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Welcome to the Edward J. Peterson Air and Space Museum, Colorado’s oldest aviation museum! We preserve and portray the rich aviation and space history of Colorado Springs and Peterson Space Force Base. From our barnstormer beginnings in the Roaring Twenties, through the daring exploits of our World War II pilots and into the modern space era, our exhibits are sure to capture your attention.
Awarded Certificate of Excellence 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019
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Welcome to the Award Winning Peterson Air and Space Museum, Colorado’s oldest Aviation Museum.
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Medal of Honor Park
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Old City Hangar
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Off-Campus Displays
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I would like to personally thank you and your staff for arranging a tour of the Peterson Air and Space Museum for the senior leadership of the Marine Corps Judge Advocate community. We were impressed with both your facilities and the tours that we received. Thank you again for your efforts. They truly enhanced our conference.
Brig Gen James WalkerOur family is very into the annual roadtrips. This time we’ve dedicated a whole summer to driving all the way from New York to the West Coast, visiting numerous different museums along the way, including this one.”
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"Live-fire Electronic Warfare"? Sounds kinda scary, doesn't it?
BLACK SKIES 23-1: STARCOM improves combat readiness through its second live-fire electroni
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Building upon the lessons learned during the inaugural BLACK SKIES exercise, the 392d Combat Training Squadron, under Delta 1, recently hosted its second iteration, dubbed BLACK SKIES 23-1 (BLKS
TODAY IN U.S. SPACE HISTORY: 1970 - A Thor-Delta rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida carried a 535-pound NATO I military satellite, the first of two, into stationary orbit over the Atlantic. The satellite contained X-band communications systems.
For decades, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operated satellites over Europe and North America to provide strategic communications in a quick and secure manner.
🛰🛰🛰 Space is the Place! 🚀🚀🚀
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From 1970 onward, NATO launched and managed 8 satellites, providing quick and secure strategic communications.
March 20th marks the 20th anniversary of the start of Operation IRAQ FREEDOM. The Air Force Space Command played a critical role in the execution of this operation.After Operation DESERT STORM in 1991, the United States combatted terrorist activities in Somalia, the Balkans, Kosovo, and Iraq. The United States was also routinely attacked by terrorists and state-sponsors of terrorism. Notable attacks included the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, the bombing of American military barracks at Khobar Towers in 1995, the suspected shootdown of TWA Flight 800 in 1996 near the coast of Long Island, New York, bombings of the American Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998, and the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen in 2000. In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the United States responded against terrorists in Afghanistan and became concerned with Iraq’s biological and chemical weapons stockpiles. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was authorized in 2002 when Iraq was found to be in breach of United Nations (U.N.) Security Council Resolution 1441 that prohibited “stockpiling and importing weapons of mass destruction.”
On 20 March 2003, approximately 160,000 United States and Coalition ground, air, and space forces engaged nearly 1.3 million Iraqi military, Fedayeen militia, and Arab volunteer combatants. The United States and Coalition forces leveraged the Principles of Joint Operations including Unity of Command, Economy of Force, Mass and Maneuver, and space-based assets to defeat the numerically superior Iraqi resistance. Air Force Space Command provided Coalition leaders with timely and accurate weather data, high resolution space-based mapping to construct 3-D images of battlefields; satellite communications for secure channels to coordinate airborne forces to time-sensitive targets. missile warning satellites to detect heat-sourcing and warn of missile threats, a near-real time missile warning communication system, and GPS satellites to provide precision navigation to air and ground forces and to direct more than 5,500 Joint Direct Attack Munitions to enemy targets.
American and Coalition forces remained in Iraq to support the fragile Iraqi Government for nearly nine years after the start of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. On 15 December 2011, “The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff observed the official end of the American military mission in Iraq. Precision navigation and timing, secure communications, missile warning, counterspace operations, and Earth observations intelligence provided by personnel assigned to Air Force Space Command ensured the success of joint operations during the campaign.
On 29 November 2004, Public Law 108-234 and Executive Order 13363 approved the Iraq Campaign Medal to recognize service members who served in the country of Iraq, the contiguous water area out to 12 nautical miles, and all air spaces above the land area of Iraq.