Colonel Balts takes command of 30th SW

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing former commander, salutes Col. Brent McArthur, 30th SW vice commander, for a troop inspection during a change-of-command ceremony here Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Col. Keith Balts took command of the 30th SW at the ceremony from the former 30th SW commander, Armagno. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

Colonel Balts takes command of 30th SW

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The official party salutes the United States flag during a 30th Space Wing change-of-command at the parade grounds here Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Col. Keith Balts took command of the 30th SW at the ceremony from the former 30th SW commander, Col. Nina Armagno. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

Brave Defender

Senior Airman Kayla Gant, of the 30th Security Forces Squadron, checks a female base-visitor for weapons as part of routine entry control point inspection procedures during the three-day Brave Defender field training exercise May 20 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The exercise is the culmination of Air Force Materiel Command’s six-week security forces deployment training, administered by the 96th Ground Combat Training Squadron. GCTS instructors teach 10 training classes a year, which consists of improvised explosive device detection and reaction, operating in an urban environment, mission planning, land navigation and casualty care and more. More than 140 active-duty and National Guard Airmen attended this training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Brave Defender

Airman 1st Class Christian Aviles, of the 30th Security Forces Squadron, stops the fleeing high value target after an assault on a village at the end of the three-day Brave Defender field training exercise May 20 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The exercise is the culmination of Air Force Materiel Command’s six-week security forces deployment training, administered by the 96th Ground Combat Training Squadron. GCTS instructors teach 10 training classes a year, which consists of improvised explosive device detection and reaction, operating in an urban environment, mission planning, land navigation and casualty care and more. More than 140 active-duty and National Guard Airmen attended this training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Up, up and away

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.--An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched during an operational test at 6:27 a.m. here Wednesday from Launch Facility-4 on north Vandenberg. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman Yvonne Morales)

Up, up and away

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.--An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched during an operational test at 6:27 a.m. here Wednesday from Launch Facility-4 on north Vandenberg. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman Yvonne Morales)