NEAR LOMPOC (CBSLA) – Vandenberg Air Force Base is undergoing a name change Friday. The base, located near Lompoc in Santa Barbara County, will hold a ceremony Friday afternoon to officially ...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base will be renamed as a U.S. Space Force Base on Friday. The name will be changed to Vandenberg Space Force Base ...

Vandenberg Air Force Base is changing its name and redesigning the 30th Space Wing to align under the recently created Space Force. The base will be renamed Vandenberg Space Force Base, and the ...

The brand new space shuttle Discovery visited Vandenberg Air Force Base on Nov. 6, 1983. After test glide and landings upon release from aircraft in 1977, the Space Shuttle began orbital flights ...

Established in 1941, the site was previously known as the Vandenberg Air Force Base. SpaceX's Starlink missions have become by far the most frequent and common rocket launches from the Southern ...

A new name will be unveiled Friday at Vandenberg Air Force Base to reflect its role in the U.S. Space Force.. The installation, encompassing nearly 100,000 acres, officially will become Vandenberg ...

SPACE IS THE PLACE: Maybe I’ve grown too old for my skin. When Vandenberg Air Force Base — located just a scenic hop up the coast–changed its name a month ago, it seriously creeped me out. For those ...

LOMPOC (AP) -- California's Vandenberg Air Force Base was renamed Friday as a U.S. Space Force Base. The name was changed to Vandenberg Space Force Base during an afternoon ceremony on the parade ...

During the Cold War, it was redesignated as Cooke Air Force Base and then Vandenberg in honor of Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, the second chief of staff of the Air Force. Originally Published: May 14 ...