12/22/2012 - Santa Barbara County Sheriff deputies run the Special Olympics torch down California Boulevard, passing it to 30th Security Forces Squadron members here, Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The Law Enforcement Torch Run passes through Santa Barbara County before its arrival at California State University, Long Beach for the Special Olympics Southern California Summer Games. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jerry E. Clemens Jr.)

12/22/2012 - Col. John Wagner (right), receives command of the 614th Air and Space Operations Center from Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, commander of U.S. Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Space and 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic), during a change-of-command ceremony at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., June 4, 2012, as Chief Master Sgt. Frank Fidani, 614th AOC chief enlisted manager, looks on. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Levi Riendeau)

12/22/2012 - Army Sgt. Daniel Pineda, a Joint Space Operation Center space communications technician, and Maj. Craig Blando, a Joint Function Component Command Space plans officer, cut the cake during the 237th Army Birthday Celebration at the Pacific Coast Club here Thursday, June 14, 2012. Founded in 1775, the U.S. Army has grown from an amateur force of colonial freedom fighters to a professional force of more than one million solders fighting terrorism worldwide and providing support for international operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

12/22/2012 - Elijah and Caleb Marshall, ages 11 and 13, run in a hula-hoop race at Vacation Bible School hosted by the 30th Space Wing Chapel staff here Friday, June 15, 2012. The school is in their tenth year of operation, help 140 students in five different classes with the help of more than 50 base volunteers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

12/22/2012 - The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), the Air Force's unmanned, reusable space plane, landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5:48 a.m. (PDT) June 16. OTV-2, which launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., March 5, 2011, conducted on-orbit experiments for 469 days during its mission. The X-37B is the newest and most advanced re-entry spacecraft. Managed by the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, the X-37B program performs risk reduction, experimentation and concept of operations development for reusable space vehicle technologies. (photo credit: Boeing)

12/22/2012 - VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The Vandenberg Air Force Base Honor Guard marches during the city of Lompoc's 60th Annual Flower Festival Saturday, June 23, 2012. The parade is part of a five day event that celebrates Lompoc’s flower fields and culture. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

12/22/2012 - Col. Brent McArther, 30th Space Wing vice commander, and his family wave to parade watchers during the city of Lompoc's 60th Annual Flower Festival Saturday, June 23, 2012. The parade is part of a five day celebration of Lompoc’s flower fields and culture. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

12/22/2012 - Members from Team V, the Army and Air Force Pararescue, walk to an Army C-23 Sherpa during a tandem jump training exercise at the flightline here Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The training held certifies the pararescuemen to maintain their jump qualifications. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

12/22/2012 - Airman 1st Class Joshua Brown, 30th Medical Operations Squadron medical technician, jumps tandem with an Air Force pararescueman during a tandem jump training exercise at the flightline here Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The training held certifies the pararescuemen to maintain their jump qualifications. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

12/22/2012 - The Joint Functional Component Command for Space and 14th Air Force held their annual picnic here Friday, June 29, 2012. Attendees were treated to various activities including competitions in corn-hole, tug-o-war and an obstacle course as well as arts and crafts and a car show. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jerry E. Clemens Jr.)

12/22/2012 - Vandenberg Air Force Base Hot Shot fire fighters cut a fire line on June 28, 2012 in the Mount Saint Francois area of Colorado Springs, Co. while helping to battle several fires in Waldo Canyon. The Waldo Canyon fire has grown to 18,500 acres and burned over 300 homes. Currently, more than 90 firefighters from the Academy, along with assets from Air Force Space Command; F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.; Fort Carson, Colo.; and the local community continue to fight the Waldo Canyon fire.(U.S. Air Force Photo by: Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock)