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MacGregor Eddy, a member of World Beyond War, WILPF, War Resisters League, and more joins us to discuss the midnight protests at Vandenberg AFB as they test ICBMs. Yes the US, four times a year launches an ICBM (thankfully without a warhead) from Vandenberg to splash down where, the Marshall Islands of course. MacGregor outlines the history of the protest with Daniel Ellsberg and the logistics of today's protest since they are no longer announced. We also remember Daniel Ellsberg and his thoughts on ICBMs and Nuclear War. We finish with Bruce Springsteen.

Today my guest is Air Force SMSgt (Ret) Kevin Reed.  Kevin grew up in the Los Angeles area both in Canoga Park and Thousand Oaks.  He attended Westlake High School and graduated in 1998.  After a semester at Cal State Northridge, he met with an Air Force recruiter and signed a delayed enlistment contract, and in May 1999, he attended Basic Training at Lackland AFB, TX as a 1C6 Space Operator.  He then attended Enlisted Undergraduate Space Training (EUST) at Vandenberg AFB, CA. Kevin's first assignment was to 1st Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, CO.  In May 2001, he was reassigned to Kapaun, Germany for DSP Missile Warning.  He left Germany in Aug 2002 for assignment to the 2nd Space Operations Squadron (GPS) back at Schriever AFB.  His next assignment was to the 2nd Space Warning Squadron (SBIRS) at Buckley AFB, CO.  There, he was selected to the 2006 SBIRS Guardian Challenge Team. In 2008, he was reassigned to the 533rd Training Squadron as a SBIRS System Instructor at Vandenberg AFB.  During this time, he completed his Bachelor's Degree in Education from Liberty University.  After four years he was reassigned back to 2 SWS at Buckley AFB.  In 2014, he took an Active Guard/Reserve position with the 8th Space Warning Squadron.  In 2015, he was promoted to MSgt and earned his Master's Degree in Space/Planetary Science from American Military University.  In 2018 Kevin was promoted to SMSgt and became the Squadron Superintendent for Det 1, 8 SWS which later reflagged as the 4th Space Warning Squadron. He went on to be selected as a Traveling Instructor for the SNCO Leadership Course for the Air Force Reserve Command in 2019. Kevin retired from the military on June 1st, 2021.

Joining me today is Air Force SMSgt (Ret) Juan Lopez.  Juan grew up in California both in Los Angeles and later Vacaville.  He attended Vacaville High School and graduated in 1999.  He joined the Air Force in 2000 and went to Basic Training in 2001.  His AFSC was 1C6 and he attended tech school at Vandenberg AFB, CA.  Juan's first assignment was to 11 SWS (ALERT) at Schriever AFB, CO.  In 2002, he was reassigned to 2 SWS at Buckley AFB, CO.  After that tour, his next assignment was to work HEO with 460th Det 1 back at Schriever AFB in 2006.  Three years later, Juan was chosen to be an instructor with the 533rd Training Squadron back at Vandenberg AFB.  In 2013 he was assigned to 13 SWS at Clear AFB, AK for a one year remote tour.  He was then assigned back to Buckley with the 2 SWS to work the SBIRS Block 10 program.  In 2017, he was promoted to MSgt and then converted to the Reserves through Palace Front.  He was assigned to 4 SWS at Buckley as an Active Guard/Reservist.  Later, he was moved to the 710th Operations Group and was promoted to SMSgt in 2019.  Juan retired on 1 Nov 2021.

With a decade of experience in the aerospace industry, Tyler currently serves as a Future Systems Integration Engineer at the ARES Corporation, dedicated to supporting NASA's Future Systems Project Office at the Kennedy Space Center. His journey began with his role as a 2M0X2 in the United States Air Force maintaining the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) from 2014-2023. Tyler was stationed at F.E. Warren AFB and Vandenberg AFB and worked numerous roles within the 2M0X2 community including Missile Maintenance Team Topside Technician, charged with the safe transportation and maintenance of the Minuteman III Aerospace Vehicle Equipment (AVE) for 150 Launch Facilities spread out between Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska. Maintenance Operations Center Controller and Missile Maintenance Quality Assurance. Culminating in his final role within the Air Force as a Minuteman III Technical Training Instructor.EPISODE NOTES:Follow NucleCast on Twitter at @NucleCastEmail comments and story suggestions to NucleCast@anwadeter.orgSubscribe to NucleCast podcastRate the show

Today my guest is Air Force MSgt (Ret) Ivan “Tron” Thomas. Tron grew up in Wagener, SC. He graduated from Wagener Salley High School in 1992. He then joined the Air Force and went to Basic training in 1994 as a 1C6 Space Operator. He attended technical school at Vandenberg AFB, CA. His first assignment was to the CONUS Ground Station (CGS) at Buckley AFB, CO in 1994. His next assignments include Cavalier Air Force Station, ND in 2001; Buckley AFB in 2003; Thule, Greenland in 2005; back to Buckley AFB in 2006; and Offutt AFB, NE in 2011. He retired in 2015.

Today my guest is former Air Force Technical Sergeant, Justin Rutherford. Justin grew up in Omaha, NE but moved to Rhode Island for his senior year in high school. He graduated in 2002, and enlisted in the Air Force. He went to Basic training in 2003 with an Avionics specialty. He attended tech school first to Keesler AFB, MS, then to Sheppard AFB, TX. His first assignment was to McGuire AFB, NJ. In 2004, Justin deployed to UAE for 6 months. In 2007, he re-trained to 1C6 Space Operator and was sent to Vandenberg AFB, CA for tech school. He was then assigned to the 11th Space Warning Squadron at Schriever AFB, CO. After a short assignment with the Space Aggressor Squadron, he was assigned back to Vandenberg AFB to be an instructor. Justin exited the air Force in 2014.

My guest today is retired Air Force Technical Sergeant, Kevin Balcom. Kevin graduated from Mona Shores High School in Michigan in 1997. He swore in at the MEPS station in Lansing, MI and went to Basic Training in June 1998. His AFSCN was 1C6 Space Systems Operations. After Basic, he attended technical school at Vandenberg AFB, CA. His first assignment was to the 11th Space Warning Squadron at Peterson AFB, CO. When that unit shut down in 2002, Kevin was assigned to the 2nd Space Warning Squadron at Buckley AFB, CO. Later he served in assignments to Boulder, CO and Vandenberg AFB, CA. He retired in 2018.

What does it take to get on the test launch schedule at Vandenberg Air Force Base? How do so many organizations unnecessarily delay their time because of unexpected but avoidable issues? Edmund Burke of Space Information Labs joins host Jason Kanigan on the Cold Star Project to explain range safety compliance - happenings, trends, success, and failure. We discuss: The shift to Autonomous Flight Termination and Space Based Range Brief explanation of flight termination systems Advantages and necessity of intelligent lithium battery systems RadTol BMS, and radiation tolerant avionics Testing and documentation required to fly (RCC 319-19) A decade of watching companies fall short on promises because the didn't understand what it takes Danger of vertical integration for startups Important lessons learned Edmund Burke served as an Air Force Program Manager and Project Director for many years prior to founding Space Information Laboratories in 2004. He served as the Space Lift Range System, Range Instrumentation and Metric Track lead for both Vandenberg AFB and Cape Canaveral, FL. Mr. Burke is a master designer, inventor and business development leader of launch vehicle, missile and small satellite avionics and power system technologies that are required to be Range Safety and Space environmentally qualified. He holds four USPTO utility patents on SIL's VBITS GPS Tracking and AFTS, VBIRS – Space Based Range, Li-Ion Polymer Intelli-Pack® Battery, Intelli-Avionics® and Chameleon 12U to 27U Open Modular Scalable Reconfigurable Bus technologies. Mr. Burke has a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech and a M.S. in Astronautical Engineering from West Coast University. Useful Links: Still image of SIL flight termination module: https://coldstarproject.com/edmundburkesilftcphoto Still image of SIL 2 Amp battery unit and battery management system (BMS): https://coldstarproject.com/edmundburkesilbmsphoto Space Information Labs website: https://www.spaceinformationlabs.com/ Disclaimer: We were not remunerated in any way by Edmund Burke or Space Information Laboratories for this discussion. OpEx Society: https://www.opexsociety.org Get new episodes directly in your inbox: https://www.coldstartech.com/msb Talk to Cold Star: https://www.coldstartech.com/bookcall

TERRAN COMMAND: QUEST FOR FREEDOM by John Daniel PontiusAn ordinary family steps up to do the extraordinary, digs deep into their character, finds unprecedented courage, and summons unwavering faith to see them and their friends through the dangers and trials ahead.King Toburg of the planet Cassaria dispatches his four adult children on a vital diplomatic mission. Gamoran pirates seize their spaceship, capturing the royal siblings, and murdering all but one of the crew. The Cassarian spaceship flounders to Earth, but not unnoticed. John Braxton with his sons battle the alien pirates, rescue the Cassarian siblings, and discovers a violent conspiracy to conquer several planets, including earth.Who's the sinister force masterminding this conquest? Government agents, foreign spies, Gamoran Pirates, and sinister forces seek to stop the Braxtons and their brave band of heroes. To expose the conspiracy requires capturing the invincible pirate flagship, Holcron Star.The simple act of being good Samaritans plunges the Braxton family into a fight for survival and a Quest for Freedom.Life is a trail of breadcrumbs that define you. My trail began in the small rural town of Hartville, OH in 1951. The oldest of five children to Lorin and Janice Pontius. My family has lived in the community since 1800. I graduated from high school in 1969. Spending the summer in Sao Paulo, Brazil proved a life changing experience. At 13, I began working in family tool & die shop when not in school. After 10 years, and going part time to college I decided there was a future more exciting to explore.I graduated from the University of Akron, OH in 1976. After a year of graduate work, I was commissioned in the Air Force in 1977. My first assignment was at Grand Forks AFB, ND as a missile launch officer. There I met the love of my life, Susan MacKay, from Winnipeg, Canada. We married in 1980. Assignments included: Vandenberg AFB, CA, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and McChord AFB, WA. I left the Air Force in 1989. I've also served as: President of Elmendorf AFB Community School, Christian school administrator, and homeschool consultant.In 2016, we retired and bought a ranch with our oldest son and family near Mena, AR. We raise Scottish Highland cattle, Royal White sheep and Kiko goats. With four children and sixteen grandchildren, I became an experienced bedtime story weaver. I also enjoy: writing, gardening, reading, and Pepper, my Australian Shepherd.https://www.amazon.com/Terran-Command-John-Daniel-Pontius/dp/1955459800/ref=monarch_sidesheethttp://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/strpress619.mp3 

In this interview, we speak with Colonel Sheri Jones & Mr. Dan O’Connor on the “Digital Transformation” occurring within the Air Force JAG Corps. We discuss why and how the digital transformation is underway, offer some historical context, then move into discussion on applications, the design process, migration to cloud, and even touch upon how this digital transformation impacts the culture of the Corps as a whole. Colonel Sheri Jones is the Director and Chief Information Officer for the Air Force JAG Corps’ Legal Information Services Directorate located at Maxwell AFB. In this capacity, she is responsible for providing responsive and secure legal-specific information technology solutions to the Air Force and DOD legal communities. She has held a number of positions through her Air Force JAG career to include working at the base legal office, as a professor at the Air Force Academy, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, Chief of Officer Assignments for the Air Force JAG Corps, as the Staff Judge Advocate at the 30th Space Wing, Vandenberg AFB, CA, and prior to her current position as the Deputy Commandant of the Air Force JAG School. Our second guest, Mr. Dan O’Connor, is the Deputy Director with Colonel Jones at the Legal Information Services Directorate. He oversees implementation of the Air Force JAG Corps information technology architecture including its case management, knowledge management, learning management and VTC platforms. He also directs the joint/DoD Computer Aided Legal Research capability. Mr. O’Connor began his career as a project engineer at VSA Engineering in Michigan where he designed automotive modeling software for Ford Motor Company. After attending and graduating law school, he practiced corporate law for a law firm in Detroit before transitioning into the Air Force.

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In this episode, Matt and Ben connect with CMSgt Daryl Hogan who shares his Air Force experiences. He has served as a Firefighter, First Sergeant, and now Command Chief for the 30th Space Wing, Vandenberg AFB, CA. In this energetic and inspiring discussion, he explains how each position has shaped his success and what others can do to achieve their own success. Chief Hogan is on his way to be the Commandant of the Chief Master Sergeant Leadership Course at Maxwell-Gunter AFB, AL which is the pinnacle of enlisted professional military education. In this position, he will lead a team in developing and preparing CMSgts to become strategic level leaders.

Happy Veterans Day! Today, I'm joined by military photographers and videographers I served with nearly 25 years ago at the 30th Communications Squadron (Vandenberg AFB, CA). My guests - Jim Stayton, Bruce Dzitko, Fred Johnson and Al Pedroza - share stories from our days in uniform and how those experiences still resonate with us today.

Launch a missile, get a pod, post-INF Treaty edition.  On December 12, 2019, the U.S. Air Force and the Strategic Capabilities office tested a "prototype conventionally-configured, ground-launched ballistic missile" from Vandenberg AFB. The trio talks Twitter hot takes, the Strategic Capabilities Office, the future of U.S. missile procurement, and the future of intermediate-range ballistic missiles. Support us over at Patreon.com/acwpodcast!

Meet Captain Angela Silverbush, currently working for Air Force space command at Vandenberg AFB as an instructor for global space operations. She is the squadron physical training program manager and a Legionnaire for the fitness company 1st Phorm. The post Faces of Endurance, featuring Angela Silverbush appeared first on Endurance Town USA.

Official Air Force Biography: Lt. Gen. Jay B. Silveria is the Superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. He directs a four-year regimen of military training, academics, athletic and character development programs leading to a Bachelor of Science degree and a commission as a second lieutenant. Prior to assuming his current position, General Silveria served as the Deputy Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, and Deputy Commander, Combined Air Force Air Component, U.S. Central Command, Southwest Asia. As Deputy Commander, he was responsible for the command and control of air operations in a 20-nation area of responsibility covering Central and Southwest Asia, to include operations Resolute Support in Afghanistan, and Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria. He has previously served as Commander, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and Vice Commander, 14th Air Force, Air Forces Strategic at Vandenberg AFB, California, as well as Director, Security Assistance in the Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq. General Silveria grew up in an Air Force family and is a 1985 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He completed undergraduate pilot training in 1986. He is a command pilot with more than 3,900 hours in the T-37, T-38, F-15C/E, HH-60 and F-35A aircraft. He has flown combat sorties over the Balkans and Iraq and served as Vice Commander at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.

On this look around the Air Force the F-35 program completes the most comprehensive flight test program in aviation history, Vandenberg AFB unveils a solar array project, and cadets learn about their Pathway to Blue. Hosted by SSgt Braden Anderson.

NASA's InSight arrives at Vandenberg AFB and readies for launch, Opportunity uses its grinder for the first time in 300 sols, and Curiosity celebrates 2,000 Martian days on the Red Planet.

NASA's InSight arrives at Vandenberg AFB and readies for launch, Opportunity uses its grinder for the first time in 300 sols, and Curiosity celebrates 2,000 Martian days on the Red Planet.

Today – I’m so excited to bring this very special Extraordinary Woman Radio interview with Astronaut Susan J. Helms - the first U.S. military woman in space! Susan is a retired Air Force lieutenant general and astronaut who was a crewmember on four space shuttle missions. She holds the world record for the longest space walk (8 hours and 56 minutes), and was the first woman to serve on the International Space Station. Susan is part of my series featuring the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame 2018 Inductees. This is an interview full of stories of space travel and the lessons that accompanied it. Apparently, you can learn a lot about life when you spend nearly 5 months aboard a space station with only 3 others aboard the international space station. There's lots of time to ponder the wonders of the world and the wonders of the Universe. We talk about humanity, life, following your dreams, working hard, training hard and being ready. Here are a few of the golden nuggets from Susan: "Humankind is really all one family as opposed to different countries." "Confidence and competency goes such a long way, as a currency, especially for women struggling with biases." "Payoff comes from the journey, not the destination." Susan was a member of the first class at the Air Force Academy to include women. Lieutenant General Helms was commissioned from the US Air Force Academy in 1980, the first class to admit women into the ranks of the cadet corps. Upon graduation, she served as an F-15 and F-16 weapons separation engineer and a flight test engineer. Following completion of her Masters of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University, she served on the Faculty of the US Air Force Academy in the Department of Aeronautics. She was subsequently selected to attend the USAF Test Pilot School, Flight Test Engineer Course, Edwards AFB, CA, completing the year long school as a Distinguished Graduate. After graduation, she served as project officer on the CF-18 aircraft as a U.S. Air Force Exchange Officer to the Canadian Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment, at Cold Lake AFB, Alberta, Canada. As a flight test engineer, Lt Gen (R) Helms has flown in 30 types of U.S. and Canadian military aircraft. Selected by NASA in January 1990, Lieutenant General Helms became an astronaut in July 1991. On Jan. 13, 1993, then an Air Force major and a member of the space shuttle Endeavour crew, she became the first U.S. military woman in space. She flew on STS-54 (1993), STS-64 (1994), STS-78 (1996) and STS-101 (2000), and served aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as a member of the Expedition-2 crew (2001). After 12 years at NASA, Lieutenant General Helms transferred to Air Force Space Command in 2002. Over the next 12 years, she served in numerous staff positions and commanded the 45th Space Wing at Cape Canaveral AFS, FL. Her staff assignments include tours at Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Air Education and Training Command, and U.S. Strategic Command, where she was the Director of Plans and Policy (J5). Upon promotion to Lieutenant General, she commanded the 14th Air Force (AF Space Command) and the Joint Functional Component Command for Space (US Strategic Command), in a dualhat position at Vandenberg AFB, CA. As the U.S. Air Force’s operational space component to USSTRATCOM, Lt Gen Helms led more than 20,500 personnel responsible for providing missile warning, space superiority, space situational awareness, satellite operations, space launch and range operations. As Commander, JFCC SPACE, she directed all assigned and attached space forces providing tailored, responsive, local and global space effects in support of national and combatant commander objectives. Lieutenant General Helms retired from military service in 2014. Since retirement, General Helms has spent her time on Board work, consulting and speeches. General Helms is currently on the Board of Trustees for the Aerospace Corporation,

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2016 UFO sightings. Call (972) 290-1329 and join the conversation LIVE. Indiana UFO hovers and moves to ground level The object began moving horizontally while the witness watched from eastbound I-70 in Greencastle, IN, pictured. (Credit: Google). The witness was driving to work about 7:05 a.m. on January 25, 2016 The witness was driving and could not stare directly at the object. Greencastle is a city in Greencastle Township, Putnam County, Indiana, population 10,326. ABOUT ROGER MARSH http://www.openminds.tv/indiana-ufo-hovers-and-moves-to-ground-level/36415 Claysburg, Pennsylvania, Saturday, February 6th, 2016, @ 1900 hrs. (Eastern)— While sitting on a ski lift, a father and his 14-year old son, who describe themselves as extremely experienced night sky watchers, witness two very bright, “star-like” objects move across the night sky, almost directly overhead. At first, the witnesses assumed that the objects were satellites, although they were moving across the sky at a very high (angular) velocity, about three times that of a satellite in a typical low-Earth orbit, and they were converging rapidly. The witnesses were even more surprised to see the objects suddenly stop, circle one another, and then go shooting back in the same direction from which they had just come. http://www.nuforc.org/ Western United States, Wednesday, February 10th, 2016, @ 0510 hrs. (Pacific)— 4 states Approximately 90 minutes after a Delta IV rocket was launched from Vandenberg AFB, witnesses from California, Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada, report a number of very strange sighting events. NUFORC initially assumed that the witnesses had recorded the incorrect time, and that they had witnessed the launch from Vandenberg. However, subsequent investigation has satisfied us that the witnesses observed something very unusual, as further supported by the illustration provided by a witness in Lebanon, Oregon. Witness Report 1 Witness Report 2 Witness Report 3 Witness Report 4 See image to right. In 1964 Bob Jabcobs Ist Lieutenant Air Force shot video of powered flight and UFO shot laser at it. Atlas Missile destroyed and CIA confiscated the video. Three people in grey suits. http://www.nuforc.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GD4rOMVqCQ Larry King

2016 UFO sightings. Call (972) 290-1329 and join the conversation LIVE. Indiana UFO hovers and moves to ground level The object began moving horizontally while the witness watched from eastbound I-70 in Greencastle, IN, pictured. (Credit: Google). The witness was driving to work about 7:05 a.m. on January 25, 2016 The witness was driving and could not stare directly at the object. Greencastle is a city in Greencastle Township, Putnam County, Indiana, population 10,326. ABOUT ROGER MARSH http://www.openminds.tv/indiana-ufo-hovers-and-moves-to-ground-level/36415 Claysburg, Pennsylvania, Saturday, February 6th, 2016, @ 1900 hrs. (Eastern)— While sitting on a ski lift, a father and his 14-year old son, who describe themselves as extremely experienced night sky watchers, witness two very bright, “star-like” objects move across the night sky, almost directly overhead. At first, the witnesses assumed that the objects were satellites, although they were moving across the sky at a very high (angular) velocity, about three times that of a satellite in a typical low-Earth orbit, and they were converging rapidly. The witnesses were even more surprised to see the objects suddenly stop, circle one another, and then go shooting back in the same direction from which they had just come. http://www.nuforc.org/ Western United States, Wednesday, February 10th, 2016, @ 0510 hrs. (Pacific)— 4 states Approximately 90 minutes after a Delta IV rocket was launched from Vandenberg AFB, witnesses from California, Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada, report a number of very strange sighting events. NUFORC initially assumed that the witnesses had recorded the incorrect time, and that they had witnessed the launch from Vandenberg. However, subsequent investigation has satisfied us that the witnesses observed something very unusual, as further supported by the illustration provided by a witness in Lebanon, Oregon. Witness Report 1 Witness Report 2 Witness Report 3 Witness Report 4 See image to right. In 1964 Bob Jabcobs Ist Lieutenant Air Force shot video of powered flight and UFO shot laser at it. Atlas Missile destroyed and CIA confiscated the video. Three people in grey suits. http://www.nuforc.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GD4rOMVqCQ Larry King

NASA EDGE webcasts live from Vandenberg AFB for the launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO) launch. 

NASA EDGE webcasts live from Vandenberg AFB for the launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO) launch.