Officials at Vandenberg Air Force Base have been notified that a Russian team of arms control inspectors will arrive about 7 tonight.

The team from the Russian Federation is coming to Vandenberg to inspect base facilities to verify that the base is in compliance with the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

The United States sends similar teams to inspect former Soviet strategic weapon facilities.

The reciprocal inspections are an element of the START I agreement, which was signed in 1991 and went into force in 1994.