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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 Cheyenne 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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