A demolition project is underway at Vandenberg Space Force Base’s “Space Launch Complex 6” (SLC-6) compound. The demolition follows decades of underuse at the West Coast facility. (US Space Force/Staff Sgt. Daekwon Stith)

Changes Are Coming to Vandenberg Space Force Base’s ‘Slick Six’

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Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6) cost billions to build, but was severely underused for most of its existence. It is now being demolished in preparation for new facilities.

Demolition is currently underway at the Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6) at Vandenberg Space Force Base (SFB), California. It will bring big changes to one of the country’s “most historic launch facilities,” and arguably one of the most underused, the United States Space Force confirmed last week.

Construction on SLC-6, known affectionately as “Slick Six,” began in the 1960s during the original “Space Race,” but the launch site wasn’t operational until 1995. The site was repeatedly mothballed after the original programs, including........

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