Airmen launch an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Feb. 9, 2023. (Airman 1st Class Landon Gunsauls/Air Force) Sampling for toxic ...

Oct. 8—The Department of the Air Force has awarded a nearly $150,000 contract to sample soil below a fire training pond for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, according to a news release ...

Sampling had detected PFAS in some off-base wells, which provide drinking water and irrigation water to local dairies. At the Highland Dairy, a half-mile from the base, Air Force sampling showed ...