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FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colorado ~ 28 JULY 2015
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe

Posted on 07/27/2015 6:13:29 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Cheyenne Mountain Air Force

Station, Colorado

The

Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a military

installation and nuclear bunker located in

Colorado Springs, Colorado at the Cheyenne

Mountain Air Force Station, which hosts the

activities of several tenant units. Also

located in Colorado Springs is the Peterson

Air Force Base, where the North American

Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United

States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)

headquarters are located.

The

center for the United States Space Command

and NORAD monitored the air space of Canada

and the United States through a world-wide

system for missiles, space systems, and

foreign aircraft through its early-warning

system.



The military complex has included many units

of NORAD, U.S. Space Command, Aerospace

Defense Command (ADCOM), Air Force Systems

Command, Air Weather Service, and Federal

Emergency Management (FEMA). The complex's

communication center is also used by the

nearby U.S. Civil Defense Warning Center.

The station is open 24 hours a day.

Since

2002, the complex has been classed as

Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station and has

been used in crew qualification training,

while the former command function has been

redesignated as the "NORAD and USNORTHCOM

Alternate Command Center" since 2008 after

all the original functions of the complex

were removed to Peterson Air Force Base.

The

complex is maintained by the 721st Mission

Support Group which provides support and

maintenance for the 'NORAD/USNORTHCOM's

training, exercise and alternate command

center functions, U.S. Strategic Command's

Missile Warning Center, Detachment 2 of the

17th Test Squadron, Air Force Technical

Applications Center's research laboratory,

the Defense Intelligence Agency's Western

Continental United States Regional Service

Center.

Learn More About

Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station and

NORAD HERE!!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support

and boosting the morale of our military and

our allies military and the family members

of the above. Honoring those who have served

before. 


Please remember: The Canteen is a place to

honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen

is family friendly. Let's have

fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be

strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will

return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity

remain unbroken, so that you may show others

the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and

Always

 

 



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To: Kathy in Alaska

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/lifestyle/discover-colorado/secrets-of-colorado/13-secrets-of-norad-combat-operations-center-and-cheyenne-mountain-air-force-station

Here is more information on Cheyenne mountain.


61 posted on 07/28/2015 10:08:55 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: LUV W; Kathy in Alaska

62 posted on 07/28/2015 5:55:15 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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