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460th Space Wing

Index 460th Space Wing

The 460th Space Wing is located at Buckley Air Force Base, east of Aurora, Colorado. [1]

78 relations: Aerospace, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Air Force Space Command, Air Transport Command, Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Augusto Severo International Airport, Aurora, Colorado, Buckley Air Force Base, Camp Patrick Henry, Cessna 310, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Daegu International Airport, Dakar, Defense Support Program, Delta IV Heavy, Dentistry, Douglas B-66 Destroyer, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Fairchild C-123 Provider, Foggia Airfield Complex, Fourteenth Air Force, French West Africa, Gallantry Cross (Vietnam), Georgia (U.S. state), Holloman Air Force Base, Homeland defense, I Bomber Command, II Bomber Command, Infrared, Kadena Air Base, Kirtland Air Force Base, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, New Mexico, North American Sabreliner, Optometry, Pacific Air Forces, Presidential Unit Citation (United States), Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Schmidt camera, Second Air Force, Seventh Air Force, South Valley Regional Airport, Space-Based Infrared System, Surveillance, Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Trinidad, ..., Unified combatant command, United States Air Force, United States Department of Homeland Security, Utah, Victory in Europe Day, Virginia, Waller Air Force Base, Yugoslavia, 12th Reconnaissance Squadron, 137th Space Warning Squadron, 140th Wing, 15th Attack Squadron, 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force, 16th Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 20th Intelligence Squadron, 2d Air Division, 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, 362d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron, 41st Electronic Combat Squadron, 432d Wing, 45th Reconnaissance Squadron, 516th Air Defense Group, 55th Fighter Wing, 760th Bombardment Squadron, 762d Bombardment Squadron, 763d Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron, 9th Combat Operations Squadron. Expand index (28 more) »

Aerospace

Aerospace is the human effort in science, engineering and business to fly in the atmosphere of Earth (aeronautics) and surrounding space (astronautics).

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Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

The Air Force Outstanding Unit Award is one of the unit awards of the United States Air Force.

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Air Force Space Command

Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), sometimes referred to informally as U.S. Space Command, is a major command of the United States Air Force, with its headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

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Air Transport Command

Air Transport Command (ATC) was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces.

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Army and Air Force Exchange Service

The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES, also referred to as The Exchange) is the retailer on U.S. Army and Air Force installations worldwide.

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Augusto Severo International Airport

Augusto Severo International Airport (Aeroporto Internacional Augusto Severo), formerly called Parnamirim Airport, was the airport that served Natal, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of Parnamirim.

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Aurora, Colorado

Aurora is a Home Rule Municipality in the U.S. state of Colorado, spanning Arapahoe and Adams counties, with the extreme southeastern portion of the city extending into Douglas County.

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Buckley Air Force Base

Buckley Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Aurora, Colorado, that was established by the U.S. Army in 1942.

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Camp Patrick Henry

Camp Patrick Henry is a decommissioned United States Army base which was located in Warwick County, Virginia.

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Cessna 310

The Cessna 310 is an American four-to-six-seat, low-wing, twin-engined monoplane produced by Cessna between 1954 and 1980.

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California.

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Daegu International Airport

Daegu International Airport (Hangul: 대구국제공항; Hanja: 大邱國際空港; Revised Romanization: Daegu Gukje Gonghang; McCune-Reischauer: Taegu Kukche Konghang) is the international airport covering southeast region of South Korea.

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Dakar

Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal.

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Defense Support Program

Supply support for what was known as the 1st Communications Squadron at Buckley Air National Guard Base in early 1970 was provided by Operating Location AB of the 4600/Supply Squadron and 2 personnel from Space Command.

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Delta IV Heavy

The Delta IV Heavy (Delta 9250H) is an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle, the largest type of the Delta IV family, and is the world's second highest-capacity rocket in operation, with a payload capacity half of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket.

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Dentistry

Dentistry is a branch of medicine that consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the oral cavity, commonly in the dentition but also the oral mucosa, and of adjacent and related structures and tissues, particularly in the maxillofacial (jaw and facial) area.

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Douglas B-66 Destroyer

The Douglas B-66 Destroyer was a United States Air Force light bomber based on the U.S. Navy's A-3 Skywarrior carrier-based heavy attack aircraft.

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner.

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Fairchild C-123 Provider

The Fairchild C-123 Provider is an American military transport aircraft designed by Chase Aircraft and subsequently built by Fairchild Aircraft for the United States Air Force.

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Foggia Airfield Complex

The Foggia Airfield Complex was a series of World War II military airfields located within a radius of Foggia, in the Province of Foggia, Italy.

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Fourteenth Air Force

The Fourteenth Air Force (14 AF; Air Forces Strategic) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Space Command (AFSPC).

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French West Africa

French West Africa (Afrique occidentale française, AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and Niger.

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Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)

The Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross also known as the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross or Vietnam Cross of Gallantry (Anh Dũng Bội Tinh) is a military decoration of the former Government of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam).

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Holloman Air Force Base

Holloman Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located six miles (10 km) southwest of the central business district of Alamogordo, and a census-designated place in Otero County, New Mexico, United States.

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Homeland defense

Homeland defense (HD) is the protection of a territory, sovereignty, domestic population, and critical infrastructure against external threats and aggression.

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I Bomber Command

The I Bomber Command (later XX Bomber Command) was an intermediate command of the Army Air Forces during World War II.

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II Bomber Command

The II Bomber Command is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit.

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Infrared

Infrared radiation (IR) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with longer wavelengths than those of visible light, and is therefore generally invisible to the human eye (although IR at wavelengths up to 1050 nm from specially pulsed lasers can be seen by humans under certain conditions). It is sometimes called infrared light.

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Kadena Air Base

, (IATA: DNA, ICAO: RODN) is a United States Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Kirtland Air Force Base

Kirtland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in the southeast quadrant of the Albuquerque, New Mexico urban area, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport.

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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft.

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McDonnell F-101 Voodoo

The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was a supersonic jet fighter which served the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).

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Mediterranean Theater of Operations

The Mediterranean Theater of Operations, United States Army (MTOUSA), originally called the North African Theater of Operations (NATOUSA), was the American term for the theater of operations covering North Africa and Italy during World War II.

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Natal, Rio Grande do Norte

Natal ("Christmas") is the capital and largest city of the state Rio Grande do Norte, located in northeastern Brazil.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo México, Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern Region of the United States of America.

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North American Sabreliner

The North American Sabreliner, later sold as the Rockwell Sabreliner, is an American mid-sized business jet developed by North American Aviation.

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Optometry

Optometry is a health care profession which involves examining the eyes and applicable visual systems for defects or abnormalities as well as the medical diagnosis and management of eye disease.

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Pacific Air Forces

Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force and is also the air component command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM).

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Presidential Unit Citation (United States)

The Presidential Unit Citation (PUC), originally called the Distinguished Unit Citation, is awarded to units of the Uniformed services of the United States, and those of allied countries, for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy on or after 7 December 1941 (the date of the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the start of American involvement in World War II).

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Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport

Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport is a public and military use airport owned by the City of Savannah and managed by the Savannah Airport Commission.

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Schmidt camera

A Schmidt camera, also referred to as the Schmidt telescope, is a catadioptric astrophotographic telescope designed to provide wide fields of view with limited aberrations.

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Second Air Force

The Second Air Force (2 AF; 2d Air Force in 1942) is a USAF numbered air force responsible for conducting basic military and technical training for Air Force enlisted members and non-flying officers.

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Seventh Air Force

United States Air Forces Korea and USAFK redirect here. The Seventh Air Force (Air Forces Korea) (7 AF) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF).

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South Valley Regional Airport

South Valley Regional Airport is a public airport located in West Jordan, seven miles (11 km) southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Space-Based Infrared System

The Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) is a consolidated system intended to meet the United States' infrared space surveillance needs through the first two to three decades of the 21st century.

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Surveillance

Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior, activities, or other changing information for the purpose of influencing, managing, directing, or protecting people.

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Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base

Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base (TRTAFB) is a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) facility in central Thailand, approximately 144 miles (240 km) northwest of Bangkok in Takhli District, Nakhon Sawan Province.

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Tan Son Nhut Air Base

Tan Son Nhut Air Base (Căn cứ không quân Tân Sơn Nhứt) (1955–1975) was a Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) facility.

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Trinidad

Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago.

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Unified combatant command

A unified combatant command (UCC) is a United States Department of Defense command that is composed of forces from at least two Military Departments and has a broad and continuing mission.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Department of Homeland Security

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a cabinet department of the United States federal government with responsibilities in public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.

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Utah

Utah is a state in the western United States.

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Victory in Europe Day

Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day, celebrated on May 8, 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Waller Air Force Base

Waller Air Force Base is a former United States Army Air Forces World War II air base located in northeastern Trinidad.

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Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija/Југославија; Jugoslavija; Југославија; Pannonian Rusyn: Югославия, transcr. Juhoslavija)Jugosllavia; Jugoszlávia; Juhoslávia; Iugoslavia; Jugoslávie; Iugoslavia; Yugoslavya; Югославия, transcr. Jugoslavija.

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12th Reconnaissance Squadron

The 12th Reconnaissance Squadron is a United States Air Force squadron, assigned to the 69th Reconnaissance Group at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, and operates from Beale Air Force Base, California.

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137th Space Warning Squadron

The 233rd Space Group (233 SG) is a unit of the Colorado Air National Guard located at Greeley Air National Guard Station, Greeley.

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140th Wing

The 140th Wing (140 WG) is a unit of the Colorado Air National Guard, stationed at Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colorado.

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15th Attack Squadron

15th Attack Squadron flies General Atomics MQ-1 Predator Unmanned aerial vehicles and is stationed at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada.

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15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force

The Fifteenth Expeditionary Mobility Task Force (15 ETF) was one of two ETFs assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC) and was headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, California.

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16th Airborne Command and Control Squadron

The 16th Airborne Command and Control Squadron is a unit of Air Combat Command of the United States Air Force, and flies the Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS.

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20th Intelligence Squadron

The 20th Intelligence Squadron is a United States Air Force unit, assigned to the National Air Intelligence Center, stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

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2d Air Division

The 2d Air Division (2d AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron

The 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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362d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron

The 362d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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41st Electronic Combat Squadron

The 41st Electronic Combat Squadron is a United States Air Force unit.

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432d Wing

The 432d Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command, stationed at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada.

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45th Reconnaissance Squadron

The 45th Reconnaissance Squadron is a United States Air Force unit.

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516th Air Defense Group

The 516th Air Defense Group is a disbanded United States Air Force organization.

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55th Fighter Wing

The 55th Fighter Wing is a disbanded unit of the United States Air Force, last stationed at Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio.

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760th Bombardment Squadron

The 760th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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762d Bombardment Squadron

The 762d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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763d Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron

The 763d Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit.

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970th Airborne Air Control Squadron

The 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron (970 AACS) is part of the 513th Air Control Group at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

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9th Combat Operations Squadron

The United States Air Force's 9th Combat Operations Squadron (9 COS), previously known as the 9th Space Operations Squadron (9 SOPS), is a Air Force Reserve Command space operations unit located at Vandenberg AFB, California.

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Redirects here:

460 SW, 460th Air Base Wing, 460th Bombardment Group, 460th Space Wing (United States), 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/460th_Space_Wing

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