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Peterson Air Force Base - 50th Space Wing

The 21st Space Wing, commanded by Brig Gen Duane W. Deal and headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base, CO, is the Air Force's only organization providing missile warning and space control to unified commanders and combat forces worldwide. We are located in 5 countries, crossing 9 time zones, consisting of 5 groups, a director of staff, 43 units at 20 locations. We literally cover the world with our operations. The 21 SW provides missile warning and space control to North American Aerospace Defense and U.S. Strategic Command through a network of command and control units and ground and space–based sensors operated by geographically separated units around the world.

The 50th Space Wing Provides the following:

• Provides early warning of strategic and theater ballistic missile attacks and foreign space launches
• Detects, tracks and catalogs more than 9,500 manmade objects in space, from those in near–Earth orbit to objects up to 22,300 miles above the earth's surface.
• Explores counterspace warfighting technologies in the field
• Hosts HQ NORAD, HQ NORTHCOM, HQ Air Force Space Command and the 302nd Airlift Wing
• Operates and supports Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station; Thule Air Base, Greenland; and Clear AFS, Alaska
  
• Provides community support to the 50th Space Wing, Schriever AFB, Colo
  
• Provides community support to the Colorado Springs and the Denver areas

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