LRS Airman receives Bronze Star

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Tech Sgt. Fredrick Garcia (right), a 30th Logistics Readiness Squadron dispatch operations NCOIC stands with Tech Sgt. Raul Molina, a 30th LRS dispatch support NCOIC, during a deployment to Iraq. Sergeant Garcia received a bronze star for his leadership as convoy commander in Iraq where he and his team drove a combined distance of 578,000 miles.(Air Force Photo)

Competitors Chosen for Guardian Challenge

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Capt. Jon Krepsky, a 30th Operations Support Squadron mission control flight officer, initiates explosive ordnance on board a rocket with a key turn switch during a training scenario on Jan. 14. Mission flight control officers are responsible for all flight control activities including launch preparation, pre-flight test and evaluations and flight control from liftoff to end of mission. The scenario is the deciding factor on who is selected to be on the elite 30th Space Wing Guardian Challenge Team. Air Force Space Command hails GC as the only space war fighter competition in the Air Force. The competition pits the "best of the best" space war fighters against each other, determining the top space wing teams in the Air Force. The event captures the essence of competition through rigorous evaluation and increases the overall capabilities of operations teams to perform their missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

Competitors Chosen for Guardian Challenge

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Senior Airman Jillian Voyles, a 2nd Range Operations Squadron aerospace control officer, uses a secure line to make a phone call during a training scenario on Jan. 14. Aerospace control officers ensure launch hazard areas are clear of boats, trains, aircraft, and personnel on oil rigs during launch operations. The scenario is the deciding factor on who is selected to be on the elite 30th Space Wing Guardian Challenge Team. Air Force Space Command hails GC as the only space war fighter competition in the Air Force. The competition pits the "best of the best" space war fighters against each other, determining the top space wing teams in the Air Force. The event captures the essence of competition through rigorous evaluation and increases the overall capabilities of operations teams to perform their missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

Competitors Chosen for Guardian Challenge

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Senior Airman Jillian Voyles, a 2nd Range Operations Squadron aerospace control officer, writes in a range operations manual while speaking on the phone during a training scenario on Jan. 14. Aerospace control officers ensure launch hazard areas are clear of boats, trains, aircraft, and personnel on oil rigs during launch operations. The scenario is the deciding factor on who is selected to be on the elite 30th Space Wing Guardian Challenge Team. Air Force Space Command hails GC as the only space war fighter competition in the Air Force. The competition pits the "best of the best" space war fighters against each other, determining the top space wing teams in the Air Force. The event captures the essence of competition through rigorous evaluation and increases the overall capabilities of operations teams to perform their missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

Construction begins on fitness center

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Members of the base fitness center pose at the site of the new base fitness center on Jan. 16. The new base fitness center is slated to open sometime in the spring of 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo / A1C Christopher Hubenthal)

Gen. Kehler visits Vandeberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Gen. Robert Kehler, Air Force Space Command commander listens to a brief regarding the unmanned aerial vehicle "Raven" given by Lt. Col. Patrick Donley 30th Security Force's commander during a Raven demonstration here Jan. 08. This was one of many visits General Kehler made during his one day stay at Vandenberg where he also met with base leadership and addressed questions concerning the future of the Air Force's mission and the future of Air Force Space Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew)