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)

Minuteman III test missile launches from Vandenberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test from a launch facility on north Vandenberg Friday, Feb. 25, 2012. Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decision authority. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Davila)

Minuteman III test missile launches from Vandenberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test from a launch facility on north Vandenberg Friday, Feb. 25, 2012. Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decision authority. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Davila)

Minuteman III test missile launches from Vandenberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test from a launch facility on north Vandenberg Friday, Feb. 25, 2012. Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decision authority. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Davila)

Minuteman III burns through fog at Vandenberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Team Vandenberg launched an unarmed operational test Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile at 6:35 a.m., Wednesday, June 22, 2011 from Launch Facility-10 here. The missile's single reentry test vehicle traveled approximately 4,200 miles to a pre-determined target near the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Davila)