First sergeants rally shoes

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Ms. Margaret Viers, a 30th Civil Engineer Squadron environmental flight contractor, Vandenberg’s first sergeants and volunteer Airmen from the 30th Space Wing, gather to package shoe donations from the local community in support of the Shoes to Share program here March 3. The program will donate the shoes to villagers and students of the Hwange region of Zimbabwe. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matthew Plew)

START team departs

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty team from the Russian Federation departs Vandenberg March 5, after completing an on-site verification in compliance to START requirements. United States sends similar teams to inspect former Soviet strategic weapon facilities. Reciprocal inspections are an element of the START I accord, which was signed in 1991 and went into action in 1994. (Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Stephanie Longoria)

Routine cleaning

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Asia Nettles, 30th Medical Operations Squadron dental assistant, cleans the teeth of Senior Airman Cherise Short from the 30th Security Forces Squadron, during a routine dental check up here March 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Lee)

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Inspectors Declare

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Members from the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty team exit a KC-135 Stratotanker Cargo aircraft here March 3. (U.S. Air Force photo/Christopher Hubenthal)

TSA members receive explosive ordinance awareness training

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Tech. Sgt. Robert Brown, 30th Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance technician, explains how fast a 10 ft. piece of detonation chord will burn once it has been ignited during an explosive ordnance awareness course with members with the Transportation Security Administration from various airports in the Santa Barbara County area Feb 27 here.(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matthew Plew)

TSA members receive explosive ordinance awareness training

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Transportation Security Administration members peer into a buried coffee can holding a blasting cap as Tech. Sgt. Robert Brown, 30th Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance technician stands by for safety during an explosive ordnance awareness course Feb. 27 here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matthew Plew)

TSA members receive explosive ordinance awareness training

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Members with the Transportation Security Administration examine a light weight mine as it is passed around during their training brief given by explosive ordnance disposal technicians from the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron Feb 27 here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matthew Plew)

TSA members receive explosive ordinance awareness training

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Mr. Nelson Almodovar, explosive ordnance contractor from the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, displays a grenade that has been wired as an mine during his training brief with members from the Transportation Security Administration from various airports in the Santa Barbara County area Feb 27 here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matthew Plew)

Watching weather patterns

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Capt. Howard Moore, 30th Weather Squadron officer, studies a screen of weather information here Feb. 25. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Christopher Hubenthal)

Fire department makes water rescue

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Vandenberg firefighter Matt Stevens works with fellow firefighters to prepare a watercraft for a water rescue at Wall Beach here Feb. 19. The Vandenberg Fire Department's water rescue team rescued an Airman who was pulled out to sea while surfing. (Courtesy photo)

Week in Photos - 532nd Training Squadron focus

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Geoffrey Miskell instructs technical school students at the 532nd Training Squadron here, as the students conduct hands-on training for the environmental control system of a missile launch facility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)

Week in Photos - 532nd Training Squadron focus

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Staff Sgt. Jace Pape instructs technical school students at the 532nd Training Squadron here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)