Invited media and military members held at gunpoint at Space Force base in California

Five reporters and two invited military personnel were briefly detained at gunpoint at Vandenberg Space Force Base after security mistakenly thought they were gate‑crashers.
The group was in an escorted convoy heading to an invitation‑only groundbreaking for a missile‑operator training facility; the journalists were held over 30 minutes and missed the event.
Base leadership has ordered a full review of media coordination protocols, and reporters plan to meet with commanders to prevent a repeat.