{"id":23284,"date":"2021-05-14T19:58:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T19:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/14\/introducing-vandenberg-space-force-base-and-space-launch-delta-30\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:48:35","slug":"introducing-vandenberg-space-force-base-and-space-launch-delta-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2021\/05\/14\/introducing-vandenberg-space-force-base-and-space-launch-delta-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: Vandenberg Space Force Base and Space Launch Delta 30"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vandenberg Air Force Base will become Vandenberg Space Force Base Friday afternoon \u2014 the third installation to adopt the new service\u2019s moniker so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor 63 years, this has been an Air Force base,\u201d 30th Space Wing boss Col. Anthony Mastalir told Air Force Times Wednesday. \u201cThe moment is not lost on the people here that, when we plant the Space Force flag, so to speak, and we change that name, we\u2019re going to begin a new chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The California base is home to one of two major military launch ranges that ferry satellites and other spacecraft to polar orbit. It also hosts several other military space organizations, including multiple operations units under the Space Force and U.S. Space Command, and testing for the Minuteman III land-based nuclear missiles and the Ground-Based Interceptor missile-defense system.<\/p>\n\n\n\t