This Briefing is Team Buckley The Story of Buckley AFB Kevin Hougen Aurora Chamber of Commerce 1
Named after 1st Lt John H. Buck Buckley WWI flier from Longmont, CO KIA 27 Sep 1918 Base History 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 Buck Buckley Modern History 1960 Renamed Buckley ANGB; run by Colorado Air National Guard 2000 Renamed Buckley AFB; run by 821 st Space Group 2001 460 th Air Base Wing activated as installation lead 2004 460 th Space Wing activated as installation lead A Rich and Heroic History With Strong Local Ties 2
Supports 84 Tenant Organizations Buckley AFB Today 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 Base Population (12,975) Military: 7,179 Civilian 2,150 Contractors 2,446 Dependents 1,200 International Partners Canada United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Economic Impact (FY13 data): $890,101,309 Million 3
Buckley s Big Six BG Samuel Mahaney Col Floyd Dunstan Air Reserve Personnel Center Col Chance Saltzman Host Unit 460 th Space Wing 140th Wing, COANG CAPT Craig Oldham Col Dan Wright Naval Operations Support Center Aerospace Data Facility--Colorado MAJ Ken Walsh Army Aviation Support Facility 4
460th Space Wing Roles Buckley AFB Host Wing Wing owns the base Landlord for tenant units Support of base personnel Security, emergency services Operational Space Wing Missile Warning Missile Defense Battlespace Awareness Technical Intelligence 5
460th Space Wing 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 6
Chains of Command Operational ADM Cecil Haney Organize, Train & Equip Gen William Shelton Lt Gen John Raymond Lt Gen John Raymond Col Dan Wright Col Dan Wright 7
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 8
Ballistic Missile Threats 1972 9
Ballistic Missile Threats Present 10
SBIRS Components DSP Space Segment GEO Ground Segment Mission Control Station (MCS) - Buckley AFB - Active Duty / Reserve - 2 SWS / 8 SWS HEO Interim Mission Control Station (IMCSB) - Boulder - Active Duty / Reserve - 2 SWS / 8 SWS Mission Control Station - Backup (MCS-B) - Schriever AFB - Active Duty / Reserve - 11 SWS / Det 1, 8SWS 11
8 th 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 SBIRS TFI Today AGRs and TRs fill vital HEO leadership, instructor, evaluator and operational crew positions ARC Association Strong Today Foundation for Tomorrow
SBIRS Block 10 delivered FY16 SBIRS TFI Tomorrow Consolidates all operations at Buckley AFB with backup at Schriever AFB 8 th 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
460 th 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 Total Force Vital to 460th Space Wing and SBIRS Mission 14
Buckley s Landmark