A Look Inside AETC
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airmen Basic Kyle Bean, left, and Airman Basic Ashley Lechner, both technical school students at the 532nd Training Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., conduct hands-on training for the environmental control system of a missile launch facility in December 2009. The 381st Training Group provides qualification training for intercontinental ballistic missiles, space surveillance, missile warning, spacelift, satellite command and control operators. It also performs initial and advanced maintenance training on air launched missiles and ICBMs. It conducts training in joint space fundamentals and associated computer maintenance. The group also conducts qualification and orientation training for Air Force Space Command staff and senior-level personnel, as well as instructor enhancement in support of operation units. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vanessa Valentine)