterson)

Bowlers represent Team V, Air Force during competition

Bowlers represent Team V, Air Force during competition

2nd Lt. Joshua Cramer, 576th Flight Test Squadron special weapons officer in charge and Tech Sgt. Edward Caldwell Jr., 1st Air and Space Test Squadron mission assurance NCOIC, May 11, 2017, Vandenberg Air Force... More

Team V members perform exercise drills called suicides

Team V members perform exercise drills called suicides

Team V members perform exercise drills called suicides during a functional fitness class, May 15, 2017, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Physical Fitness Month encourages a renewed commitment to a healthy, act... More

(Courtesy photo by NASA and Nanoracks)

(Courtesy photo by NASA and Nanoracks)

(Courtesy photo by NASA and Nanoracks)

Vandenberg celebrates Army’s 242nd birthday

Vandenberg celebrates Army’s 242nd birthday

Retired Army Col. Geoff Moran, Army Col. Brian Moore, Joint Functional Component Command for Space director of operations and exercises, and Army Spc. Alan Mason, Joint Space Operations Center defensive duty te... More

30th OSS lieutenant helps revive unresponsive Team V member

30th OSS lieutenant helps revive unresponsive Team V member

1st Lt. Robert Youssef, 30th Operations Support Squadron assistant flight commander, assisted in reviving Don Smith, Range Generation Next contractor, when he passed out during a dry run of a recent ground-base... More

A SpaceX Falcon 9 Iridium-2 rocket successfully launched

A SpaceX Falcon 9 Iridium-2 rocket successfully launched

A SpaceX Falcon 9 Iridium-2 rocket successfully launched from Space Launch Complex 4E Sunday, Jun. 25, at 1:25 p.m. PDT., Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. This was the second of eight planned Falcon 9 launches... More

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Chad Harvey, Joint Functional Component

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Chad Harvey, Joint Functional Component

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Chad Harvey, Joint Functional Component Command for Space J39, prepares to catch a baseball thrown by his daughter, Addison Harvey, during a base campout at Cocheo Park, July 14, 2017. Team V fam... More

Members of Ka Lau Liko Lehua performs "Aia La O Pele,"

Members of Ka Lau Liko Lehua performs "Aia La O Pele,"

Members of Ka Lau Liko Lehua performs "Aia La O Pele," a traditional Hawaiian dance during a Diversity Day event, July 21, 2017, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Throughout the day, those in attendance were tr... More

Maj. Gen. Dondi E. Costin, Air Force Chaplain Corps

Maj. Gen. Dondi E. Costin, Air Force Chaplain Corps

Maj. Gen. Dondi E. Costin, Air Force Chaplain Corps chief of chaplains, speaks to churchgoers during his sermon, July 23, 2017, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Costin recently visited the Vandenberg Chapel as... More

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force p... More

JSpOC Echo Crew wins Air Force Association award

JSpOC Echo Crew wins Air Force Association award

The Joint Space Operations Center’s Echo Crew poses for a photo, Aug. 3, 2017, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The JSpOC Echo Crew was recently recognized as the 2017 Air Force Association’s Best Space Operat... More

30th LRS reminds Team V of proper GMV use

30th LRS reminds Team V of proper GMV use

As an example of Government Motor Vehicle misuse, a GMV is displayed as being used for a recreational event, Aug. 17, 2017, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Charged with managing appropriate GMV usage, the 30t... More

Ken Domako, 30th Civil Engineer Squadron programs

Ken Domako, 30th Civil Engineer Squadron programs

Ken Domako, 30th Civil Engineer Squadron programs optimization chief, speaks with Congressman Salud Carbajal about the base solar array project, Aug. 21, 2017 Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The project, whi... More

Senior Airman Lanimarie Baclian, Airmen Against Drunk

Senior Airman Lanimarie Baclian, Airmen Against Drunk

Senior Airman Lanimarie Baclian, Airmen Against Drunk Driving volunteer, poses in front of her car, Aug. 30, 2017, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Baclian has worked 27 shifts, totaling 162 hours. During that... More

U.S. Air Force Honor Guard

U.S. Air Force Honor Guard

The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard performed a quick demonstration for the 381st Training Support Squadron September 8, 2017, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The mission of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard is to re... More

Team V leader nominated for Sijan award

Team V leader nominated for Sijan award

Maj. Brian Dea, 614th Air Operations Center chief of current operations, poses for a photo, Sept. 28, 2017, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Dea was recently awarded the Lance P. Sijan nomination at the USSTRA... More

Tracy Taylor, Defense Logistics Agency Energy instructor,

Tracy Taylor, Defense Logistics Agency Energy instructor,

Tracy Taylor, Defense Logistics Agency Energy instructor, trains Jerry Woiton, 30th Logistics Readiness Squadron contractor during a fuel spill exercise, Oct. 6, 2017, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. DLA E... More

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 10 Iridium communications

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 10 Iridium communications

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 10 Iridium communications satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Oct. 9. 2017 at 5:37 a.m. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ian Dudley)

The Orbital ATK Minotaur-C rocket, carrying 10 small

The Orbital ATK Minotaur-C rocket, carrying 10 small

The Orbital ATK Minotaur-C rocket, carrying 10 small satellites owned by Planet, launched from Space Launch Complex 576-E here Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 2:37 p.m. PDT. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clayt... More

The Orbital ATK Minotaur-C rocket, carrying 10 small

The Orbital ATK Minotaur-C rocket, carrying 10 small

The Orbital ATK Minotaur-C rocket, carrying 10 small satellites owned by Planet, launched from Space Launch Complex 576-E here Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 2:37 p.m. PDT. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Peterson/Released)

The Orbital ATK Minotaur-C rocket, carrying 10 small

The Orbital ATK Minotaur-C rocket, carrying 10 small

The Orbital ATK Minotaur-C rocket, carrying 10 small satellites owned by Planet, launched from Space Launch Complex 576-E here Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 2:37 p.m. PDT. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ian Dudl... More

Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of

Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of

Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of the fourth Iridium mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 here Friday, Dec. 22, at 5:27 p.m. PST. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. ... More

Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of

Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of

Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of the fourth Iridium mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 here Friday, Dec. 22, at 5:27 p.m. PST. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Pet... More

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a United Launch

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a United Launch

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload from Space Launch Complex-6 here, Friday, Jan. 12, at 2:11 p.m. PST. (U.S. Air Fo... More

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a United Launch

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a United Launch

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload from Space Launch Complex-6 here, Friday, Jan. 12, at 2:11p.m. PST. (U.S. Air For... More

Vandenberg leadership and community members involved

Vandenberg leadership and community members involved

Vandenberg leadership and community members involved in the 30th Space Wing Honorary Commanders Program meet during a breakfast event Jan. 18, 2018, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The 30th SW Honorary Comman... More

Vandenberg firefighters provide Thomas Fire, and mudslide support

Vandenberg firefighters provide Thomas Fire, and mudslide support

Vandenberg Firefighters have joined the mass efforts to help with mudslide support, in California. (Courtesy Photo)

Staff Sgt. Justin Wilson, Airman Leadership School

Staff Sgt. Justin Wilson, Airman Leadership School

Staff Sgt. Justin Wilson, Airman Leadership School graduate of Class 18-B, recites the Airman’s Creed with his fellow class graduates during their ALS graduation ceremony Feb. 8, 2018, Vandenberg Air Force Base... More

Chief Master Sgt. Diena Moseley, 30th Space Wing command

Chief Master Sgt. Diena Moseley, 30th Space Wing command

Chief Master Sgt. Diena Moseley, 30th Space Wing command chief, met lower enlisted Airmen at the base sports field for an all call, Feb. 9, 2018. After a motivational speech and relays, Chief stepped back and l... More

Col. Michael Hough, 30th Space Wing commander, and

Col. Michael Hough, 30th Space Wing commander, and

Col. Michael Hough, 30th Space Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Diena Moseley, 30th SW command chief, presented annual awards in the sports themed celebration Feb. 16, 2018, Vandenberg Air Force Base. (U.S... More

30th Logistics Readiness Squadron Air Transportation

30th Logistics Readiness Squadron Air Transportation

30th Logistics Readiness Squadron Air Transportation technicians help load Explosive Ordnance Disposal vehicles and equipment onto a C-17 Globemaster III, from Hickam Air Force Base, Feb. 18, 2018, Vandenberg A... More

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a PAZ payload from Space Launch Complex-4 here, Thursday, Feb. 22, at 6:17 a.m. PST. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joe Davila/Released)

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a PAZ payload from Space Launch Complex-4 here, Thursday, Feb. 22, at 6:17 a.m. PST. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Araos/Released)

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a PAZ payload from Space Launch Complex-4 here, Thursday, Feb. 22, at 6:17 a.m. PST. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rodney Speed)

Falcon 9 PAZ launched from Vandenberg

Falcon 9 PAZ launched from Vandenberg

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a PAZ payload from Space Launch Complex-4 here, Thursday, Feb. 22, at 6:17 a.m. PST. Col. Greg Wood, 30th Space Wing vice commander, was the spac... More

The Pacific Ocean hugs the Vandenberg coastline Feb.

The Pacific Ocean hugs the Vandenberg coastline Feb.

The Pacific Ocean hugs the Vandenberg coastline Feb. 28, 2018, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Personnel accessing Vandenberg's beaches should be aware of restricted bird nesting areas. These areas near the ... More

AETC senior leaders tour Space Launch Complex-6

AETC senior leaders tour Space Launch Complex-6

Air Education and Training Command senior leaders tour Space Launch Complex-6 during a week-long AETC leadership conference hosted by the 381st Training Group, March 20, 2018, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. ... More

As the third largest Air Force base, Vandenberg is

As the third largest Air Force base, Vandenberg is

As the third largest Air Force base, Vandenberg is a premiere location, not only polar orbiting launches, but also for exercises. For this reason, Tiger Rescue IV was executed March 25 through 31, here. Tiger R... More

Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of

Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of

Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of the fifth Iridium mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 here Friday, March 30, 2018, at 6:13 a.m. PST. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airma... More

Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of

Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of

Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of the fifth Iridium mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, March 30, 2018, at 7:13 a.m. (U.S. ... More

Military children process through a deployment line

Military children process through a deployment line

Military children process through a deployment line during Kids Understanding Deployment Operations, April 4, 2018, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. KUDOS is a program developed to give children a deeper under... More

NASA's Mars InSight Lander is housed in an Astrotech

NASA's Mars InSight Lander is housed in an Astrotech

NASA's Mars InSight Lander is housed in an Astrotech cleanroom, April 6, 2018, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Froce photo by Michael Peterson/Released)

Local elected officials, key Vandenberg leaders, base

Local elected officials, key Vandenberg leaders, base

Local elected officials, key Vandenberg leaders, base affiliates and local media came together for the 28 megawatt solar photovoltaic array dedication, April 10, at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The ceremony inclu... More

Minuteman III launch - A large explosion of smoke and smoke coming out of a rocket

Minuteman III launch - A large explosion of smoke and smoke coming out...

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 5:26 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force... More

The 30th Security Forces members endure an intensive

The 30th Security Forces members endure an intensive

The 30th Security Forces members endure an intensive workout during their training at Vandenberg Air Force Base, May 2, 2018. All SF members spend one month out of the year training to improve their skills on t... More

Members of the 30th Security Forces Squadron participate

Members of the 30th Security Forces Squadron participate

Members of the 30th Security Forces Squadron participate in the Virtual Reality Simulation to practice real life scenarios on May 3, 2018 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Virtual Reality Simulation is a par... More

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Kristina Williams, 30th Operations

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Kristina Williams, 30th Operations

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Kristina Williams, 30th Operations Support Squadron launch weather officer, briefs during the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Pre-Launch briefing for the Mars InSight missio... More

Team Vandenberg launched the NASA InSight Mission to

Team Vandenberg launched the NASA InSight Mission to

Team Vandenberg launched the NASA InSight Mission to Mars on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3E here, Saturday, May 5, at 4:05 a.m. PDT. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim... More

A three-person training team works to clear a building

A three-person training team works to clear a building

A three-person training team works to clear a building of potential threats during 30th Security Forces Squadron active shooter training May 5, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. 30 SFS Defenders maintain their ... More

Minuteman III launches operational test

Minuteman III launches operational test

An unarmed U.S. Air Force Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 1:23 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time Monday, May 14, 2018, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S.... More

Falcon 9 Iridium/Grace FO launch

Falcon 9 Iridium/Grace FO launch

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying both Iridium and Grace FO payloads from Space Launch Complex-4 here, Tuesday, May 22, at 12:47 p.m. PDT.

Grace FO/Iridium launch successful!

Grace FO/Iridium launch successful!

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying both Iridium and Grace FO payloads from Space Launch Complex-4 here, Tuesday, May 22, at 12:47 p.m. PDT. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman C... More

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket

Team Vandenberg successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying both Iridium and Grace FO payloads from Space Launch Complex-4 here, Tuesday, May 22, at 12:47 p.m. PDT. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Peterso... More

Airman 1st Class Jacobo Abeytia, 30th Logistics Readiness

Airman 1st Class Jacobo Abeytia, 30th Logistics Readiness

Airman 1st Class Jacobo Abeytia, 30th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance apprentice, places a jack underneath a vehicle during a routine tire change, May 29, 2018, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Ca... More

The dorm council made some changes to better improve

The dorm council made some changes to better improve

The dorm council made some changes to better improve the main dayroom for Airmen, June 18, 2018, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. “GI JAVA” officially become “The Vibe” this May.

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