Primary launch vehicles include the Atlas V, Delta IV, Pegasus, Minotaur, and Falcon rockets.

The blue alludes to the sky, while the Yellow refers to the sun and the excellence required of its personnel.

The remaining red, white, and blue elements represent the national colors of the United States.

The AFWTR established a network of instrumentation sites along the California coast and in the Pacific islands to monitor ballistic missile and space launches in its region, although actual launches were conducted by the Space Systems Division's 6595th Aerospace Test Wing.

[8][9] On 1 April 1970 the Air Force Western Test Range was inactivated, as the responsibility for managing the range was passed to the Space and Missile Systems Organization's Space and Missile Test Center.

[9][1][8] On 19 November 1991, as part of a larger Air Force heritage initiative, the Western Space and Missile Center was redesignated as the 30th Space Wing (30 SW), with the 30th Operations Group assuming the lineage of the World War II-era 30th Bombardment Group (Heavy).

[12][13] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency