Notable.
30th Space Wing Safety Office protects Vandenberg AFB.
The 30th Space Wing accomplishes its mission of enabling SPACE SUPERIORITY, in part by managing Department of Defense space and missile testing, providing commercial launch opportunities, and placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast.
Vandenberg’s 30th SW Safety Office must ensure the safety of not only base personnel, but the local community in order to provide efficient spaceport and range capabilities for the nation.
“In order for the wing commander to conduct the mission here, he has to have confidence that the safety team is doing their job to protect the base and the community,” said Col. Michael Wulfestieg, 30th SW Safety Office chief of safety.
Any launch from Vandenberg requires high involvement from the launch safety team, which includes the fire department, security forces and members from the 30th SW Safety Office.
“Wing staff safety offices manage the safety program for the wing commander of the base and focuses on industrial safety, explosive safety if they have weapons, and flight safety if they have aircraft,” said William Stark, 30th SW Safety Office chief of pad and missile safety. “We have all those safety aspects, but we also have a large staff of people that deal with all the aspects of launch risks. That entails overseeing our launch partners and making sure that they do their job in a way that doesn’t affect the safety of the public.”
Bet there is some pretty good shit going on there these days, now that Space Force is getting into full swing?
More here:
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/314149/30th-space-wing-safety-office-protects-vandenberg