Latest "Vandenberg" stories

Pentagon again delays nuclear missile test amid Chinese drills near Taiwan

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has again ordered the Pentagon to postpone a planned test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, this time amid increased tension with China over Taiwan.

By Joe Gould and Stephen Losey

8 months ago

To insignia and beyond: Space Force rolls out new designs for enlisted sleeves

The Space Force hopes to have the new enlisted insignia patches on guardians' arms by the end of 2021.

By Rachel S. Cohen

19 months ago

For these airmen, launching ICBMs is a family business

Mother-daughter duo Taylor and Linda Tonnies have both turned the key on Air Force ICBM test launches, decades apart.

By Harm Venhuizen

2 years ago

Watch the Pentagon test a previously banned ballistic missile

The launch of a "prototype conventionally-configured ground-launched ballistic missile" is the first in a post-INF world.

By Aaron Mehta

3 years ago

SpaceX launches Spanish satellite from Vandenberg

A SpaceX rocket carrying a Spanish satellite created a brief light show over Southern California after blasting off from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

5 years ago

US to test launch unarmed ICBM from California

The U.S. Air Force is planning to test an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile with a launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the fourth such test this year.

6 years ago

No more stories