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Peterson Air Force BasePeterson Air Force Base (Peterson AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force located in El Paso County, Colorado near Colorado Springs. It was established on May 6, 1942 at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport. It was renamed on December 13, 1942 from Colorado Springs Army Air Base to Peterson Army Air Base in honor of a fallen airman that lost his life in an aircraft crash on the base.External links
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