[Launch Alert] Missile Defense Test Scheduled

[Launch Alert]

The following is a news release from Vandenberg AFB:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
From: 30th Space Wing Public Affairs, www.vandenberg.af.mil

MISSILE DEFENSE TEST SCHEDULED

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A U.S. Missile Defense Agency flight
test of a Ground-based Interceptor is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 28,
between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. PST from Vandenberg Air Force
Base. The test will be conducted by the 30th Space Wing, the Missile Defense
Agency, and U.S. Northern Command.

Col. Shane Clark, 30th Space Wing vice commander, is the Launch Decision
Authority.

"The 30th Space Wing has a long and proud history of working diligently
alongside our Missile Defense Agency partners to provide safe launch
operations for missile defense tests," said Clark. "It's an honor for the
wing to work with the Missile Defense Agency and other mission partners on
this test mission which is extremely important to our national security."