Training

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Students from the 532nd Training Squadron work on an Air Launch Cruise Missile Simulator in their training facility here Wednesday, March 27, 2013. The squadron recently received four of the simulators from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. to replace the old “worn-out” ones and provide a more realistic training environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Yvonne Morales)

Training

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Staff Sgt. Douglas Hull, a 532nd Training Squadron air launch missile maintenance instructor, demonstrates how to work on an Air Launched Cruise Missiles to 532nd TRS students through a simulator here Wednesday, March 27, 2013. The squadron recently received four of the simulators from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. to replace the old “worn-out” ones and provide a more realistic training environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Yvonne Morales)

Team V launches Atlas V

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Team V launched a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a NASA payload at 10:02 a.m. here Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The Atlas V was launched from Space Launch Complex-3 and was the sixth launch for Vandenberg. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Davila)

Team V launches Atlas V

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Team V launched a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a NASA payload at 10:02 a.m. here Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The Atlas V was launched from Space Launch Complex-3 and was the sixth launch for Vandenberg. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Davila)

Team V launches Atlas V rocket

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Team V launched a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a NASA payload at 10:02 a.m. here Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The Atlas V was launched from Space Launch Complex-3 and was the sixth launch for Vandenberg. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

Team V launches Atlas V rocket

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Team V launched a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a NASA payload at 10:02 a.m. here Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The Atlas V was launched from Space Launch Complex-3 and was the sixth launch for Vandenberg. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Yvonne Morales)

Shuttle Endeavour flies over Vandenberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The space shuttle Endeavour flies over Vandenberg here Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. The Endeavour was the last shuttle to be built and its last mission was mission STS-134 in May 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

Shuttle Endeavour flies over Vandenberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, commander of U.S. Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Space and 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic), watches as the space shuttle Endeavour flies over Vandenberg here Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Helms traveled to space in the Endeavour when she was an astronaut. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

Shuttle Endeavour flies over Vandenberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The space shuttle Endeavour flies over Vandenberg here Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. The Endeavour was the last shuttle to be built and its last mission was mission STS-134 in May 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd. Lt. Warren Smith)

Shuttle Endeavour flies over Vandenberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The space shuttle Endeavour flies over Vandenberg here Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. The Endeavour was the last shuttle to be built and its last mission was mission STS-134 in May 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd. Lt. Warren Smith)

First Delta IV Medium in 5/2 configuration launches from Vandenberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.-- Team Vandenberg launched a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) from Space Launch Complex-6 here at 4:12 p.m. PDT Tuesday, April 3, 2012. The launch was the Department of Defense?s first-ever Delta IV Medium launch vehicle configured with a 5-meter payload fairing and two solid rocket motors. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

First Delta IV Medium in 5/2 configuration launches from Vandenberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.-- Team Vandenberg launched a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) from Space Launch Complex-6 here at 4:12 p.m. PDT Tuesday, April 3, 2012. The launch was the Department of Defense?s first-ever Delta IV Medium launch vehicle configured with a 5-meter payload fairing and two solid rocket motors. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)