Schriever Air Force Base
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Schriever Air Force Base (Schriever AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force located approximately 10 miles (16 kilometers) east of Peterson AFB near Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is home to Air Force Space Command's 50th Space Wing, which provides command and control for Department of Defense warning, navigational, and communications satellites. Also housed at Schriever AFB are the Joint National Integration Center and the Space Innovation & Development Center.
The Colorado Springs Post Office (ZIP Code 80912) serves Schriever AFB postal addresses.[1]
[edit] History
Groundbreaking for what would become Schriever Air Force Base took place in May 1983. It was originally called Falcon Air Force Station. In 1985 the 2d Space Wing was activated at the base. The wing took operational control of the Air Force Satellite Control Network in October 1987.
In June 1988, Falcon Air Force Station was redesignated Falcon Air Force Base. On 30 January 1992 the 2d Space Wing was inactivated and the 50th Space Wing took its place.
On 5 June 1998, Falcon Air Force Base was renamed Schriever Air Force Base in honor of retired General Bernard Adolph Schriever, who pioneered the development of the nation's ballistic missile programs. Schriever AFB is the only Air Force base that has been named after a person who was living at the time. General Schriever died June 20, 2005.
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[edit] References
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service (December 14, 2006). Retrieved on December 14, 2006.
