Places: Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado
First published January 26, 2025 Permanent Installation Number 1374, Installation Location Code, GBUZ, Latitude 38-50-24, Longitude 104-47-51 The former Ent Air Force Base (AFB) is now the United States Olympic Training Center. Ent had its start in 1943 as Headquarters Second Air Force; by the time the base transferred from the Army to the Air Force in 1948 it was called Headquarters Fifteenth Air Force. It was designated Ent AFB on June 10, 1949, and the designating order called it the former Colorado Springs Tent Camp. Ent AFB was inactive from December 1949 to January 1951, and then remained active until 1975. The Combat Operations Center was moved from Ent's Building 4 into the Cheyenne Mountain complex. Ent AFB was then assigned to Peterson AFB, and may have been known as Ent Annex. A Department of the Air Force order shows the transfer of Ent AFB from Air Defense Command to Strategic Air Command on October 1, 1979; and an Air Force Space Command order shows Ent AFB disposed of on December 12, 1990. Building numbers and uses listed below are from a 1965 base guide. I visited the former Ent AFB in May 2002, and in September and November 2010. Building 4, Combat Operations Center
Building 4, Combat Operations Center
Building 4, Combat Operations Center
Building 4, Combat Operations Center
Building 4, Combat Operations Center East Annex (pre-war civilian building)
Building 4, Combat Operations Center East Annex (pre-war civilian building)
Building 4, Combat Operations Center East Annex (pre-war civilian building)
Building 4, Combat Operations Center (post-1965 addition)
Building 4, Combat Operations Center (post-1965 addition)
Building 4, Combat Operations Center (post-1965 addition)
Building 4, Combat Operations Center (post-1965 addition) Building 5, North American Air Defense Command Headquarters
Building 5, North American Air Defense Command Headquarters
Building 5, North American Air Defense Command Headquarters
Building 5, North American Air Defense Command Headquarters
Building 5, North American Air Defense Command Headquarters Building 14, Dining Hall
Building 14, Dining Hall
Building 14, Dining Hall
Building 14, Dining Hall Building 16, Legal Office (built during WWII)
Building 16, Legal Office (built during WWII)
Building 16, Legal Office (built during WWII) Building 23, Base Communications
Building 23, Base Communications
Building 23, Base Communications
Building 23, Base Communications
Building 23, Base Communications
Building 23, Base Communications Building 30, Headquarters Section, 4600th Air Base Wing (built during WWII)
Building 30, Headquarters Section, 4600th Air Base Wing (built during WWII)
Building 30, Headquarters Section, 4600th Air Base Wing (built during WWII) Building 32, Base Finance (built during WWII)
Building 32, Base Finance (built during WWII)
Building 32, Base Finance (built during WWII)
Building 32, Base Finance (built during WWII)
Building 32, Base Finance (built during WWII) Building 83, Dormitory
Building 83, Dormitory Building 87, Dormitory
Building 87, Dormitory
Updated January 26, 2025
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