Editing Ent Air Force Base (section)

{{short description|Former United States Air Force base in Colorado, United States}}
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{{Infobox military installation
|name=Ent Air Force Base
|ensign=Air Defense Command.svg
|ensign_size=80px
|partof=[[Air Defense Command]] (ADC)
|location= [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado|Colorado, USA]]
|coordinates= {{Coord|38|50|27|N|104|47|47|W|type:airport}}
|image= 1962 Ent Air Force Base.png
|image_size= 300px
|caption= Ent Air Force Base at E. Boulder (center to upper left) and N. Union Blvd (center to upper right). 
|type=Air Force Base
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* 1943–49: Colorado Springs Tent Camp
* 1951–75: Ent Air Force Base
* 1975–76: Ent Annex}}
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|controlledby=[[United States Air Force]]
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{{Location map+|Colorado|width=300|marksize=6|mark=Red_pog.svg
  |caption= The Ent Air Force Base (Blue) was one of several early [[Cold War]] military sites in the Colorado Springs area. It was {{convert|47|acres|ha|abbr=on}}.
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  {{Location map~|Colorado|lat_dir=N|lat_deg=38|lat_min=50|lon_dir=W|lon_deg=104|lon_min=48|position=top  |label=Ent                      |mark=Blue pog.svg |marksize=10}} 
  {{Location map~|Colorado|lat_dir=N|lat_deg=38|lat_min=49|lon_dir=W|lon_deg=104|lon_min=42|position=right|label=[[Peterson AFB|Peterson]] |mark=White pog.svg }} 
  {{Location map~|Colorado|lat_dir=N|lat_deg=38|lat_min=45|lon_dir=W|lon_deg=104|lon_min=51|position=bottom |label=[[Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker|Cheyenne.Mtn]] |mark=White pog.svg }} 
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'''Ent Air Force Base''' was a [[United States Air Force]] [[Military airbase|base]] located in the [[Knob Hill, Colorado|Knob Hill]] neighborhood of [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]. A tent city, established in 1943 during construction of the base, was initially commanded by Major General [[Uzal Girard Ent]] (1900–1948), for whom the base is named.{{r|Ent AF bio}}{{r|Gazette June 1943}} The base was opened in 1951.

From 1957 to 1963, the base was the site of [[North American Aerospace Defense Command]] (NORAD), which subsequently moved to the [[Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station]]. The base became the '''Ent Annex''' to the Cheyenne Mountain facility in 1975. The base was closed in 1976.{{r|Ent AF bio}} The site later became the location of the [[United States Olympic Training Center]], which was completed in July 1978.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-2728476.html |author1=Jim Bainbridge |author2=The Gazette |title=Springs history lives on in museums |newspaper=The Gazette |location=Colorado Springs, CO |date=19 May 2002 |access-date=11 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329174955/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-2728476.html |archive-date=29 March 2015 |url-status=dead }} and {{cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-2743601.html |author1=Jen Mulson |author2=The Gazette |title=A gold medal tourist stop |newspaper=The Gazette |location=Colorado Springs, CO |date=27 June 2003  |url-access= |access-date=11 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329174951/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-2743601.html |archive-date=29 March 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>