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unusual facts about Vandenberg



576th Flight Test Squadron

Whereas the three organizations previously reported, through different commanders, to the 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg AFB, this merger aligned all personnel directly involved with Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) testing at Vandenberg under one commander.

Different Worlds: The Definitive Vandenberg

Different Worlds: The Definitive Vandenberg is a 2004 best of compilation album by the Dutch band Vandenberg on the Atco Records label.

Dominique Vandenberg

Unable to fight in sanctioned events, Vandenberg left Belgium to join the French Foreign Legion.

Michael Bormann

Through the years, Bormann has worked with noted musicians such as J.R. Blackmore (son of Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple and Rainbow), Jochen 'Zeno' Roth (brother of Uli John Roth of Scorpions fame), Jos Zoomer (from Vandenberg) and Anette Blyckert of Alyson Avenue and Nightwish.

Pacific Missile Range

The Western Range, a currently active missile range supporting launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base and elsewhere

SLC-2

Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 - a rocket launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base

United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia

This change would eventually be reversed, on 12 March 1956, by General Vandenberg's successor, General Twining.

Wallace H. White, Jr.

According to John Gunther's 1947 book Inside U.S.A., as the titular party floor leader, "his chief function is to hold the balance between two much more dominant and vivid men, Taft and Vandenberg...Everybody likes White; few people pay much attention to him."

Whitesnake's Greatest Hits

#"The Deeper the Love" (David Coverdale/Adrian Vandenberg) (from Slip of the Tongue, 1989) - 4:22

William L. Shelton

Gen Kevin P. Chilton, CDRUSSTRATCOM, presided; Gen C. Robert Kehler, AFSPC/CC, also spoke during the ceremony held at Vandenberg AFB, CA.


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