Unit Focus: 533rd Training Squadron

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Going through a series of slides, Maj. Nathanael White (at the front left), a 533rd Training Squadron Space Based Infared Systems instructor, teaches students about geography and missiles May 28. The 533rd TRS, an original missile squadron and a training detachment at Schriever AFB, Colo., provides initial qualification training for attack warning, space surveillance and counter-drug missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Thomas)

Unit Focus: 533rd Training Squadron

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Dan St. James, a 533rd Training Squadron Space Based Infared Systems instructor, explains the sub systems of defense support program satellites to students May 28. The students must understand the inner workings of a satellite in order to provide better understanding of how they get their mission data. The 533rd TRS, an original missile squadron and a training detachment at Schriever AFB, Colo., provides initial qualification training for attack warning, space surveillance and counterdrug missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Thomas)

Unit Focus: 533rd Training Squadron

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Dan St. James and Maj. Nathanael White, 533rd Training Squadron Space Based Infared Systems instructors, set up a lesson plan for their students using a computer system May 28. The 533rd TRS, an original missile squadron and a training detachment at Schriever AFB, Colo., provides initial qualification training for attack warning, space surveillance and counterdrug missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Thomas)

Unit Focus: 533rd Training Squadron

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Working with multiple sources of input, Tech. Sgt Cody Nolen, a 533rd Training Squadron global positioning system instructor, trains early orbit determination for paused array warning systems using several computer monitors May 28. The 533rd TRS, an original missile squadron and a training detachment at Schriever AFB, Colo., provides initial qualification training for attack warning, space surveillance and counter-drug missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Thomas)

Service before self

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Fallen Navy Cmdr. Duane Wolfe arrived at the airport here May 31. Commander Wolfe, a member of the Navy Reserves, was the civilian deputy commander of the 30th Mission Support Group at Vandenberg. Members of the Vandenberg community, including the base honor guard, waited on the runway to pay tribute to the fallen Seaman and fellow Airman. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)

Change of command

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Col. David Buck, the 30th Space Wing commander, gives the command of the 30th Operations Group to Col. Todd Gossett during a change of command ceremony here May 29. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Thomas)

Air Force health care team aids first joint humanitarian effort in rural Costa Rica

ALAJUELA, Costa Rica -- A local Costa Rican boy curiously watches a team of Air Force medical specialists from Vandenberg's 30th Medical Group work side-by-side with local Costa Rican physicians here May 19. Air Force medical professionals are assisting their Costa Rican counterparts in providing medical care to residents who are rarely seen by physicians due to living in isolated areas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Steve Bauer)

Air Force health care team aids first joint humanitarian effort in rural Costa Rica

ALAJUELA, Costa Rica -- After three days, a team of Air Force medical specialists finishes operations in one area of Alajuela in a joint humanitarian mission with local Costa Rican physicians. The team will travel to another rural area of the region to provide medical care to residents who are rarely seen by physicians due to living in isolated areas. (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Steve Bauer)

Air Force health care team aids first joint humanitarian effort in rural Costa Rica

ALAJUELA, Costa Rica -- Maj. Anthony Kingsley, a 30th Medical Operations Squadron flight surgeon, takes the blood pressure of a local resident May 19 at a school house here. A team of medical specialists from Vandenberg is contributing to a humanitarian effort with local Costa Rican physicians to provide medical care to residents who are rarely seen by physicians due to living in isolated areas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Steve Bauer)

Air Force healthcare team aids first joint humanitarian effort in rural Costa Rica

ALAJUELA, Costa Rica -- Senior Airman Maricella Estrada, a 30th Medical Operations Squadron flight medicine technician, helps translate for a Spanish-speaking local resident and Capt. Adam Klemens, a 30th MDOS technician optometrist, here May 20. A team of medical specialists from Vandenberg is contributing to a humanitarian effort with local Costa Rican physicians here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Steve Bauer)

Satellite simulation

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Learning the physics of a satellite, 2nd Lt. Adam Brown, a 392nd Training Squadron student, demonstrates how an attitude control system actuator for a satellite works for his Space 100 classmates here May 19. By standing on a rotating pedestal and holding a spinning wheel apparatus straight out in front of them, students are able to gain a fun understanding of how they make a satellite move by tilting the wheel either left or right. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matthew Plew)

Satellite simulation

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- First Lt. Ryne Roady and 2nd Lt. Allan Epps, both Space 100 students with the 392nd Training Squadron, monitor the rotation of an EyasSat training module during a laboratory exercise here May 19. The EyasSat module is a major satellite subsystem designed to give students the hands-on experience they need to conduct successful satellite space operations for the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matthew Plew)