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Schriever Air Force Base Schriever Air Force Base formerly Falcon Air Force Base serves primarily as an operation site for various satellite operations. Falcon Air Force Station was established in 1983 as a military space systems control facility. Falcon Air Force Base was renamed Schriever Air Force Base on June 5, 1998, in honor of retired General Bernard A. Schriever, who pioneered the development of the nation's ballistic missile programs and is recognized as "the father of the United States Air Force's space and missile program."
The base covers 3,840 acres and its population is approximately 3,800 military, DoD civilians, and contractors. Schriever AFB is commonly grouped with the other bases in the "Peterson Complex". This consists of Schriever Air Force Base, Peterson Air Force Base and Cheyanne Mountain Air Station.
The host unit at Schriever Air Force Base is the 50th Space Wing, activated on January 30, 1992. The mission of the 50th Space
Wing
is to provide combat power from space, through command, control and
support of satellite operations. The wing operates satellite operations
centers at Schriever, remote tracking stations and other command and
control facilities around the world. These facilities monitor satellites during launch, put the satellite in their proper orbits following launch, operate the satellites while they are in orbit and fix satellite anomalies when they occur.
The wing operates and maintains several satellite programs including the Defense Support Program, the Navstar Global Positioning System, the Defense Satellite Communications System, NATO IV/Skynet 4, Milstar and the Midcourse Space Experiment spacecraft.
The wing is composed of three groups, 50th Operations Group, 50th Maintenance Group and the 50th Mission Support Group.
The
mission for Space Warefare Center consists of the Training, Equipping,
and Functioning, of US and Allied forces to conduct full spectrum combat
by leveraging operations in, through, from and to space. The mission
of the Space Warfare Center (SWC) is to develp and test concepts, equipment,
applications and procedures that enable terrestrial warfighters to fully
utilize space based assets. The SWC also explores tactics, techniques,
and procedures for space control and concepts of operations to assure
space superiority for our forces. Finally, the SQC conducts operational
testing for Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) deployed space and missile
systems.
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