Overview
- Airman 1st Class Cedric Eneluna, 23, died when the heavy equipment he was operating rolled down an embankment at Vandenberg Space Force Base on July 16.
- Base officials and the Santa Barbara County Coroner pronounced Eneluna dead at the scene and confirmed no one else was injured.
- Vandenberg has withheld specific details about the machine and how it moved pending the coroner’s findings and the Safety Investigation Board review.
- Leaders at Space Launch Delta 30 and the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron publicly mourned Eneluna and praised his service and character.
- Eneluna served in the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Pavements and Equipment Flight, a team that maintains Vandenberg’s launch and test infrastructure which is critical to U.S. space and missile operations.