Flower Festival Parade 2013

LOMPOC, Calif. -- Members of the Vandenberg Honor Guard team march through the city of Lompoc during the city's 61st annual Flower Festival Parade on Saturday, June 29. The team was selected to lead the procession for the parade which was themed "A Salute to the Red, White and Blue". (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Peterson)

Flower Festival Parade 2013

LOMPOC, Calif. -- Members of the Vandenberg Honor Guard team march through the city of Lompoc during the city's 61st annual Flower Festival Parade on Saturday, June 29. The team was selected to lead the procession for the parade which was themed "A Salute to the Red, White and Blue". (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Peterson)

Up, up and away Pegasus

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A L-1011 “Stargazer” carrier aircraft carrying an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket flies off the base flightline here Thursday, June 27, 2013. The launch of a Pegasus XL rocket launched from the “Stargazer” carrier aircraft off the coast of Monterey Bay. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

Up, up and away Pegasus

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – An Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket attached to the underbelly of an L-1011 “Stargazer” carrier aircraft takes off at the base flightline here Thursday, June 27, 2013. The launch of a Pegasus XL rocket launched from the “Stargazer” carrier aircraft off the coast of Monterey Bay. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

30th Operations Group changes command

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Keith Balts, 30th Space Wing commander, passes the ceremonial guidon to Col. Marcelino Del Rosario, incoming 30th Operations Group commander, during a change of command here Tuesday, June 25. The passing of the guidon represents the transfer of authority and responsibility from one commander to the next. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Peterson)

30th Operations Group changes command

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Marcelino Del Rosario, incoming 30th Operations Group commander, addresses the guests and 30 OG members after assuming command during a change of command here Tuesday, June 25. Del Rosario previously was the Chief, Assessments and Analyses, Cooperative Threat Reduction Department, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Peterson)