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The Aerospace Defense Center as part of an "ad hoc working group" of personnel from Air Force Systems Command and the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force studied the 1982 proposal for "reorganization of USAF space management practices" by General Robert T. Marsh. [5] Space Command was renamed Air Force Space Command in 1985.
Designated Peterson Air Force Base on 1 March 1975, when Ent AFB was being closed, Peterson was the last of the April 1945 Continental Air Forces airbases to be named an air force base. Also on 1 March, Peterson assumed several functions from Ent AFB, which became the "Ent Annex" of Peterson, 18 July 1975 – 7 February 1978 [ 5 ] (Peterson's ...
A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946 - 1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center; Mueller, Robert (1989). Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-53-6
The 3d Space Support Wing (3 SSW) was a wing of the United States Air Force active from 1986 to 1992 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado as part of Air Force Space Command. [ 1 ] History
P-40 Replica outside the entrance to the museum The PASM Air Park area by the City Hangar during the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) August 2015. Peterson Air and Space Museum is an aviation museum located at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado focused on the history of the Air Defense Command, Aerospace Defense Command and Air Force Space Command.
The Forrest L. Vosler Non-Commissioned Officer Academy (Vosler NCO Academy, Vosler NCOA, or NCOA) is a United States Space Force unit. Assigned to Space Training and Readiness Command's Space Delta 13, it is responsible for training newly promoted technical sergeants.
On 6 April 1990, at Peterson Air Force Base Colorado the 1017th Test and Evaluation Squadron was activated. [1] The mission of the 1017th was to perform Air Staff-directed initial and follow-on operational test and evaluation of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) space surveillance, missile warning, and command and control systems.
The Sixth Photographic Squadron was formed and activated in early 1942 under the Second Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces.It was quartered on land adjacent to the Colorado Springs (Colorado) Municipal Airport, which became Colorado Springs Army Air Base which became Peterson Air Force Base (which still exists as the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the Air Force ...