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DOCUMENT Full-Text John F. Hoffecker. Mandy Whorton.

This report presents an inventory of historic properties of the Cold War Era on installations of the 21st Space Wing, Air Force Space Command (21 SW). This overview outlines the major political and military events of the previous half-century, with special emphasis on developments directly related to the 21 SW mission. This report begins with a brief overview of the Cold War Era to provide a general historic context for the inventory of 21 SW properties (Section 2). A comprehensive inventory of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John F. Hoffecker. Mandy Whorton.

This draft report presents an inventory of historic properties of the Cold War Era on installations of the 21st Space Wing (U.S. Air Force Space Command). Although the 21st Space Wing was not activated until 1992, after the end of the Cold War, all of the wing installations contain facilities dating to the Cold War Era. These installation's include six geographically separate units (GSUs) widely distributed across North America (which were the primary focus of this Cold War inventory) and a...