Vandenberg Air Force Base News

Like people in any community, military personnel get behind on bills, find their cupboards almost bare, need emergency loans for necessities, or can't afford family counseling.

This week we've been showing you the details behind the test fire of an unarmed minuteman-three missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Vandenberg Air Force Base officials launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration test assembly from North Vandenberg at 3:01 a.m. PDT June 29.

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People in Los Angeles, San Diego and the Inland Empire may see a colorful glow in the sky Monday morning owing to the test fire of an intercontinental missile.

A bill approved last week by the Senate Armed Services Committee could push forward construction of a third silo field at Fort Greely.

Shortly before midnight on Sunday, June 28th , a demonstration will begin at Vandenberg Air Force Base to protest the U.S. launch of a Minuteman III nuclear missile .

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND FEATURE CONSIDERATION Contact: Cary Conrady, Public Relations Dept Whizbang, cary@whizbangideas.com 805-594-1880 Vandalizing at Vandenberg Air Force Base Creates Opportunity a oeOne night someone broke light bulbs in the pool, so we had to drain the whole pool to repair it.a said Brad King, the Energy Manager at Vandenberg ...

Flower Festival is back, and so is the funnel cake. The 57th Annual Lompoc Valley Flower Festival officially began Wednesday, with the food booths, entertainment, and the carnival drawing a steady stream of celebrants to Ryon Park.

A spokesperson for Lt. Governor John Garamendi denied her boss ever voiced support for a new Santa Barbara County coast oil project proposed by Sunset Exploration in partnership with Exxon Mobil.

Thomas Van Abbott, 84, died June 13, 2009. Services will be 9:00 a.m. Saturday, June 20, 2009, in Lawn Baptist Church, Lawn, Texas, with the Reverend David Cason officiating.

Comforted by the U.S. military's missile defense systems, Hawaii residents doubt a North Korean missile would light up the clear island sky like fireworks on the Fourth of July.

In the plan, they will join in the prevention, detection and suppression of wildland fires within their joint protection areas.

The Pentagon Tuesday reassured senators that cutting $1.2 billion from the nation's missile defense budget wouldn't diminish the country's ability to defend against a rogue missile attack from North Korea or Iran.

Brig. Gen. Edward Bolton Jr. joked that he hasn't had time to settle in at Patrick Air Force Base, after arriving more than six months ago.

WISE Mission Assembled and Preparing for Launch Category: Cosmos Posted on: June 10, 2009 9:59 PM, by Greg Laden The Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer has been all snapped together and stuff and is ready to be launched into outer space from Vandenberg in November.

William Banham and Ryan Barnes of Ferndale have graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Desperate to plug California's gaping budget hole, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has turned to an idea he has long opposed - offshore oil drilling.

As the county attempts to bring Dan De Vaul and his errant ranch in line, a second front has sprung up in the code enforcement wars, this one also involving an old structure housing down-on-their-luck people.

Washington, June 6 : The US Air Force and Boeing are all set to launch the X-37B - an unpiloted military space plane.