Vandenberg Air Force Base | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-03-17

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00:01:16 1 Units
00:04:17 1.1 Space and Missile Heritage Center
00:05:37 2 History
00:05:46 2.1 United States Army
00:05:55 2.1.1 Camp Cooke (1941–1953)
00:10:24 2.1.2 Known United States Army Units at Camp Cooke
00:10:43 2.2 United States Air Force
00:10:53 2.2.1 Cooke Air Force Base
00:18:18 2.2.2 Base expansion
00:21:37 2.2.3 Vandenberg Air Force Base
00:21:58 2.2.3.1 Ballistic missile testing
00:22:07 2.2.3.1.1 PGM-17 Thor
00:23:36 2.2.3.1.2 SM-65 Atlas
00:27:04 2.2.3.1.3 HGM-25A Titan I
00:29:32 2.2.3.1.4 LGM-25C Titan II
00:31:01 2.2.3.1.5 LGM-30 Minuteman
00:34:45 2.2.3.1.6 LGM-118 Peacekeeper
00:37:38 2.2.3.1.7 Ground Based Midcourse Defense Interceptor
00:39:03 2.2.3.2 Early space exploration
00:41:29 2.2.3.3 Space Shuttle
00:45:51 2.2.3.4 Delta IV
00:47:16 2.2.3.5 Atlas V
00:47:58 2.2.3.6 SpaceX Falcon
00:49:26 2.2.3.7 Boeing X-37B
00:50:37 2.2.4 Major commands to which assigned
00:51:03 2.2.5 Major units assigned
00:51:11 2.3 Former airline service
00:52:43 3 Geography
00:54:34 3.1 Beaches
00:55:42 3.2 Wildlife
00:55:54 4 Demographics
00:56:03 4.1 2010
00:59:46 4.2 2000
01:03:25 5 State and federal representation
01:04:00 6 In popular culture
01:04:24 7 See also



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Vandenberg Air Force Base (IATA: VBG, ICAO: KVBG, FAA LID: VBG) is a United States Air Force Base 9.2 miles (14.8 km) northwest of Lompoc, California. It is under the jurisdiction of the 30th Space Wing, Air Force Space Command (AFSPC).
Vandenberg AFB is a Department of Defense space and missile testing base, with a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast using expendable boosters (Pegasus, Taurus, Minotaur, Atlas V, and Delta IV) and reusable boosters (SpaceX's Falcon 9). Wing personnel also support the Service's LGM-30G Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Force Development Evaluation program.
In addition to its military mission, the base also leases launch pad facilities to SpaceX (SLC-4E), as well as 100 acres (40 ha) leased to the California Spaceport in 1995.
Established in 1941, the base is named in honor of former Air Force Chief of Staff General Hoyt Vandenberg.