Vandenberg AFB 533rd Training Squadron

Vandenberg AFB 533rd Training Squadron poster art.

The 533rd Training Squadron (533d TRS) is part of the 381st Training Group at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. It provides pipeline training for all space C2, Ground Radar Control, Range Operators and Spacelift maintenance technicians. Mission: “Train and develop space professionals for our nations defense.” Vandenberg Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base, located approximately 9.2 miles NW of Lompoc, California. It is under the jurisdiction of the 30th Space Wing, Air Force Space Command. Vandenberg AFB is a Department of Defense space and missile testing base, with a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters. Wing personnel also support the Service’s LGM-30G Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Force Development Evaluation program. The base also leases launch pad facilities to SpaceX, as well as 100 acres leased to the California Spaceport in 1995.