Continental Air Defense Command
Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) was "activated in Colorado Springs" after the Joint Chiefs of Staff agreed to establish a "joint service command for air defense". CONAD had "control of Air Force Air Defense Command forces, Army Anti-Aircraft Command forces, and Naval air defense forces" on September 1, 1954 (CONAD and ADC formally separated in 1956). Ent AFB had a golf course by 1954 (sold c. 1977 to the city), and the Ent Gun Club had sanctioned trapshoots by 1958 (Ent hosted the 1974 Armed Forces Skeet Championship.)
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