Vandenberg Air Force Base
The Vandenberg AFB is home to the 30th Space Wing, which, as expected, has a global symbol, that of conquering the space, with the help of rockets and technology. The logo symbolizes strength and determination, an inner-characteristic of all Americans. The base’s primary mission is to conduct research, to test missiles and to place satellites into the polar orbit. It has a total population 6,151 people placed in 57.1 km2 of space. Present-day commander, Colonel Stephen M. Tanous is very proud to be the leader of the base. Apart from helicopters the base does not have many aircraft, except for the spatial prototypes such as rockets and missiles.
The Vandenberg base was built in 1941, but it was only in 1957 that it has started working as a Space Wing Base. Vandenberg is located in the vicinity of Lompoc, California, a place with many local attractions, such as the near-by city of San Francisco. It has been named in honor of General Hoyt S. Vandenberg.
The educational facilities at the base are few, as they are working with specialists, but in terms of training ones knowledge of aircraft, it is a very good place to be in. Usually, the base does not receive much press on any occasion, only when a new prototype was developed or on the occasion of different decisions made at Vandenberg, such as the one of the 13th of November, 2007. Vandenberg officials have decided not to reveal much information about the base, as it is the most important Air Force Spatial Base of the USA.