Peterson Air Force Base

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Peterson Air Force Base was a major U.S. Air Force installation in Colorado that served as a key hub for space operations and air defense before being redesignated as Peterson Space Force Base.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Air Force base
adjacentTo Colorado Springs Airport
branch United States Air Force
controlledBy Department of the Air Force
surface form: United States Department of the Air Force
country United States of America
dateEstablished 1942
dateRedesignatedAsPetersonSpaceForceBase 2021
dateRenamedAsPetersonAirForceBase 1948
garrison 21st Space Wing
Air Force Reserve Command units
Air Force Space Command
surface form: Air Force Space Command headquarters

Air National Guard
surface form: Air National Guard units

United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command
surface form: Army Space and Missile Defense Command elements

North American Aerospace Defense Command
Space Systems Command
surface form: Space and Missile Systems Center elements

U.S. Northern Command
surface form: United States Northern Command
hostUnit 21st Space Wing
721st Mission Support Group
Peterson Air Force Base self-linksurface differs
surface form: Peterson-Schriever Garrison (late period)
ICAOCodeSharedWithColoradoSpringsAirport KCOS
locatedIn Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
El Paso County, Colorado
locatedOn Front Range of the Rocky Mountains
namedAfter 1st Lieutenant Edward J. Peterson
near Cheyenne Mountain Complex
surface form: Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station

Schriever Space Force Base
operatedBy United States Air Force
originalFunction Army Air Forces airfield
originalName Peterson Air Force Base self-linksurface differs
surface form: Colorado Springs Army Air Base
partOf Air Force Space Command
U.S. Northern Command
surface form: United States Northern Command area of responsibility
reDesignatedAs Peterson Space Force Base
renamedAs Peterson Air Force Base self-link
Peterson Field
sharesRunwaysWith Colorado Springs Airport
status former name of Peterson Space Force Base
supports Cheyenne Mountain Complex operations
global missile warning
space control missions
space surveillance
usedFor NORAD operations
USNORTHCOM operations
air defense
command and control
homeland defense
missile warning
space operations

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Peterson Space Force Base previousName Peterson Air Force Base
AFSPC headquarters Peterson Air Force Base
subject surface form: Air Force Space Command
AFSPC locatedIn Peterson Air Force Base
subject surface form: Air Force Space Command
AFSPC garrison Peterson Air Force Base
subject surface form: Air Force Space Command
21st Space Wing garrison Peterson Air Force Base
Air Defense Command headquartersLocation Peterson Air Force Base
this entity surface form: Ent Air Force Base, Colorado
Air Defense Command garrison Peterson Air Force Base
this entity surface form: Ent Air Force Base, Colorado
1st Lieutenant Edward J. Peterson formerlyKnownAs Peterson Air Force Base
subject surface form: Peterson Space Force Base
Peterson Air Force Base originalName Peterson Air Force Base self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Colorado Springs Army Air Base
Peterson Air Force Base renamedAs Peterson Air Force Base self-link
Peterson Air Force Base hostUnit Peterson Air Force Base self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Peterson-Schriever Garrison (late period)
Commander, 21st Space Wing garrison Peterson Air Force Base
Commander of Air Force Space Command seat Peterson Air Force Base
The Knights garrison Peterson Air Force Base
subject surface form: 21st Space Wing