Eric Lutzens, The Denver Post

Major Jordan Wilkie a pilot from the 140th Wing Colorado Air National Guard loads into his F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft before departing from Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora on May 6, 2020.

By Quincy Snowdon | Special to The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: July 25, 2021 at 9:34 a.m. | UPDATED: July 25, 2021 at 12:21 p.m.

Buckley Space Force Base prepares for the next frontier

There could be even more people within Buckley’s borders in the years to come depending on what shakes out with the shifting tides of military politics