Vandenberg Space Force Base Deemed Contaminant Free Amid Rising Cancer Concerns Among Missile Personnel The findings "found no instances of contamination above regulatory action levels" after testing for polychlorinated biphenyls...
Air Force’s Missileer Cancer Study Now Looking at 14 Different Cancers and Environmental Risks at Other Bases Carcinogens that likely cause cancer -- such as polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs -- were detected and cleaned up at three...
Air Force 'Safely Terminated' a Nuclear-Capable Missile After Failed Test over Pacific Ocean A test launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base went awry "due to an anomaly." The cause of what went wrong with the nuclear...
Rocket Launched from Vandenberg 'Terminated' in Fiery Explosion over Pacific Ocean A privately designed, unmanned rocket built to carry satellites into orbit exploded in a fireball off the California coast.
Air Force Aborts ICBM Test After Problem on the Ground The aborted mission comes as the Pentagon faces increased scrutiny over its efforts to develop next-generation ICBMs to...
Some Complain After Air Force Base CO Lifts Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated Personnel Only Some have objected to the decision to split the community into the "haves" and "have nots."
New US Space Force Hub Renamed ‘SPOC’ It will now live long and prosper as Space Operations Command, or SPOC, according to a recent service announcement.
More Than 100 Military Bases Now at Risk of Water Shortages, GAO Finds Some of the bases on the list are already experiencing water shortages.
Air Force Base Saves $1 Billion by Reusing Old Equipment Three Air Force civilians at Vandenberg Air Force Base have focused on the mantra of "reduce, reuse and recycle."
Air Force Destroyed Unarmed ICBM in Test Gone Wrong: STRATCOM Chief An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was destroyed in flight this week due to a safety issue.
Police Who Shot Florida Airman 6 Times in His Home May Have Entered Wrong Apartment, Family Says Senior Airman Roger Fortson lived in an off-base residence, and his special operations squadron at Hurlburt Field in the...
Florida Airman Was Shot by Deputy Within Seconds of Opening Apartment Door, Body Cam Footage Shows Only as Fortson is lying on the floor of his apartment fatally wounded does the deputy tell him to drop his weapon, a firearm...
'They Took My Gift Away': In Interview, Mother of Florida Airman Killed by Police Describes Shock Meka Fortson told Military.com in an exclusive interview Thursday that her son, Senior Airman Roger Fortson, had always...
Army Pumping Millions into Food Kiosks, But They May Soon Be Obsolete Kiosks are effectively small snack stands providing soldiers with sandwiches, candy, chips and soda -- offerings that hold...
Apache Crash Injures 2 Fort Riley Soldiers as Army Grapples with Nonstop Aviation Incidents The pair of soldiers with the 1st Infantry Division's Combat Aviation Brigade were being treated for injuries after the crash...