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Buckley Space Force Base
Aurora, Colorado in the United States
Radomes protecting satellite dishes and other space operations equipment at Buckley Space Force Base
Radomes protecting satellite dishes and other space operations equipment at Buckley Space Force Base
Emblem of Space Base Delta 2
Buckley SFB is located in Colorado
Buckley SFB
Buckley SFB
Buckley SFB is located in the United States
Buckley SFB
Buckley SFB
Coordinates39°42′06″N 104°45′06″W / 39.70167°N 104.75167°W / 39.70167; -104.75167 (Buckley SFB)
TypeUS Space Force Base
Site information
OwnerDepartment of Defense
OperatorUnited States Space Force
Controlled bySpace Operations Command
Websitewww.buckley.spaceforce.mil
Site history
Built1938 (1938) (as Demolition Bombing Range–Lowry Auxiliary Field)
In use1938 – present
Garrison information
Current
commander
Colonel Marcus D. Jackson
GarrisonBuckley Garrison
Occupants
  • Space Delta 4
  • Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado
  • 140th Wing
  • Air Reserve Personnel Center
  • Navy Operational Support Center–Denver
  • Army Aviation Support Facility
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: BFK, ICAO: KBKF, FAA LID: BKF, WMO: 724695
Elevation1,726.1 metres (5,663 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
14/32 3,354.7 metres (11,006 ft) PEM
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Buckley Space Force Base (IATA: BFK, ICAO: KBKF, FAA LID: BKF) is a United States Space Force base in Aurora, Colorado named after United States Army Air Service First Lieutenant John Harold Buckley. The base is run by Space Base Delta 2, with major units including the U.S. Space Force's Space Delta 4 (flies the Defense Support Program and Space-Based Infrared System constellations from Buckley SFB and commands the Space Force's missile warning forces), the Colorado Air National Guard's 140th Wing (flies the F-16C Fighting Falcon), the Denver Naval Operations Support Center, and the National Reconnaissance Office's Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado.

Buckley was established in 1938 by the United States Army Air Corps as Demolition Bombing Range–Lowry Auxiliary Field, before being renamed Buckley Field in 1941, serving as a training base. In 1947, it became Naval Air Station Denver, serving as a reserve air station for the U.S. Navy. In 1961 it became Buckley Air National Guard Base, and had its first space mission in 1969. In 2000, it became Buckley Air Force Base under Air Force Space Command, before assuming its current name of Buckley Space Force Base in 2021.

  1. ^ "Airport Diagram – Buckley AFB (KBKF)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.

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