Editing Ent Air Force Base (section)

===Ent Annex===

The [[9th Space Division|9th Aerospace Defense Division]] was activated at Ent Air Force Base on 15 July 1961. It was the
first large military space organization in the western world. The first Aerospace Surveillance and Control Squadron were assigned to the 9 ADD.{{r|NORAD History}}{{rp|18}}

The Air Defense Command's SPACETRACK Center and NORAD's [[Space Detection and Tracking System]] (SPADATS) Center merged to form the [[Space Defense Center]]. It was moved from Ent AFB to the newly completed Cheyenne Mountain Combat Operations Center and was activated on 3 September 1965.{{r|NORAD History}}{{rp|20}}

A Major General was assigned as the first Director of the Combat Operations Center as recommended by the Cheyenne Mountain Complex Task Force Study Report on 1 October 1965. This established a separate Battle Staff organization. The Director was responsible directly to CINCNORAD for tactical matters and the Joint Chiefs of
Staff for all others.{{r|NORAD History}}{{rp|20}} CINCNORAD transferred Combat Operations Center operations from Ent Air Force Base to Cheyenne Mountain and declared the 425L command and control system fully operational 20 April 1966. On 20 May 1966, the NORAD Attack Warning System became operational.{{r|NORAD History}}{{rp|20}} The Space Defense Center and the Combat Operations Center achieved Full Operational Capability on 6 February 1967. The total cost was $142.4 million.{{r|NORAD History}}{{rp|20}}

The Fourteenth Aerospace Force was activated on 1 Jul 1968, at Ent AFB, [[Colorado]]. It inherited the staff and mission of the 9th Aerospace Defense Division, which was discontinued. The First Aerospace Control Squadron was then reassigned to the 14th Aerospace Force.{{r|NORAD History}}{{rp|20}}

The Air Defense Command was re-designated as the Aerospace Defense Command on 15 January 1968. The Continental Air Defense Command and Aerospace Defense Command headquarters began consolidation and streamlining on 1 July 1973.{{r|Lineage}}{{efn|In 1972 a proposal was made for appropriation for the construction of a 9-hole golf course and snack bar on Ent Air Force Base, which was on Peterson Field (now Peterson Air Force Base).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.whs.mil/library/Legislative%20History/93-194_V2_730529_02.htm | title=Military Construction Appropriations, House of Representatives 93rd Congress, First Session, Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations | year=1974 | access-date=12 February 2015 }}</ref> The Silver Spruce Golf Course on the Peterson Air Force Base (east of the Ent Air Force Base) was built in 1973.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.petersonafbgolf.com/ | title=Home | publisher=Silver Spruce Golf Course, Peterson Air Force Base | access-date=13 February 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.petersonafbgolf.com/contact-us/directions/ | title=Directions | publisher=Silver Spruce Golf Course, Peterson Air Force Base | access-date=13 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213004749/http://www.petersonafbgolf.com/contact-us/directions/ | archive-date=13 February 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>}}

The [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] announced plans for cutbacks in air defense forces showing increasing emphasis on [[ballistic missile]] attack warning and decreasing emphasis on bomber defense on 4 February 1974. The Continental Air Defense Command de-established on 30 June 1974.{{r|Lineage}}