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Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station (CMAFS) is located within Cheyenne Mountain on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Cheyenne Mountain Complex was first built for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). ==Background== The center for the United States Space Command and NORAD monitored the air space of Canada and the United States through a world-wide system for missiles, space systems, and foreign aircraft as part of an early-warning system. The operations center was moved from an above-ground facility, vulnerable to attack, to the "granite shielded security" within Cheyenne Mountain during the Cold War. The complex was built in the mid-1960s, began operations in 1966, and NORAD's Combat Operation Center was fully operational on February 6, 1967.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Cheyenne Mountain Complex )〕 It has its own power plant, heating and cooling system, and water supply. It was built under of granite on five acres. Structures outside of the military complex include the parking lots and roads, a heliport, and the fire station. Outdoor facilities include Mountain Man Park, picnic areas, a raquetball facility, softball field, sand volleyball, basketball, a putting green, and horseshoes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Peterson Air Force Support Squadron: CMAFS )〕 There is a fitness center inside and outside the mountain. The portals for the blast tunnel are entered off the parking lot. A military gate limits NORAD Road usage from the State Highway 115 interchange. The military complex has included many units of NORAD, U.S. Space Command, Aerospace Defense Command (ADCOM), Air Force Systems Command, Air Weather Service, and Federal Emergency Management (FEMA). The complex's communication center is also used by the nearby U.S. Civil Defense Warning Center. The station has an exercise, weights, and cardio gym that is open 24 hours a day. Everything that orbits the earth, including deep-space debris, is monitored by the United States Space Surveillance Network, based in Dahlgren, Virginia, and using Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) technology, located in New Mexico, Hawaii, and Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Information gathered from around the world is processed by computers and displayed on maps of North America and the world at Peterson Air Force Base. It monitors launched missiles, satellite orbital paths, and aircraft flight paths through its early-warning system. National and military leaders are notified of missile attacks, whether incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles or short-range tactical missiles, into North American air space or in conflict areas, like the countries involved in or impacted by the Gulf War. Defense Support Programs (DSP) early warning and satellite systems report to NORAD and Space Command, located in the Peterson Air Force Base. The DSP satellites use infrared sensors to detect heat emitted from missiles and booster plumes, now fine-tuned to gather information about short-range missiles. Information is then fed to world-wide operations centers and agencies. Air Force Space Command units are under the command of the Peterson Air Force Base. The Combat Operations Center was placed on "warm standby" by 2008. Colorado Springs has a number of military installations. The others are Fort Carson, Peterson Air Force Base, the United States Air Force Academy. and Schriever Air Force Base. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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