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	Vandenberg Air Force Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vandenberg is home to the 30th Space Wing and the Western Launch and Test Range (WLTR), and is responsible for satellite launches for military and commercial organizations, as well as testing of intercontinental ballistic missiles, including the Minuteman III and Peacekeeper ICBMs.
		The base was transferred to the US Air Force in 1957 and began its transformation into a space and ballistic missile test facility.
		In the base, the population is spread out with 38.0% under the age of 18, 15.2% from 18 to 24, 44.7% from 25 to 44, 1.9% from 45 to 64, and 0.2% who are 65 years of age or older.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base (959 words)

	Testimony of California Space Authority: Vandenberg Air Force Base (Governor's Council on Base Support and Retention) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) is a military installation that makes a significant impact upon the economies of both the County of Santa Barbara and the state of California.
		Air Force, which is responsible for all Air Force space programs that support Air Force Space Command, including spacelift at Vandenberg AFB and Cape Canaveral, as well as on-orbit space operations worldwide.
		Because Vandenberg Air Force Base plays two vital roles in the nation's defense and makes significant contributions to the economies of Santa Barbara County and the state of California, it is essential that Vandenberg Air Force Base and its missions be retained at their current location.
	www.californiaspaceauthority.org /html/government_pages/brac050112-3.html (772 words)

	Goleta Air and Space Museum: Vandenberg Air Force Base - Launches
		A Minuteman III missile was launched on a suborbital trajectory toward Kwajalein Atoll from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 1:01 A.M. on Wednesday, September 14.
		A Minuteman III missile was launched on a suborbital trajectory toward Kwajalein Atoll from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 1:53 A.M. on Wednesday, September 7.
		A Minuteman III missile was launched on a suborbital trajectory toward Kwajalein Atoll from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 1:01 A.M. on Thursday, August 25.
	www.air-and-space.com /vafb.htm (4871 words)

	Vandenberg Air Force Base (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		VAFB is located in Santa Barbara County, within 10 miles of the City of Lompoc, and approximately 55 miles from the City of Santa Barbara.
		The Base’s general mission is to conduct west coast space-lift and ballistic operations and operate the Western Test Range as a national asset to support government and commercial space, ballistic and aeronautical operations.
		PAH emissions are from combustion in the boilers on the base.
	www.sbcapcd.org /biz/vafb.htm (732 words)

	Spaceflight :Vandenberg Air Force Base
		Vandenberg Air Force Base, which is often referred to by its workers as America's quiet launch site, is located at 34.7 degrees north latitude, at a spot on the rugged Central California coast where the shoreline runs east and west.
		The Air Force had already issued a press release calling the launch a success and therefore the service stuck to its story despite increasing doubt among those who worked on the project as to whether the spacecraft had ever reached orbit.
		Vandenberg was extremely busy during this time, with an average of two rocket or missile launches per week at its peak.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/SPACEFLIGHT/VAFB/SP47.htm (1680 words)

	:: Welcome to the National Reconnaissance Office ::
		Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) share a long history dating back to the late 1950s.
		Vandenberg was the base from which those satellites were launched between August 1959 and May 1972.
		The last CORONA mission was launched from Vandenberg on May 25, 1972.
	www.nro.gov /PressReleases/vandenberg.html (519 words)

	EPA-Vandenberg Air Force Base
		Covering more than 98,000 acres, it is the third largest Air Force installation, and is the only point in the United States from which unmanned government and commercial satellites are launched into polar orbit and from which intercontinental ballistic missiles are launched to verify weapon system performance.
		The rule changes are contingent upon Vandenberg obtaining approval of and implementing a plan that achieves a reduction in annual emissions of ozone precursors by at least 10 tons by 30 November 2002.
		Vandenberg is committed to achieving through this initiative a reduction in annual emissions of ozone precursors by at least 10 tpy by 30 November 2002.
	www.epa.gov /projectxl/vanden/090897.htm (4555 words)

	Vandenberg Air Force Base
		Vandenberg Air Force Base is located on the Central Coast of California about 150 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
		By the time the Air Force began ground breaking for the future missile base in May 1957, it had already activated at Cooke the 392d Air Base Group and simultaneously inactivated the 6591st Support Squadron on April 15, 1957.
		On October 4, 1958, Cooke AFB was renamed Vandenberg AFB in honor of the late General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, the Air Force's second Chief of Staff.
	www.fas.org /spp/military/facility/vafb-over.htm (1176 words)

	Space Launch Complex 6 [SLC-6] -- Vandenberg Air Force Base
		The satellite needed a polar orbit for coverage, and VAFB "could provide near polar and retrograde azimuth launches which could not be achieved efficiently or safely from Kennedy."(3) The importance of accommodating the new generation reconnaissance satellite was DOD's underlying rationale for a West coast launch site.
		"The decision was based primarily on the importance of maintaining the current Shuttle manifest and to insure adequate margin in the development of the DOD payload for the initial Vandenberg launch."(49) The postponement was not expected to affect the second VAFB shuttle launch - the KH-12 - scheduled for September 1986.
		Air Force officials noted that mothballing VAFB would allow an increase in annual launchings while a fourth orbiter was built - since transferring the orbiter between KSC and SLC-6 could mean losing two or more missions a year.
	www.globalsecurity.org /space/facility/vafb-slc-6.htm (8088 words)

	Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
		Vandenberg AFB lies about 240 km northwest of Los Angeles and is operated by the Air Force Space Command’s 30th Space Wing.
		The base was established in the late 1950s as site from which ballistic missiles could be launched under simulated operational conditions.
		Since then Vandenberg has acquired pads and support facilities for launch other rockets including versions of the Atlas, Delta, Titan, and Scout.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/V/Vandenberg.html (246 words)

	SPACE.com -- Behind the Scenes: Vandenberg Air Force Base
		Vandenberg Air Force Base is a sprawling space and missile hub, located on California's Central Coast.
		It is home base for an evolving story of "missilering" at its best, along with carrying out spacelift operations from the Cold War to today’s developments in military, commercial, and scientific space endeavors.
		Space Wing, Vandenberg AFB is the only military base in the United States from which unpiloted government and commercial spacecraft are launched into polar orbit.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/vandenberg_051021.html (1448 words)

	The Space Shuttle and Vandenberg Air Force Base (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Detailed information on the socioeconomic structure of communities near Vandenberg is being compiled and analyzed to determine effects of this labor force and its implications (e.g., the so-called "multiplier effect"), both beneficial and adverse.
		It seems reasonable to project base employment at or near present levels through mid-1982, and that base employment will increase during the transition period when space programs using expendable booster systems are phased out and their facilities deactivated as the Space Shuttle system is phased in.
		This facility at Vandenberg AFB will enable the Shuttle, with its greater flexibility, versatility, and payload capability, to lower the cost of space operations substantially and thus enable this nation to accomplish missions that otherwise might be unduly delayed or even unattainable.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1976/sep-oct/sloan.html (2231 words)

	EPA-Vandenberg Air Force Base
		Vandenberg, under this Agreement, has been given a compliance-driven means to fund permanent emission reduction activities that might alter its major source status beyond the pilot project period.
		In addition, the Air Pollution Control Officer for SBAPCD exercised his discretion to designate certain groups of emission units to be separate and distinct stationary sources for the purposes of Title V only.
		In the event EPA redesignates the Air Pollution Control District wherein Vandenberg is located as "serious" nonattainment for the ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) during the term of this agreement, the parties will have one year from the date of such designation to evaluate the effects.
	www.epa.gov /projctxl/vanden/0first.htm (1974 words)

	The Friends of Vandenberg AFB
		A proposal to close Onizuka Air Force Station in Sunnyvale would bring dozens of jobs to the Central Coast under the Defense Department's plan to reshape its bases.
		The 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., is the Air Force Space Command organization responsible for all Department of Defense space and missile launch activities on the West Coast.
		Two Air Education and Training Command teams received awards recently at the 2003 Air Force Association convention in Washington, D.C. A joint team from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., and Keesler Air Force Base, Mo., won the Air Force Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award
	www.vafb-friends.org (356 words)

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		Vandenberg AFB personnel were exceptionally receptive to information on Lyme disease and personal protective measures for prevention of tick bites.
		Small rodents were captured to determine the presence of potential Lyme disease reservoir animals on VAFB by processing small ear biopsies to determine the presence of spirochetes in the rodents (Appendix A, Reference 3).
		The data collected during this assessment indicate that all of the criteria for acquiring Lyme disease were present; the tick vector, the pathogen, and the existence of human cases in the immediate area.
	members.utech.net /users/10766/005.txt (3066 words)

	CLUI #CA3096 - Vandenberg Air Force Base
		Vandenberg is split into two basic areas: North Base, where the main base is located, and the more secure South Base, where satellites are launched.
		ICBM crew training takes place here, with a missile silo control center for training Air Force missileers, who are later transfered to one of 500 active underground silos in the Plain States.
		Vandenberg is located at the eastern end of the Western Test Range, which is a vast missile testing area, with a network of monitoring and telemetry sites that extend past islands in the Western Pacific, all the way to the Indian Ocean.
	www.clui.org /clui_4_1/ludb/sites/CA3096_1.html (267 words)

	About Vandenberg Air Force Base (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Vandenberg Air Force Base is headquarters for the 30th Space Wing.
		The 30th manages Department of Defense space and missile testing, and placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters (Delta II, Pegasus, Taurus, Minotaur, and Titan IV.) The wing is in a state of transition as it moves to the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles, the Atlas V and Delta IV.
		Vandenberg covers 99,000 acres, has more than 2,000 family housing units and approximately 3,000 buildings providing support to more than 18,000 people (military members and their families, retirees, civilians and contractors).
	www.vandenberg.af.mil /_root/menus/topNav/aboutVAFB.asp (902 words)

	Encyclopedia: Vandenberg Air Force Base
		The Western Launch and Test Range (WLTR) is a space launch range located at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
		Test launch of a Peacekeeper ICBM by the 576 Flight Test Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, CA (USAF) The LG-118A Peacekeeper was a land-based ICBM deployed by the United States starting in 1986.
		According to the United States Census Bureau, the base has a total area of 57.3 km² (22.1 mi²).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vandenberg-Air-Force-Base (344 words)

	Welcome to the Vandenberg Peace Legal Defense Fund home page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		For first time Vandenberg protesters please meet at Ryon Park in Lompoc (corner of Ocean and O St) at 12:30 for orientation.
		Vandenberg AFB's role in space warfare often is touted by Air Force Space Command as though it plays a stabilizing role in global military affairs.
		Second, Vandenberg is the primary launch site for many types of spy satellites used to take pictures, collect radar images, and listen in on electronic communications from Earth's orbit.
	www.vpeaceldf.org (772 words)

	SoCal Sky Lights: About Vandenberg Air Force Base
		Vandenberg Air Force Base is located near Lompoc, California, on the coast.
		Vandenberg AFB restarted their free guided tours on September 11, 2003.
		Viewing a launch from on-base is possible, if you have a well-connected buddy in the Air Force who can sponsor you onto the base for a launch.
	www.socal-skylights.org /sky_vandenberg.html (2343 words)

	Vandenberg
		Vandenberg Air Force Base is located on the Central Coast of California about 240 km northwest of Los Angeles.
		The U.S. Air Force awarded a 25 year lease which included a payload processing facility and more than 100 acres of land for commercial launch facility construction.
		Vandenberg Air Force Base and the Pacific Missile Range declared officially operational for firings.
	www.astronautix.com /sites/vannberg.htm (4634 words)

	ipedia.com: Vandenberg AFB, California Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The base was originially established in 1941 as the US Army's Camp Cooke.
		As of the census of 2000, there are 6,151 people, 1,707 households, and 1,601 families residing in the base.
		Out of the total people living in poverty, 10.4% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.
	www.ipedia.com /vandenberg_afb__california.html (648 words)

	Vandenberg Air Force Base on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE [Vandenberg Air Force Base] U.S. military installation, 3,456 acres (1,399 hectares), SW Calif., near Lompoc; chief Pacific coast launch site for military satellites.
		Space-age GIS comes to earth at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
		Private company develops new rocket to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/V/VandnbgA1F1B1.asp (652 words)

	Democratic Underground Forums - Vandenberg Air Force Base infiltrated by direct action protesters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The highly classified strategic mission of the base means that the breaching of security perimeters by unauthorized people, specifically the unarmed nonviolent members of the Vandenberg Action Coalition, triggers disruptive alerts, partial lockdowns and security responses that interfere with the smooth and full functioning of the strategic targeting/command facility.
		In addition to its unique function of intercontinental flight testing for U.S. first-strike nuclear missiles, Vandenberg Air Force Base is the worldwide operations hub and headquarters for the Pentagon’s military/intelligence network of global surveillance, reconnaissance, targeting, weapons guidance, and secret communication satellite systems.
		Air Force personal issued provocative statements to activists last week, threatening to use lethal force if unarmed people tamper with major pieces of military machinery.
	www.democraticunderground.com /duforum/DCForumID66/10088.html (1337 words)

	MilitaryCity.com Discussions - Associated Press VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Two Air Force security policemen ...
		Senior Airman Dana Brown and Master Sgt. James Dusenberry, both attached to the 30th Security Forces Squadron, were found guilty during recent courts-martial.Brown was convicted June 11 of indecent exposure and Dusenberry was found guilty of maltreatment of a junior officer involving sexual harassment during a July 2 court-martial.
		The base released the information about the cases on Friday.An investigation began in January on Brown after complaints that he exposed himself to two female security forces personnel while on duty, Tech.
		He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and reduced his rank to staff sergeant.The Air Force has a policy against unlawful discrimination and sexual harassment, Danet said.
	www.militarycity.com /discussions/showthread.php?p=6269&mode=threaded (404 words)

	Democratic Underground Forums - Vandenberg Air Force Base authorizes 'deadly force' against trespassing protesters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Vandenberg controls the satellite and guidance systems for the entire war, as well as the so-called Starwars missile defense launches.
		The threat of deadly force is an attempt to scare them away, I suspect, but it certainly is a big risk.
		Vandenberg happens to be a primo commercial launchsite of the toys for boys that the Boy Who Would Be King is so fascinated with.
	www.democraticunderground.com /duforum/DCForumID61/18536.html (2084 words)

	2001 News Releases - Jason 1 Satellite Arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base
		The Jason 1 satellite, a joint project of NASA and CNES, the French space agency, arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., today to begin final preparations for launch no earlier than Sept. 15.
		The French-built Jason 1 spacecraft was flown from Nice, France, to Vandenberg on an Antonov-124 cargo plane and then transported to a clean room at Spaceport Systems International, located on the base.
		Jason 1 will be launched from Space Launch Complex 2 West at Vandenberg Air Force Base atop a Delta II rocket.
	www.jpl.nasa.gov /releases/2001/release_2001_159.html (343 words)

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