Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station

Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station (CMAFS) at the Rocky Mountains' Front Range is 1 of 4 military installations in the region of Colorado Springs, Colorado (cf. Fort Carson, Peterson AFB, Schriever AFB, USAFA). Near the west of the station are the Cheyenne Mountain antenna farm on the private summit and Pike National Forest farther west (104° 52' West longitude) which has the USGS-defined Cheyenne Mountain summit.

Structures outside of the nuclear bunker include the parking lots and roads, a heliport 38.74139°N, -104.83417°W, and buildings such as a racquetball facility, the fire station (38.74139°N, -104.83417°W), and both the portals for the blast tunnel. A military gate limits NORAD Road usage from the Colorado State Highway 115 interchange, and perimeter signs have warnings, e.g., for state park hikers (a state park road intersects with NORAD Road). A fence with warning signs extends on the west side near the Robber's Roost summit.

History
The installation was construction for NORAD's Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker at the site. After formation of Space Command in 1982, base services (civil engineering, recreation, etc.) were provided by Air Force Space Command units as part of the "Peterson Complex". The entire installation at Cheyenne Mountain was designated an Air Force Base ("Cheyenne Mountain AFB") by September 1991 and an Air Station ("Cheyenne Mountain AS") by February 1995.

By 2002 the installation was named "Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station". The Combat Operations Center was placed on "warm standby" by 2008 and in 2011, the fire station building was added to the GNIS.

Units
In addition to ADCOM, NORAD, U.S. Space Command, Foreign Technology Division, and Air Force Systems Command units that have been stationed within the nuclear bunker, CMAFS support units with offices and/or facilities outside of the bunker have included:


 * 721st Civil Engineering Squadron (tbd-2004, "re-activated" July 17, 2012)
 * Cheyenne Mountain NORAD Air Force Station Fire Department [sic]