Vandenberg Space Force Base
Vandenberg Space Force Base, previously Vandenberg Air Force Base, is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.
A Delta IV Heavy rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 6 in 2013
Vandenberg Space Force Base main gate
PGM-17 Thor IRBM
Atlas missiles on alert, 1960
United States Space Force
The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the United States Armed Forces. Along with the Air Force, it is part of the Department of the Air Force, led by the secretary of the Air Force. Its military heads are the chief of space operations, who is one of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the vice chief of space operations.
Concept for a Space Force Rocket Cargo program conducting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations
Launch of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency's Explorer 1, America's first satellite
The X-20 Dyna Soar was intended to be the Air Force's first spaceplane
Cobra Dane radar at Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska
