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Located within Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, Colorado, the facility is responsible for the command and control of reconnaissance satellites involved in the collection of intelligence information and for the dissemination of that intelligence to other U.S. government agencies. [2] [3]
On 14 June 1941, the United States Army Air Forces renamed the base Buckley Field in honor of United States Army Air Service First Lieutenant John Harold Buckley, a World War I pilot from Longmont, Colorado, who flew with the 28th Aero Squadron and was killed in a mid air collision on 27 September 1918 during the Meuse–Argonne offensive. [2]
Some installations are still called "Air Force Base", although operated by the US Space Force. [1] Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, Colorado [2] Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California [3] Patrick Space Force Base near Satellite Beach, Florida. [4] (Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is also located in the area, near Kennedy ...
The 3rd Satellite Communications Squadron is a United States Space Force unit responsible for maintaining critical communication for missile warning. It is a part of Space Delta 4 and headquartered at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado.
The United States Air Force's 8th Space Warning Squadron is an Air Force Reserve missile warning unit located at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado.The 8th works alongside its active duty counterpart, the 2d Space Warning Squadron, on the Defense Support Program and Space-Based Infrared System programs.
The 140th Operations Group is a unit of the Colorado Air National Guard, stationed at Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, Colorado.If activated to federal service, the group is gained by Air Combat Command of the United States Air Force.
The 2nd Space Warning Squadron is part of the Space Delta 4 at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. It operates the Space-Based Infrared System satellites conducting global monitoring for significant infrared events. The squadron's mission is to operate and maintain the Space-Based Infrared System.
The 566th Intelligence Squadron is a support unit to the Aerospace Data Facility in conjunction with the Buckley Garrison, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado.The 566th is part of the 544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, headquartered at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado.