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A group of life-size mannequins fitted with World War Two (WWII) area flight gear are displayed near a restored Army Air Corps B-25J Mitchell aircraft bubbed the Executive Sweet, during an Air Show at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA)

A group of life-size mannequins fitted with World War Two (WWII) area ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Anne Mccormick, USAF Release... More

A display of US Army (USA) World War Two (WWII) souvenirs, including a Bronze Star Medal, belonging to WWII Veteran Sergeant (SGT) Edward Francis Sweet, displayed during his Medal Presentation Ceremony, held at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA). The Bronze Star was awarded to Sweet 60 years after his service where he deployed over 1800 days as a radio operator with the 3rd Infantry Division. Sweet's Division was responsible for the eradication of the Nazi Army out of France as well as the defeat of the last ground soldiers in Southern Germany

A display of US Army (USA) World War Two (WWII) souvenirs, including a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Edmund K. Gibbons III, USAF ... More

A WWII Finnish Air Force fighter aircraft and a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft fly side-by-side during the Western Air and Space Show at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Oct. 30, 2004. The event is held to demonstrate the capabilities of both modern and vintage aircraft and the pilots that fly them. (U.S. Air Force photo by SENIOR AIRMAN Craig R. Cisek) (Released)

A WWII Finnish Air Force fighter aircraft and a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Horne...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Craig R. Cisek, USAF Release... More

A replica of the P-40E Tomahawk used during WWII by the Flying Tigers, founders of the 14th Air Force, is mounted near the Command Post for the viewing pleasure of the public. On the plaque: "This aircraft is dedicated to all the Past, Present, and Future Flying Tigers, those who blazed a path of glory in the China Skies in World War II, and those who blaze a path of glory into space." A ceremonial event was held for the unveiling of the war fighter at the 30th Space Wing Headquarters at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on April 17, 2001

A replica of the P-40E Tomahawk used during WWII by the Flying Tigers,...

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A construction worker prepares a replica of the vintage P-40E Tomahawk for assembly at its new home in front of 14th Air Force Headquarters at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The P-40 was a leading fighter in the aerial campaign of WWII. The P-40 "serves as, a monument, not to the aircraft but to the people of the original Flying Tigers, and as reminder to their modern-day counter-parts." The Warhawk memorial, funded by the 14th Air Force with Major General William R. Looney III in command, took three months from ground breaking to the dedication ceremony

A construction worker prepares a replica of the vintage P-40E Tomahawk...

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in the early '80s, the Space Shuttle Enterprise undergoes Pathfinder fit checks at a tower. The Enterprise was built as a test vehicle and was not equipped for spaceflight. Enterprise eventually became the property of the Smithsonian Institution. Vandenberg AFB is located on the Central Coast of California about 150 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The property is comprised of parts of five Mexican land grants and a sixth grant that was transferred virtually intact to the Army. Vandenberg now is operated by the 30th Space Wing, and is the only military installation in the United States from which unmanned government and commercial satellites are launched into polar orbit. It is also the only site from which intercontinental ballistic missiles ICBMs are launched toward the Kwajalein Atoll to verify weapon systems performance. Vandenberg's military service dates back to 1941, when known as Camp Cooke it served as an Army training facility for armored and infantry troops. The main camp closed in June 1946 and was reactivated in August 1950 after the outbreak of the Korean War. The 13th and 20th Armored Divisions and the 40th, 44th, 86th, and 91st Infantry Divisions trained at Cooke. With the advent of the missile age in the 1950s, the Air Force persuaded Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson to direct the Army to transfer 64,000 acres of North Camp Cooke to the Air Force for use as a missile launch and training base. In 1958, Camp Cooke was renamed Vandenberg Air Force Base in honor of the late General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, second Air Force Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force and chief architect of today's modern Air Force. Photo Credit: NASA KSC-99PP-1051

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in t...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in the early '80s, the Space Shuttle Enterprise undergoes Pathfinder fit checks at a tower. The Enterprise was built as a test vehicle and was n... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit is raised onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2) in California. While the Delta II rocket is stacked on SLC-2, teams for NASA's Glory spacecraft and Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket are in launch preparation mode at Vandenberg's nearby Space Launch Complex 576-E. Scheduled to launch in June, Aquarius' mission will be to provide monthly maps of global changes in sea surface salinity. By measuring ocean salinity from space, Aquarius will provide new insights into how the massive natural exchange of freshwater between the ocean, atmosphere and sea ice influences ocean circulation, weather and climate. Also going up with the satellite are optical and thermal cameras, a microwave radiometer and the SAC-D spacecraft, which were developed with the help of institutions in Italy, France, Canada and Argentina. Photo credit: NASA/VAFB KSC-2011-1966

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II r...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit is raised onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Laun... More

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Traffic Check House, Napa & Alden Roads, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Traffic Check House...

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Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Sewage Treatment Plant, Napa & Alden Roads, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Sewage Treatment Pl...

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Technicians guide the first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2) in California. While the Delta II rocket is stacked on SLC-2, teams for NASA's Glory spacecraft and Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket are in launch preparation mode at Vandenberg's nearby Space Launch Complex 576-E. Scheduled to launch in June, Aquarius' mission will be to provide monthly maps of global changes in sea surface salinity. By measuring ocean salinity from space, Aquarius will provide new insights into how the massive natural exchange of freshwater between the ocean, atmosphere and sea ice influences ocean circulation, weather and climate. Also going up with the satellite are optical and thermal cameras, a microwave radiometer and the SAC-D spacecraft, which were developed with the help of institutions in Italy, France, Canada and Argentina. Photo credit: NASA/VAFB KSC-2011-1969

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Technicians guide the first stage...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Technicians guide the first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Sp... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit is raised onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2) in California. While the Delta II rocket is stacked on SLC-2, teams for NASA's Glory spacecraft and Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket are in launch preparation mode at Vandenberg's nearby Space Launch Complex 576-E. Scheduled to launch in June, Aquarius' mission will be to provide monthly maps of global changes in sea surface salinity. By measuring ocean salinity from space, Aquarius will provide new insights into how the massive natural exchange of freshwater between the ocean, atmosphere and sea ice influences ocean circulation, weather and climate. Also going up with the satellite are optical and thermal cameras, a microwave radiometer and the SAC-D spacecraft, which were developed with the help of institutions in Italy, France, Canada and Argentina. Photo credit: NASA/VAFB KSC-2011-1970

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II r...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit is raised onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Laun... More

A team of firefighters from Vandenberg Air Force Base prepares a 6-foot by 6-foot trench in the roof of the Lockheed site during a fire training exercise

A team of firefighters from Vandenberg Air Force Base prepares a 6-foo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Burbank State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Harrington Release Status: Released t... More

An airman from Vandenberg Air Force Base uses a fog spray on a structure at the Lockheed site during a fire training exercise

An airman from Vandenberg Air Force Base uses a fog spray on a structu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Burbank State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John Reed Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is test fired from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, to Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, during exercise Global Shield

A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is test fire...

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VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, Dr. Francis Everitt, principal investigator, and Brad Parkinson, co-principal investigator, both from Stanford University, hold one of the small gyroscopes used in the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. The GP-B towers behind them. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, Dr. Francis Everitt, principal investigator, and Brad Parkinson, co-principal investigator, both from St... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers prepare to attach the top of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers prepare to attach the top of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a balloon gently lifts the solar array panel to be installed on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a balloon gently lifts the solar array panel to be installed on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installi... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Gravity Probe B spacecraft is seen with two solar array panels installed. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Gravity Probe B spacecraft is seen with two solar array panels installed. Installing each array is a... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a worker checks the installation of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a worker checks the installation of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing ... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Gravity Probe B spacecraft is seen with all four solar array panels installed. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Gravity Probe B spacecraft is seen with all four solar array panels installed. Installing each array... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers prepare to attach the top of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers prepare to attach the top of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base prepare to rotate the framework containing one of four solar panels to be installed on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing fac...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base prepare to rotate the framework containing one of four solar panels to be installed on the Gravity ... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base attach a solar array panel on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing fac...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base attach a solar array panel on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day pro... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base prepare for the installation of solar array panel 3 on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing fac...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base prepare for the installation of solar array panel 3 on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing ... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers stand by as the balloon at right is released to lift the solar array panel into position for installation on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers stand by as the balloon at right is released to lift the solar array panel into position for inst... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base attach supports to a solar array panel to be lifted and installed on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing fac...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base attach supports to a solar array panel to be lifted and installed on the Gravity Probe B spacecraf... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - A worker in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base adjust the supports on a solar array panel to be lifted and installed on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - A worker in the NASA spacecraft processing fa...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - A worker in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base adjust the supports on a solar array panel to be lifted and installed on the Gravity Probe B spac... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base attach a solar array panel on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing fa...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base attach a solar array panel on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day pr... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base work on a solar array panel to be installed on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing fac...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base work on a solar array panel to be installed on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each arr... More

An artist's concept of the payload assembly building planned for the upcoming MX intercontinental ballistic missile program at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif

An artist's concept of the payload assembly building planned for the u...

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An artist's concept of the SAMTO Management and Engineering Facility (SMEF) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif

An artist's concept of the SAMTO Management and Engineering Facility (...

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Artist's concept of Space Shuttle Launch Complex. Vandenberg Air force Base, California

Artist's concept of Space Shuttle Launch Complex. Vandenberg Air force...

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A left side view of an AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile in flight near Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, during an Integrated Weapon System test

A left side view of an AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile in flight ne...

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A left side view of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft releasing an AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile near Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. This flight mission is part of an Integrated Weapon System test

A left side view of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft releasing an AGM-86...

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An Army Homing Overlay Experiment (HOE) flight vehicle is launched for the fourth and final time. The vehicle is participating in a test of its ability to destroy a re-entry vehicle from an intercontinental ballistic missile launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

An Army Homing Overlay Experiment (HOE) flight vehicle is launched for...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kwajalein Missile Range State: Marshall Islands (MH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rele... More

MX intercontinental ballistic missile re-entry vehicles pass through the clouds after a 4,130 nautical mile flight from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif

MX intercontinental ballistic missile re-entry vehicles pass through t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kwajalein Missile Range State: Marshall Islands (MH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rele... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Enterprise inside the Orbiter Maintenance and Checkout Facility at Vandenberg AFB, California. Photo Credit: NASA KSC-85PC-178

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Enterprise inside the Orbiter Mai...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Enterprise inside the Orbiter Maintenance and Checkout Facility at Vandenberg AFB, California. Photo Credit: NASA

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Enterprise inside the Orbiter Maintenance and Checkout Facility at Vandenberg AFB, California. Photo Credit: NASA KSC-85PC-177

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Enterprise inside the Orbiter Mai...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Enterprise inside the Orbiter Maintenance and Checkout Facility at Vandenberg AFB, California. Photo Credit: NASA

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Enterprise in California at VAFB. Photo credit: NASA KSC-85PC-179

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Enterprise in California at VAFB....

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Enterprise in California at VAFB. Photo credit: NASA

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Enterprise in California at VAFB. Photo Credit: NASA KSC-85PC-176

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Enterprise in California at VAFB....

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Enterprise in California at VAFB. Photo Credit: NASA

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise – night landing test. Photo Credit: NASA KSC-85P-287

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise ...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise – night landing test. Photo Credit: NASA

Artwork: Portrait of MASTER Sergeant Guadalupe Silva, 6596th Missile Test Group, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, selected as one of 1984's Outstanding Airmen. Artist: MASTER Sergeant Larrie Jenkins, US Air Force

Artwork: Portrait of MASTER Sergeant Guadalupe Silva, 6596th Missile T...

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An air-to-air right side view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft, equipped with an anti-satellite (ASAT) missile, banking to the left over Vandenberg Tracking Station

An air-to-air right side view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft, equipped with...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Reynolds Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

A Cuban refugee debarks from a 437th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft after a flight to Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The Air Force is helping the Bureau of Prisons transfer 1,200 Cubans from a prison in Georgia to a more secure

A Cuban refugee debarks from a 437th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Star...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Guido C. Locati Release Sta... More

A Cuban refugee debarks from a 437th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft after a flight to Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The Air Force is helping the Bureau of Prisons transfer 1,200 Cubans from a prison in Georgia to a more secure

A Cuban refugee debarks from a 437th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Star...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Guido C. Locati Release Sta... More

A US marshal searches a Cuban prisoner before he boards a 437th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft for a flight to Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The Air Force is helping the Bureau of Prisons transfer 1,200 Cubans from a prison in

A US marshal searches a Cuban prisoner before he boards a 437th Milita...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dobbins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Guido C. Locati Release Status: R... More

A US marshal searches a Cuban prisoner before he boards a 437th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft for a flight to Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The Air Force is helping the Bureau of Prisons transfer 1,200 Cubans from a prison in

A US marshal searches a Cuban prisoner before he boards a 437th Milita...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dobbins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Guido C. Locati Release Status: R... More

Cuban refugees board a bus for transport to a maximum security prison after a flight to Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The Air Force is helping the Bureau of Prisons transfer 1,200 Cubans from a prison in Georgia to a more secure facility in Cali

Cuban refugees board a bus for transport to a maximum security prison ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Guido C. Locati Release Sta... More

Military members board a 437th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft for a flight to Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The Air Force is helping the Bureau of Prisons transfer 1,200 Cubans from a prison in Georgia to a more secure facility

Military members board a 437th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dobbins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Guido C. Locati Release Status: R... More

U.S. Air Force MAJ. GEN. Michael Hamel (right), 14th Air Force Commander, prepares to take flight in the only authentic AT-6 Texan aircraft flown by the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II during the Western Air and Space Show at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on October 31, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT Quinton Russ) (Released)

U.S. Air Force MAJ. GEN. Michael Hamel (right), 14th Air Force Command...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinton Russ, USAF Release ... More

CAPT. Tom Neiss, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, works in the battle staff compartment aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft during "Glory trip 143GB." Glory Trip 143GB is the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif

CAPT. Tom Neiss, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Comman...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLORY TRIP 143GB Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

CPT Lance Plummer, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, runs a preflight check on the airborne launch control system aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

CPT Lance Plummer, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Comm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Re... More

SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron services communications equipment in the battle staff compartment of an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron ser...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Re... More

SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron takes notes at radio maintenance station No. 2 aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron tak...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Re... More

CAPT. Tom Neiss, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, is observed by other oficers as he works in the battle staff compartment aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft during "Glory Trip 143GB." Glory Trip 143GB is the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif

CAPT. Tom Neiss, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Comman...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott Steward Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

1LT D. Boots, a navigator with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, plots a course aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft during "Glory Trip 143GB." Glory Trip 143GB is the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

1LT D. Boots, a navigator with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Sq...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

1LT Andrea Tart, an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft co-pilot with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, makes preflight checks in the cockpit of her aircraft prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

1LT Andrea Tart, an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft co-pi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Re... More

SSGT Diane Cherry of the 1850th Airborne Communications Squadron monitors air-to-ground communications aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, during "Glory Trip 143GB."Glory Trip 143GB will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

SSGT Diane Cherry of the 1850th Airborne Communications Squadron monit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Re... More

MAJ Barry Obie, pilot, left, and 1LT Andrea Tart, co-pilot, both of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, fly their EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft during "Glory Trip 143GB." Glory Trip 143GB is the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

MAJ Barry Obie, pilot, left, and 1LT Andrea Tart, co-pilot, both of th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

1LT D. Boots, a navigator with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, plots a course aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft during "Glory Trip 143GB." Glory Trip 143GB is the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

1LT D. Boots, a navigator with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Sq...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron services communications equipment at radio maintenance station No. 2 aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron ser...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Re... More

CAPT. Mike Thomas, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, works in the battle staff compartment aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft during "Glory trip 143GB." Glory Trip 143GB is the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif

CAPT. Mike Thomas, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Comm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLORY TRIP 143GB Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

CAPT. Tom Neiss, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, works in the battle staff compartment aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft during "Glory trip 143GB." Glory Trip 143GB is the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif

CAPT. Tom Neiss, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Comman...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLORY TRIP 143GB Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

SSGT Diane Cherry of the 1850th Airborne Communications Squadron makes preflight checks in the communications compartment of an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

SSGT Diane Cherry of the 1850th Airborne Communications Squadron makes...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Re... More

1LT Andrea Tart, co-pilot, with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, flies her EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft during "Glory Trip 143GB." Glory Trip 143GB is the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

1LT Andrea Tart, co-pilot, with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

SSGT Diane Cherry, left, and A1C Brook Devos, both of the 1850th Airborne Communications Squadron, make preflight checks in the communications compartment of an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg AFB, California

SSGT Diane Cherry, left, and A1C Brook Devos, both of the 1850th Airbo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Re... More

1LT Andrea Tart, an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft co-pilot with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, runs through a preflight checklist prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

1LT Andrea Tart, an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft co-pi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Re... More

CPT Lance Plummer, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, loads a coded tape into the airborne launch control system aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

CPT Lance Plummer, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Comm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Re... More

AIRMAN 1ST Class Brook Devos of the 1850th Airborne Communications Squadron makes preflight checks in the battle staff compartment of an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif

AIRMAN 1ST Class Brook Devos of the 1850th Airborne Communications Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott Steward Release Status:... More

SSGT Mike Roberts, an environmental technician, places a plastic cover on a metal container to help slow corrosion. The plastic caps are part of Vandenberg's hazardous waste program

SSGT Mike Roberts, an environmental technician, places a plastic cover...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Vickie M. Graham Release Sta... More

Old underground storage tanks await shipment as part of Vandenberg's comprehensive recycling program. The base's morale, welfare and recreation fund receives about $300,000 annually from the recycling of various products

Old underground storage tanks await shipment as part of Vandenberg's c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Vickie M. Graham Release Sta... More

Old computer printouts are stacked for shipment as part of Vandenberg's comprehensive recycling program. The base's morale, welfare and recreation fund receives about $300,000 annually from the recycling of various products

Old computer printouts are stacked for shipment as part of Vandenberg'...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Vickie M. Graham Release Sta... More

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Michael Geskin translates English to Russian for GEN. Igor Sergeyev during a meeting at the Vandenberg Officers Club. Gen Sergeyev is on a tour of U.S. military installations, helping to establish rapport between former adversaries

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Michael Geskin translates English to Russian for ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Mary Johnvin Release Status:... More

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) had nine Thor boosters in storage at Carlsbad, CA awaiting disposition. The NRL had the USMC move the boosters to Camp Pendleton for shipment to other agencies. Vandenberg AFB will receive two: a Thor IRBM and a Thor SLV-2A. The Air Force, Vandenberg and Thor missile booster are definitive links to the original Space Age and nearly 17,000 launches here. The Thors will be used for educational and historical purposes. A caravan arrives at the Vandenberg AFB main gate carrying the Thor static display

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) had nine Thor boosters in storage ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Frederick V. Johnson, USAF R... More

A UH-1 Iroquois helicopter from the 76th Rescue Flight, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, successfully lands on Platform Irene. Platform Irene is an off shore oil platform located three miles off of the coast of Vandenberg AFB

A UH-1 Iroquois helicopter from the 76th Rescue Flight, Vandenberg Air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Gary Coppage, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Space debris sphere that was found near Seguin, Texas and brought to Randolph Air Force Base where it was identified as a piece of a Delta rocket that had been launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in April 1996

Space debris sphere that was found near Seguin, Texas and brought to R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: O. C. Sanchez Release Status: Released ... More

A Peacekeeper ICBM is successfully launched from Launch Facility 02 on the north side of Vandenberg Air Force Base at 1:00 AM Pacific Standard time on 30 May 1996. The launch is part of the continuing follow on test and evaluation program that insures the reliability of the U.S. ICBM program. It took the missile approximately 30 minutes to travel to the Kwajalein Missile Range where it accurately dropped its payload of telemetry sensors

A Peacekeeper ICBM is successfully launched from Launch Facility 02 on...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Gary Coppage Release Statu... More

Major General David L. Vesely, Commander, 14th Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., delivers remarks during the change of command ceremonies for the 30th Space Wing. The Air Force Space Command event was held on the Vandenberg base parade grounds. COL. Franklin Blaisdel relinquished his command of the 30th Wing to COL. C. Robert Kehler

Major General David L. Vesely, Commander, 14th Air Force, Vandenberg A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Gary Coppage Release Status... More

Some thirty seconds after lift-off, a Titan II rocket makes it's way into the upper atmosphere above Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The rocket is carrying the first 5 of the 66 Iridium satellites that will make up the Iridium satellite constellation allowing people to communicate with anyone, anytime, anyplace on earth

Some thirty seconds after lift-off, a Titan II rocket makes it's way i...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Scott Wagers Release Statu... More

Forty feet below ground in a missile silo on North Vandenberg AFB, STAFF SGT. Mark Conrad and SENIOR AIRMAN Christopher Olson, missile maintenance technicians from the 320th Missile Squadron, work to replace a post boost control system on a Minuteman Man rocket

Forty feet below ground in a missile silo on North Vandenberg AFB, STA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE '97 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene ... More

The honorable Dr. Sheila Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force arrives at Vandenberg AFB to take part in the Guardian Challenge festivities. She is greeted by Brig. GEN. Robert Hinson, Director of Operations, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, and other distinguished visitors from the 30th Space Wing

The honorable Dr. Sheila Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force arrives a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE '97 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene ... More

MAJ. GEN. Lance Lord, 2nd Air Force Commander, takes the podium to address nearly 1,000 people who packed the 76th Rescue flight hangar at Vandenberg AFB, California to attend the awards presentations at the end of the competition. Among the competitors, commanders and distinguished visitors were the Secretary of the Air Force and the Commander, Air Force Space Command

MAJ. GEN. Lance Lord, 2nd Air Force Commander, takes the podium to add...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE '97 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene ... More

A reconfigured Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from Vandenberg AFB at 8:39 p.m. 23 June 1997. The missile, part of the Multi-Service Launch System developed by Lockheed-Martin Astronautics, deployed a payload of nine target objects in space to test sensors carried aloft by a second Minuteman II that was launched from the Kwajalein Missile Range in the south Pacific Ocean approximately 20 minutes later. It carried sensors using existing National Missile Defense technology to identify and track the nine target objects released by the Vandenberg missile. A side effect from the launch resulted in what is termed as a "twilight phenomenon," a multicolored light...

A reconfigured Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile was lau...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A reconfigured Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from Vandenberg AFB at 8:39 p.m. 23 June 1997. The m... More

US Air Force AIRMAN Melanie Tobias and her partner Rocky, a Malinois, both are from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, compete in handler protecting. Handler Protection, a display of the six phases of controlled aggression, one of the events at the Department of Defense Worldwide Military Working Dog Competition at Lackland AFB, Texas, April 25-26

US Air Force AIRMAN Melanie Tobias and her partner Rocky, a Malinois, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robbin Cresswell, Civilian, USAF Releas... More

Systems engineer Dean Carlson (left) and electrical systems technician Dave Fawcett monitor a guidance computer in a mock silo at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The new Minuteman III guidance system is being evaluated at Hill AFB before going to Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for launch. This image was used in the May 1998 issue of AIRMAN Magazine

Systems engineer Dean Carlson (left) and electrical systems technician...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hill Air Force Base State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Todd Remington (left), a Military Working Dog (MWD) trainer assigned to the 820th Security Forces Group (SFG), Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Steve Wenner, a MWD handler assigned to the 30th SFG, Vandenberg AFB, California, play cards atop Rambo's portable kennel, during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Todd Remington (left), a Mil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Kuwait International Airport Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Ope... More

US Air Force Colonel Roosevelt Mercer Jr. assumes command of the 30th Space Wing from Major General Gerald Perryman at the 30th Space Wing Change of Command Ceremony at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on June 15, 1998

US Air Force Colonel Roosevelt Mercer Jr. assumes command of the 30th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Cherie A. Thurlby Release St... More

US Air Force Colonel Roosevelt Mercer Jr., Commander of the 30th Space Wing, addresses the troops at the 30th Space Wing Change of Command ceremony at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

US Air Force Colonel Roosevelt Mercer Jr., Commander of the 30th Space...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Cherie A. Thurlby Release St... More

The former Commander of the 30th Space Wing, Colonel C. Robert Kehler salutes the men and women of the 30th Space Wing, Vandenberg, Air Force Base, California, as the 30th Space Wing SENIOR Enlisted Advisor, CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Kip Thonak, looks on

The former Commander of the 30th Space Wing, Colonel C. Robert Kehler ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Pamela Taubman, USAF Release... More

The presentation of the Commands to the official party during the 30th Space Wing Change of Command ceremony at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on June 15, 1998

The presentation of the Commands to the official party during the 30th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Cherie A. Thurlby Release St... More

Straight on pockets to headroom shot of USAF AIRMAN Jason Hoffman, Vandenberg Air Force Base Combat Arms Instructor as he gives guidance to a fellow AIRMAN on the pistol range. SRA Hoffman has been working with the 30th Security Forces Squadron for the past seven years. He says, "I am a competitor. I enjoy taking an average shooter and training them until they are a notch above the competition level."

Straight on pockets to headroom shot of USAF AIRMAN Jason Hoffman, Van...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Cherrie Thurlby, USAF Releas... More

Straight on medium shot of USAF Airmen First Class Thomas White as he stands next to his horse's head while holding the reins. A1C White enjoys working in the Game Warden's office on Vandenberg Air Force Base. There are only seven bases in the entire Air Force that employs Game Wardens. When asked what is his favorite part of his job, he replied, "enforcing the hunting and fishing laws." The most frequently broken laws are using an illegal weapon and fishing over the limit

Straight on medium shot of USAF Airmen First Class Thomas White as he ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Rebecca Velez, USAF Release ... More

Straight on medium close-up from the waist up of USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Ramona Davidson. SRA Davidson is a Reservation SPECIALIST and member of the 30th Services Squadron and works at the Vandenberg Lodge on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Her duties include fielding an average of 150 telephones per day

Straight on medium close-up from the waist up of USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Ra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeanette Copland, USAF Relea... More

Straight on medium close-up from the waist up at USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Jeremy Lock, Aerial Photographer assigned to the 30th Communications Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. SRA Lock is tasked to photograph Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) and Space Vehicle launches as well as other activities that affect the base populous

Straight on medium close-up from the waist up at USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Je...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Pamela Taubman, USAF Release... More

Straight on medium close-up of USAF AIRMAN Mike Arzabal in full firefighter gear as he kneels down next to a Vandenberg Air Force Base fire truck. AMN Arzabal, a Fire Protection Apprentice, is assigned to the 30th Civil Engineering Squadron at Vandenberg AFB, California. About being a fire fighter, he states, "Aside from the adrenaline rush, I love the fact that I can help people out of possible fatal situations."

Straight on medium close-up of USAF AIRMAN Mike Arzabal in full firefi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Cherrie Thurlby, USAF Releas... More

Straight on medium close-up from the waist up at USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Robert Sargent as he stands guard next to a USAF F-117A Stealth fighter (partially shown in background). SRA Sargent, a member of the 30th Security Forces Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, is responsible for protecting military assets such as Titan and Atlas launch facilities (Not shown) and occasionally stands post for visiting aircraft such as the F-117A

Straight on medium close-up from the waist up at USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Ro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Pamela Taubman, USAF Release... More

Straight on medium shot of USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Jennifer Bell, an Aeromedical Technician, assigned to the 30th Aeromedical Squadron, affiliated with the 76th Helicopter Flight on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. She says the best part of her job is performing medical evacuations

Straight on medium shot of USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Jennifer Bell, an Aerome...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeanette Copland, USAF Relea... More

Straight on medium shot of USAF First Class Corey Tate (Left) of the 30th Medical Group, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Working in the Outpatient Records, A1C Tate says that he loves working with and meeting new people. On an average day A1C Tate offers assistance to about 60 people

Straight on medium shot of USAF First Class Corey Tate (Left) of the 3...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C David Clower, USAF Release S... More

Straight on medium close-up of USAF AIRMAN First Class Mary Colin, a Satellite Systems Controller with the 4th Space Operations Squadron (SOPS), Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. A1C Colin is assigned to a tenant unit on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Of her job, A1C Colin says, "With my computer system, I can track an object about the size of a baseball thats floating 250 miles into space. How many other computer geeks can brag about that?"

Straight on medium close-up of USAF AIRMAN First Class Mary Colin, a S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Wagers, USAF Release ... More

Right side profile, long shot of a Blacktailed deer as well as feral pigs, valley quail and a variety of ducks (Not shown) are now hunted by Chumash Native Americans. In August 1998, for the first time in more than a century, members of the Santa Ynez band of Chumash could once again hunt and fish on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. This image is seen in the November 1998 issue of AIRMAN Magazine

Right side profile, long shot of a Blacktailed deer as well as feral p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Wright, Usafr Release S... More

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