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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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