Colorado Springs and El Paso County Relocation ... - Keep Trees

Peterson Air Force Base
Located off Highway
24 on the eastern city limits
of Colorado Springs, but
yet still falling in the long
shadow cast by Pikes Peak,
Peterson Air Force Base is a
major hub for military space
operations for the Air Force
and other Department of
Defense organizations.
Pterson occupies about 1,295 acres in El Paso County.
Within this acreage is the main base including family
housing, community shopping and commerce,
Air Force operational buildings, athletic and recreation
facilities, utility infrastructure systems and an airfi eld and
runway system shared with the Colorado Springs Airport.
The base employs more than 5,500 people, both military
and civilian. Not all employed at Peterson actually live
on the base, but there are more than 550 family housing
units on base currently being maintained by the 21st Civil
Engineer Squadron. A new housing privatization program
will bring 708 new homes, a new community center and a
new maintenance facility to Peterson.
Today, Peterson Air Force Base is home to
the 21st Space Wing, Air Force Space Command,
NORAD/NORTHCOM, U.S. Army Space and
Missile Defense Command, National Security
Space Institute, 302nd Airlift Wing and
367th Recruiting Squadron. While physically
headquartered in downtown Colorado Springs,
and with recruiting offi ces located in fi ve states,
the 367th Recruiting Squadron’s home-awayfrom-home
is Peterson. The headquarters
unit provides support for fi nance, personnel
management, logistics, information management
and systems administration.
50 Colorado Springs Relocation GUIDE 2007