Aerospace Defense Center
| Aerospace Defense Center | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1980-1984 |
| Country | Peterson Air Force Base |
| Commanders | |
| 1979 December 1 - 1986 | James E. Hill |
| (1980) | James V. Hartinger |
The Aerospace Defense Center (ADC) was a unit of the
North American Aerospace Defense Command and Aerospace Defense Command (ADCOM).[1] The center included the Office of Astrodynamics (ADC/DO6)[2] and the Office of History.[3]
History
The center was formed as Aerospace Defense Command was being disestablished, and its other assets being transferred to
Air Force Space Command
in 1985.
After the Aerospace Defense Center was disestablished, aerospace defense history operations continued by the NORAD and
Air Force Space Command Office of History. The AFSPC command historian has been Mr. George W. Bradley, III since 1992.[1][6] A "Specialized Historical Document Collection" is in Peterson AFB Building 1470, and the Peterson Air and Space Museum has a library with historical Aerospace Defense documents.[7]
References
- ^ "Military Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ^ Hoots, Felix R; Roehrich, Ronald L. (31 December 1988) [December 1980]. Models for Propagation of NORAD Element Sets (PDF) (Report). Spacetrack Reports. Compiled by TS Kelso. Peterson AFB: Office of Astrodynamics, Aerospace Defense Center. Retrieved 19 July 2012. (cites "Hilton, C.G. and Kuhlman, J.R., “Mathematical Models for the Space Defense Center”, Philco-Ford Publication No. U-3871, 17—28, November 1966."
- Peterson Air Force Base: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original(PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ Eldredge, Maurice C., Major-ACSC student (April 1985). A Brief History of "ADTAC": The First Five Years (Report). Air Command and Staff College. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
On 21 September 1979, Major General John L. Piotrowski assumed the duty of Tactical Air Command Deputy Commander for Air Defense. (10:xxxi) General Piotrowski and his staff were initially stationed in the Chidlaw Building, Headquarters ADCOM, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "A History of US National Security Space Management and Organization".
- ^ "Mr. George W. Bradley III". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ^ "Historical document collection". Google.
Further reading
- ADC Historian (1979). History of ADCOM/ADC:1 January-31 December 1979 (Report).
- Del Papa, Dr. E. Michael; Warner, Mary P. (October 1987). A Historical Chronology of the Electronic Systems Division 1947-1986 (PDF) (Report). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- "A Moment in Time" (PDF). Space Observer. Colorado Springs Military Newspaper Group. 10 February 2005. Retrieved 19 July 2012.