Today I Learned: The United States Space Force Is in Control of Cheyenne Mountain
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Space Force has been around since the 70's. It's located here at Buckley AFB in Aurora Colorado. Has been for years
Maybe. But it wasn't officially acknowledged or founded until the 20th of December 2019.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Space_Force
I think it was a branch of the Air Force before that
The history is detailed in that link.
Agreed. The colors coming off the launches at Vandenberg was quite a sight when I was young. Very isolated base as well