Base turns out to support Texas Blowout Barbecue

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Team NRO prepares to launch their "road pie" payload several hundred yards for the cow chip toss during the Texas Blowout Barbecue on Aug. 24. VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Lt. Col. Mark Danehy, 148th Space Operations Squadron commander, competes for the traveling trophy in the cow chip toss during the Texas Blowout Barbecue on Aug. 24. The event raised more than $18,000 for the 48th annual Operation Kids Christmas event, a celebration which provides more than 200 underpriveledged children with Christmas presents and a holiday dinner gift certificate. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Eric Chin)

Base turns out to support Texas Blowout Barbecue

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Lt. Col. Mark Danehy, 148th Space Operations Squadron commander, competes for the traveling trophy in the cow chip toss during the Texas Blowout Barbecue on Aug. 24. The event raised more than $18,000 for the 48th annual Operation Kids Christmas event, a celebration which provides more than 200 underpriveledged children with Christmas presents and a holiday dinner gift certificate. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Eric Chin)

Triathlon

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Lt. Col. William P. Thompson, Commander, 30th Space Wing Command Post freestyles his way to victory in the 400 meter swim on August 4, 2007 at thre annual base triathalon. Colonel Thompson took the lead early, and never looked back. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman First Class Keyonna Fennell)

Triathlon

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Chief Master Sgt. Ted Colquhoun, 18th Intelligence Squadron, embraces his son after a competitive 400 meter swim on August 4. The swim meet was one of the three events athletes participated in at the annual base triathalon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Keyonna Fennell)

Vandenberg couple has fun, fervor to bring theatre to area

Vandenberg couple and theatre entheusiasts Staff Sgt. Jason Burdett and his wife Stephanie produce a free children's play at the Stone Pine Hall, 210 South H St., Lompoc at 2 and 4 p.m. June 30 and 2 p.m. July 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephen Cadette)

One goes up, one comes down

A Delta II rises above the clouds as Staff Sgt. Eric Thompson freefalls over Lompoc June 7. The instructor with the 532nd Training Squadron planned his skydive to coincide with the launch carrying the Italian Thales Alenia-Space COSMO-SkyMed Satellite. (Courtesy photo)