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Team Buckley The Story of Buckley AFB
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Kevin Hougen
Aurora Chamber of Commerce
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Named after 1st Lt John H. “Buck” Buckley WWI flier from Longmont, CO KIA 27 Sep 1918
World War II Origins
1941 – Originally Lowry Auxiliary Field 1942 – Buckley Field; added 700 structures ($7.5M)
Army Air Corps Technical Training 1946 – Buckley Field assumed by CO Air National Guard 1947 – Renamed Naval Air Station, Denver
Modern History
1960 – Renamed Buckley ANGB; run by Colorado Air National Guard 2000 – Renamed Buckley AFB; run by 821st Space Group 2001 – 460th Air Base Wing activated as installation lead 2004 – 460th Space Wing activated as installation lead
Base History
“Buck” Buckley
A Rich and Heroic History With Strong Local Ties…
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Buckley AFB Today
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Supports 84 Tenant Organizations
Total Force Installation Active Duty: Air Force; Army; Navy; USMC; Coast Guard Reserve: Air Force; Navy; USMC Guard: Air Force; Army DoD: Defense Information Support Agency; Army Corps of Engineers Intel Community: National Reconnaissance Office; National Security
Agency; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Other: Dept of Veterans Affairs; Civil Air Patrol; US Post Office IG
International Partners Canada United Kingdom Australia New Zealand
Base Population (12,975) Military: 7,179 Civilian 2,150 Contractors 2,446 Dependents 1,200
Economic Impact (FY13 data): $890,101,309 Million
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Buckley’s Big Six
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Air Reserve Personnel Center
Aerospace Data Facility--Colorado
BG Samuel Mahaney
Col Chance Saltzman
140th Wing, COANG
Naval Operations Support Center
Army Aviation Support Facility MAJ Ken Walsh
Host Unit 460th Space Wing
Col Dan Wright
Col Floyd Dunstan
CAPT Craig Oldham
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460th Space Wing Roles
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Operational Space Wing Missile Warning Missile Defense Battlespace Awareness Technical Intelligence
Buckley AFB Host Wing Wing “owns” the base Landlord for tenant units Support of base personnel Security, emergency services
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460th Space Wing
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Mission Deliver outstanding space-based capabilities, Homeland and Global defense, and Buckley
installation services
Vision Serve America through unrivaled space operations and installation leadership
Values Vigilance… Readiness… Resolve
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Chains of Command Organize, Train & Equip
Operational
ADM Cecil Haney
Lt Gen John Raymond
Col Dan Wright
Gen William Shelton
Lt Gen John Raymond
Col Dan Wright
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Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS)
Missile Warning: timely warning of strategic & theater ballistic missile attacks Launch origin, missile typing, trajectory, impact point
Missile Defense: detect, track & cue missile defense systems Provides greater missile detection, tracking and hand-off to
radar tracking and kill vehicle systems Supports launcher detection, target discrimination and
target hit/kill assessments
Technical Intelligence: provide IR data to intelligence community Multi-mode sensors to detect/collect on evolving threats Characterize missiles and other IR
events/signatures/phenomenology
Battlespace Awareness: provide an “IR view” of the battlefield to the warfighter Provide situational awareness/targeting/assessment for
command, control, and execution of joint operations
Nuclear Detonation Detection Detect, locate and report nuclear detonations
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Ballistic Missile Threats
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Ballistic Missile Threats
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Present
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SBIRS Components Space Segment
GEO DSP
HEO
Mission Control Station (MCS)
- Buckley AFB - Active Duty / Reserve - 2 SWS / 8 SWS
Ground Segment
Mission Control Station - Backup (MCS-B)
- Schriever AFB - Active Duty / Reserve - 11 SWS / Det 1, 8SWS
Interim Mission Control Station (IMCSB)
- Boulder - Active Duty / Reserve - 2 SWS / 8 SWS
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8th Space Warning Squadron (SWS): Classic Associate unit to 2 SWS Location: Buckley AFB System: SBIRS Ground Equipment / Defense Support Program (DSP) satellites Manning:
2 SWS: 103 Authorized / 201 assigned 8 SWS: 59 Authorized / 67 assigned
Active Guard Reservists (AGRs) and Traditional Reservists (TRs) fill vital DSP leadership, instructor, evaluator and operational crew positions
8 SWS, Detachment 1: Classic Associate to 11 SWS Location: Schriever AFB System: SBIRS Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) payload Manning:
11 SWS: 69 Authorized / 88 assigned 8 SWS Det 1: 96 Authorized / 65 assigned
AGRs and TRs fill vital HEO leadership, instructor, evaluator and operational crew positions
SBIRS TFI Today
ARC Association Strong Today – Foundation for Tomorrow
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SBIRS TFI Tomorrow SBIRS “Block 10” delivered FY16
Consolidates all operations at Buckley AFB with backup at Schriever AFB
8th Space Warning Squadron (SWS): Classic Associate unit to 2 SWS Location: Buckley AFB System: SBIRS Ground Equipment / DSP, GEO, and HEO SBIRS capabilities Manning:
2 SWS: Authorizations TBD 8 SWS: 86 Authorized
Active Duty, AGRs, and TRs fully integrated to perform training and operations
8 SWS, Detachment 1: Classic Associate construct in development Location: Schriever AFB System: Full fidelity backup to Buckley AFB SBIRS Mission Control Station Manning:
11 SWS: Deactivated 2 SWS: 6 Authorized 8 SWS Det 1: 65 Authorized
AGRs and TRs are primary workforce for backup SBIRS operations
Association Remains Strong with Enhanced ARC Ops
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460th SW Takeaways Buckley AFB is a Total Force Installation
84 tenant units All Services DoD, Reserve Components, and Intel Community: USC Title 10/32/50 Allies
SBIRS enjoys a strong TFI partnership today ARC role enhanced in SBIRS future
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Total Force Vital to 460th Space Wing and SBIRS Mission