Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Maria. A small percentage commute from as far south as Santa Barbara and Isla Vista to as far north as the Five Cities area near San Luis Obispo, which are all roughly an hour's drive along U.S. Route 101 and State Route 1 to the base's five access gates. The base's ZIP code is 93437 and its area code 805. In the California State Legislature, Vandenberg AFB is in , and in . In the United States House of Representatives, Vandenberg AFB is in . Vandenberg Air Force Base Vandenberg Air Force Base is a United States Air Force
Griffiss Air Force Base base closure on 30 September 1995, meant that 5,000 jobs or 30 percent of the city's economic base were lost. The population decreased by 10,000, from 44,350 in 1990 to 34,950 in 2000. The Air Force Research Laboratory had not been closed, and became core of the redevelopment plan, of making it part of a corporate business and to build a technology park around it. In 2004, a new $24 million facility opened. Griffiss Air Force Base Griffiss Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force installation in the northeastern United States, located in central New York state