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ADX Florence is a 37-acre (15 ha) complex located at 5880 Highway 67, in an unincorporated area, [21] with a Florence, Colorado, postal address. It is located about 100 miles (160 km) south of Denver and 40 miles (64 km) south of Colorado Springs. [22]
Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016; Further reading. Grant, C.L., (1961) The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, USAF Historical Study No. 126; Leonard, Barry (2009). History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense (PDF)
In 1958, the 151st FIW implemented the ADC Runway Alert Program, in which interceptors of the 191st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron were committed to a five-minute runway alert. Its existing F-86A day interceptors were replaced by the F-86L Sabre Interceptor , a day/night/all-weather aircraft designed to be integrated into the ADC SAGE interceptor ...
A new garrison was built for the division in central Colorado at Camp Hale, at an elevation of 9,200 feet (2,800 m) above sea level. World War II Brigadier General Lloyd E. Jones observes troops land at Amchitka Island during the Aleutians Campaign, shortly before assuming command of the 10th Light Division. Lt. Gen.
Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado ( ADF-C) or Space Delta 20 ( DEL 20) one of three satellite ground stations operated by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and United States Space Force in the continental United States. [1] Located within Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, Colorado, the facility is responsible for the command and control ...
Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Force, responsible for air defense of the continental United States. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air Defense Command, was established in 1946, briefly inactivated in 1950, reactivated in 1951, and then redesignated Aerospace rather than ...
Turret face: 18 in (457 mm) Conning tower: 11.5 in (292 mm) Decks: 3.5 in (89 mm) The Colorado-class battleships [a] were a group of four United States Navy super-dreadnoughts, the last of its pre-Treaty battleships. Designed during World War I, their construction overlapped the end of that conflict and continued in its immediate aftermath.
List of airports in Colorado. Coordinates: 38.9972°N 105.5478°W. This is a list of airports in the U.S. State of Colorado grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use ...