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  • OMG: NASA Observes Oceans Melting Greenland at Thule

    With arctic air and oceans getting warmer, NASA has been observing Greenland’s ice sheet to see how much of the glacier melt is caused by warming oceans as part of the Oceans Melting Greenland mission. Since 2016, Thule Air Base has provided NASA with a temporary base of operations due to its

  • Finnish Delegation Visits Vandenberg AFB

    The Finnish Air Force Delegation toured Vandenberg AFB on Oct. 30, 2020, where they learned more about the missions of the Combined Force Space Component Command and 18th Space Control Squadron. U.S. Space Command, through the CFSCC, is committed to working with international partners, like Finland,

  • Mother-daughter share MMIII test launch experience, decades apart

    In the early morning of June 8, 1994, a then-1st Lt. Linda Tonnies, 740th Missile Squadron operator, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, turned the launch key and launched an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM for Glory Trip 155 at Vandenberg AFB, California. Little did she know that 26 years later, her

 

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