Yesterday’s Air Force: Cheyenne Mountain Published April 19, 2016 By Air Force TV FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- Since April 20, 1966, Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in Colorado has been protecting the skies over North America. The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is near Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and falls under Air Force Space Command. Yesterday's Air Force is a history and heritage featurette series profiling significant people and missions from the Air Force's past.