Two U.S. senators and a congressman from California have called for military officials to consider Vandenberg Air Force Base as a top candidate for a new space readiness and training unit after rejecting the base for U.S. Space Command headquarters.
A bill to protect immigrant parents of U.S. military personnel from deportation was introduced in Congress last week by Rep. Salud Carbajal, D…
Air Force Maj. General DeAnna Burt assumed leadership of the Combined Force Space Component Command Monday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in the unit's first traditional change-of-command ceremony since its creation in August 2019. “There’s no place I’d rather be than doing operations."
A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a Lompoc man on three counts in connection to a head-on collision on Vandenberg Air Force Base that killed a Santa Maria man and seriously injured a Santa Maria woman, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman.
Every night as twilight slides toward darkness, the exterior lights go off at a house on a quiet street in northwest Santa Maria, the front door opens and a man walks into the driveway. A moment later, the sweet sounds of a saxophone float through the air — the melody of “Amazing Grace.”
Robert Pacheco, a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, got a surprise for his 93rd birthday Saturday when a parade of cars and motorcycles flowe…
Nearly 10,000 participants from across the globe were in attendance of the Military World Games this year. With 27 different categories to com…
Holiday trees decorated to dazzle are packed into two storefronts at Santa Maria Town Center East for a December giveaway that also includes u…
More than 100 people gathered Monday at Pine Grove Cemetery in Orcutt for a Veterans Day ceremony to honor the millions of active duty service…
The U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane landed back on Earth after 780 days in orbit, the longest mission in the mysterious military test program's history.
RAF BRIZE NORTON, United Kingdom (AFNS) -- To maintain the strong relationship between aeromedical evacuation components of the Royal Air Forc…
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE -- At a massive 99,600 acres, Vandenberg Air Force Base is home to a wide variety of plants, wildlife and terrain. W…
Shame and guilt have followed Santa Maria resident Henry Davis for more than 60 years.
There will be no “Mutterings About Bowling” column today.
What makes a community more than just a collection of homes and businesses are the people who live there and care about their neighbors.
With months left in their assignment in Afghanistan, U.S. troops have sent their thanks to local volunteers.
If you thought 2018's inaugural Central Coast AirFest was exciting, wait until you watch the promo for the 2019 edition of the show. Titled '…
Following an experience of near-homelessness after serving 12 years in the U.S. Air Force, Operation WEBS founder Sandy Blair looked to assist…
As producers of the long-running animated series “The Simpsons” have reportedly been looking for ways to quell a controversy surrounding one o…
Vandenberg Air Force Base has hosted a series of events this month aimed at commemorating the birthday of a critical unit that is considered t…
A former U.S. airman charged in connection to a felony DUI crash that killed a Lompoc couple will have his probable cause hearing Jan. 11 at t…
Despite a few hiccups, the inaugural Central Coast AirFest was a roaring success, with 15,000 people turning out Saturday and Sunday to see ai…
Donations are trickling in for the seventh annual Santa Barbara County Veterans Stand Down, but organizers are hoping the public will come thr…
A former U.S. airman from Georgia pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from a DUI crash in 2016 that killed a Lompoc couple, and he …
Two years after being involved in a crash that killed a Lompoc couple and a year after being federally indicted for DUI, former U.S. Airman Sh…