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2 hrs ago | Missileer

Team V's MFCOs know how to "Track 'Em or Crack 'Em!"

"In this country, we value peoples' lives" "Training is a big part, but it is the teamwork of all involved, both military and civilian, that gets the job done" Photos VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force

Sun Nov 08, 2009

KSBY-TV San Luis Obispo

Protester arrested at VAFB demonstration shares story with KSBY

Protesters arrested during a demonstration at Vandenberg Air Force Base share their story with KSBY.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Strategic Defense Initiative, Life, Veteran Affairs

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Las Cruces Sun-News

Slain airman grew up in Ju rez

David Booher, a model and actor before becoming a medic in the Air Force, died at the hands of masked gunmen in a Juarez strip club.

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Related Topix: Holloman Air Force Base, US Military, US Air Force, Alamogordo, NM, World News, Mexico,

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Mobile Register Online

Air Force officer posts bond on youth sex crime charges; teacher also accused

An Air Force officer accused of sex crimes that allegedly occurred more than 3 years ago is back in Morgan County after his arrest at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Decatur Daily reports.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Morgan County, AL, Decatur Metro, Decatur, AL

Tue Nov 03, 2009

EurekAlert!

NRL sensor provides critical space weather observations

Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard an United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, US Military, US Air Force, GPS

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Santa Ynez Valley Journal

Gavpac Members Help Craft Gaviota Coast Vision

Planning for the Gaviota Coast may begin this month after the formation Tuesday of the Gaviota Coast Planning Advisory Committee.

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Related Topix: Santa Barbara County, CA, Goleta, CA, US Military, US Air Force

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Space Ref

NASA Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report 16 October 2009

STATUS REPORT Date Released: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Source: Kennedy Space Center - Comments Spacecraft: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7320 Launch Pad: SLC-2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, US Military, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, US Air Force, Space

Sun Oct 25, 2009

KSBY-TV San Luis Obispo

Baghdad military compound dedicated in memory of Los Osos resident, Cmdr. Duane Wolfe

Thursday morning, American service men and women in Baghdad, Iraq are honoring the Los Osos Navy Commander who lost his life while serving in Iraq.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Los Osos, CA, US Military, US Air Force

Fri Oct 23, 2009

FloridaToday.com

Air Force's secretive space plane nears maiden voyage

You would think that an unpiloted space plane built to rocket spaceward from Florida atop an Atlas booster, circle the planet for an extended time, then land on autopilot on a California runway would be big news.

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Related Topix: US Military, US News, Edwards Air Force Base, US Air Force, Science / Technology, Space, NASA

Thu Oct 22, 2009

SPACE.com

Air Force's Secretive Space Plane Nears Maiden Voyage

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center image shows on-orbit functions for the reusable X-37 space plane, now under the wing of the U.S. Air Force.

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Related Topix: US Military, US News, US Air Force, Science / Technology, Space, Edwards Air Force Base, NASA

Wed Oct 21, 2009

WVTM-TV Birmingham

U.S. Air Force officer arrested in California; charged with multiple sex crimes in Alabama

Attorney General Troy King announced today that an Alabama man stationed at a An Alabama man stationed at a California Air Force Base has been arrested for multiple sex crimes charged in a Morgan County, Alabama, indictment.

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Related Topix: Alabama, US Military, US News, US Air Force, Morgan County, AL

Missileer

Vandenberg kicks off "A Run to Remember"

Vandenberg kicks off "A Run to Remember" Posted 10/19/2009 Updated 10/19/2009 10/19/2009 - Military members help kick off a oeA Run to Remember" at the base track here Monday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Department of Defense, US News, US Military, US Air Force

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Pretoria News

'UFO' a result of rocket test

By Shaun Smillie It came from outer space, a strange object blazing across the Johannesburg sky.

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Related Topix: Astronomy, Science, World News, South Africa, Africa, US Military, US Air Force

Sun Oct 18, 2009

CBS 47

Defense weather satellite launched

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. a " A rocket carrying a U.S. military weather satellite has been launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.The Atlas 5 lifted off at 9:12 a.m. Sunday with a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program payload intended for polar orbit more than 510 miles high.The DMSP satellites provide global environmental ...

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Schriever Air Force Base

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Desert Sun

Atlas 5 Rocket Launching From Vandenberg On Sunday

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - October 16, 2009 Atlas 5 Rocket Launching From Vandenberg On Sunday Spaceflightnow.com reports that California's Vandenberg Air Force Base will be launching the Atlas 5 rocket, launching the Air Force's newest polar-orbiting weather satellite.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Hilltop Times

Team Hill notes ICBM golden anniversary

Last Edit: 1 hour 42 min ago Hill Air Force Base celebrated the 50th anniversary of America's first land-based nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile operations at a ceremony Oct.

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Related Topix: US Military, Hill Air Force Base, US Air Force, Hill AFB, UT

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Seattle Times

Book review | 'A Fiery Peace in a Cold War': Neil Sheehan's new...

In his new book, "A Fiery Peace in a Cold War," author Neil Sheehan tells much of the story of how the MAD world came about.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force

Sat Oct 10, 2009

Missileer

Vandenberg Fire receives international accreditation

"We have always set bold goals for the department and this was one of them" Photos VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.

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Related Topix: Fire, US Military, US Air Force

Missileer

Delta II Launch Successful

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket was launched here at 11:51 a.m. Oct.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Science / Technology, Space, Vandenberg AFB, CA

Canada.com

Pentagon plans to shoot down disabled satellite

The Pentagon plans to shoot down a disabled U.S. spy satellite before it enters the atmosphere to prevent a potentially deadly leak of toxic gas from the vehicle's fuel tank, officials said on Thursday.

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Related Topix: George Bush, W., US Military, US Navy, US Air Force

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