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Colorado Springs Military Information

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Colorado Springs, Colorado Military Information

• Air Force Academy
• Cheyenne Mountain
• Fort Carson
• Fort Peterson
• Schriever Air Force Base

United States Air Force Academy

The U.S. Air Force Academy was officially established April 1, 1954, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, though the idea for an academy to train air force officers surfaced before then. Construction on the school began in 1955 and the first class of 206 men was inducted that year. Cadets met at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver until 1958, when the school moved to its current home.

In 1975, President Gerald Ford signed legislation compelling the Academy to admit women, and the first female cadets joined in 1976, with the first female graduates coming in 1980. In 1993 the first civilian instructors were hired; they now make up almost 20 percent of the faculty. The Cadet Wing is limited to 4,000 students who can specialize in any of 30 academic programs and four minors. 

Professional military studies are stressed, as well as theoretical and applied leadership experiences, aviation science and airmanship, military training and physical and moral development. The Air Force Academy Falcons field 17 men's and 10 women's teams in Division 1 of the NCAA. Most importantly, however, the school is dedicated to training the best pilots and military officers for the future of the air force and our national security.

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Cheyenne Mountain

• The Air Operations Center which monitors airplane travel inside the U.S. and Canada, as well as planes that enter U.S. airspace. 
• The Air Warning Center, which monitors for nuclear launches that might threaten the U.S. 
• Operational Intelligence Watch monitors for worldwide threats from space, missiles and strategic air activity. 
• The Joint Space Operations Center, which tracks and identifies man-made objects in space. 
• The Missile Correlation Center tracks space launches and integrates strategic and theater missions around the world.
• The CMOC Command Center is the heart of Cheyenne Mountain, coordinating all the work that is done in the complex and passing information to the leaders of the U.S. and Canada as needed.
• The National Warning Facility is the civil defense warning center.
• The Space and Warning Systems Center maintains the code and keeps the software running for all of these critical systems.
• The Weather Support Center provides weather reports to Cheyenne Mountain operations in case the weather could prove a threat to military or space assets, missions or equipment.

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Fort Carson

Named for Kentucky-born explorer and Army brigadier general Kit Carson, Fort Carson is known as the Mountain Post. Soon after America joined World War II, Colorado Springs was selected as the site of a new Army camp. The city had been lobbying for a base for some time, but the attack at Pearl Harbor made the need for more military installations all the more pressing.

The first troops to serve at Fort Carson (then known as Camp Carson) were the 89th Infantry Division, mobilized in July 1942. The original site for Fort Carson consisted of 60,048 acres, and it was enlarged to more than twice that size in 1964. It officially became Fort Carson in 1954 and is now the second-largest Army installation in the country.

A fire in 1950 changed the face of the fort, and nine streets on the base are named in honor of soldiers and civilians who died in the blaze. Two major floods have affected Fort Carson and its soldiers as well.

Today the installation is a city of itself, serving more than 100,000 people with shopping, schools, daycare, a hospital, and family neighborhoods as well as troop dormitories. For military training, Fort Carson includes airfields and tactical and live ordnance training grounds.

Fort Carson Units

• Second Brigade Combat Team 
• 91st Division (Training Support) 
• Third Heavy Brigade Combat Team 
• 10th Combat Support Hospital 
• 10th Special Forces Group  
• Second Brigade Fourth Region ROTC 
• 13th Air Support Operations Squadron 
• 42D Area Support Group 
• 759th Military Police Battalion 
• 746th Ordnance Company
• Colorado Army National Guard 
• Rocky Mountain District Veterinary Command 
• 502nd Personnel Services Battalion 
• Battle Simulation Center

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Peterson Air Force Base

First established as the Colorado Springs Army Air Base at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport in May 1942 and named Peterson Air Force Base in December that same year, Peterson was named for Lt. Edward J. Peterson, a Colorado native who dies in a plane crash at the base. 

The original mission of the base was photo reconnaissance, but heavy bomber combat crew training quickly became part of the unit's mission as World War II heated up. After working under numerous missions, Strategic Air Command took control of the base in 1979. 

In 1982, Air Force Space Command was initiated at Peterson, followed by the First Space Wing in 1983. Since then, Peterson has been focused on space defense. Peterson is part of U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Strategic Command.

Peterson Units

• Air Force Space Command, which defends America through the control and exploitation of space. 
• NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, protects the airspace over the United States and Canada.

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Schriever Air Force Base

The idea for Schriever Air Force Base began in 1981, when the military began development of a space systems control facility. Groundbreaking on what was then called Falcon Air Force Station took place in 1983 and the facility took control of the Air Force Satellite Control Network in 1987. 

Originally home to the Second Space Wing, Schriever is now home to the 50th Space Wing, which ahs been on the base since 1992. The base was renamed in 1998 to honor Gen. Bernard A. Schriever, a pioneer of the development of the nation's missile defense systems. 

More than 6,000 military and civilian personnel now call Schriever home, including: 

• The 50th Space Wing, which provides command and control of communication, navigation, warning, and surveillance satellite weapon systems. 

Colorado Springs Gazette - Military News

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