Yuma native part of Space Wing
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Air Force Staff Sgt. Charles Richardson Jr., son of Charles Richardson of Yuma, is playing an important part in America's military space mission at Vandenberg Air Force Base, as a member of the Air Force's 30th Space Wing. Click here to read more on Richardson Jr.
Critical rocket components are loaded off a Antonov AN-124 aircraft and moved onto an awaiting flatbed trailer.The 30th Space Wing out of Vandenberg Air Force Base services as a strategic rocket and missile launch site for both unmanned government and commercial satellites.
LOANED PHOTO/U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran
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