Peterson SFB Base Guide

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Avionic technicians and crew chiefs perform a post-operation servicing to an F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., while on the flightline at Peterson AFB, Colo., Sept. 30, 2016.
Avionic technicians and crew chiefs perform a post-operation servicing to an F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., while on the flightline at Peterson AFB, Colo., Sept. 30, 2016. Four F-35s landed at Peterson AFB to execute a flyover during the U.S. Air Force Academy versus the U.S. Naval Academy football game at USAFA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dennis Hoffman)

 

Peterson Space Force Base is a base located at Colorado Springs in El Paso County. It provides runways for the adjacent City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport under a shared joint civil-military airport arrangement.

Space Command, created Sept. 1, 1982, is a major command headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo. AFSPC defends North America through its space and intercontinental ballistic missile operations.

The 21st Space Wing is headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., and is the Space Force's only organization providing missile warning and space control to unified commanders and combat forces worldwide.