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Peterson Air Force Base
Peterson Air Force Base
is a U.S.
Air Force Base
that shares an airfield with the adjacent
Colorado Springs Municipal Airport
, also having the
North American Aerospace Defense Command
(NORAD) and
United States Northern Command
(USNORTHCOM) headquarters. Developed as a
World War II
air support base
for
Camp Carson
, the facility conducted
Army Air Forces
training and supported
Cold War
air defense centers at the nearby
Ent Air Force Base
,
Chidlaw Building
, and
Cheyenne Mountain Complex
. The base has been the location of the Air Force Space Command headquarters since 1987 and has had NORAD/NORTHCOM command center operations since the 2006
Cheyenne Mountain Realignment
placed the nearby
Cheyenne Mountain Complex
centers on standby.
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