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Cheyenne Mountain Norad

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6/28/2020

The base at cheyenne mountain was built in the 1960s as the headquarters for north american aerospace defense command or norad. While these service members typically work at paterson air force base they are now sequestered inside the cheyenne mountain complex which is a series of tunnels and bunkers literally bored into a mountain and able to survive a nuclear strike.

Rare Tour Given Of Military Operation Inside Cheyenne Mountain

Norad puts a crew into isolation as a preventative measure during the covid pandemic.

Cheyenne mountain norad. Norad cheyenne mountain complex january 20 1965. Part of the u s. Norad is a joint u s canadian military command tasked to keep a.

The cheyenne mountain facility became fully operational as the norad combat operations center on feb. Army s northern command in charge of homeland security is isolating at the cheyenne mountain bunker in colorado as the coronavirus spreads across the country. Cheyenne mountain is a triple peaked mountain in el paso county colorado southwest of downtown colorado springs.

Air force space command and u s. The mission was to watch for ballistic missile or air attacks against north america. It is a blast resistant radio antenna and the messages it picks up are channeled to the combat operations center hundreds of feet below and inside of the mountain.

The cheyenne mountain complex is a military installation and defensive bunker located in unincorporated el paso county next to the city of colorado springs which hosts the activities of several. Norad lookout high on the steep slopes of cheyenne mountain looking out over the eastern colorado plains is this single eyed structure. The bunker is a.

Over the years the installation came to house elements of the north american aerospace defense command norad u s. 14 the cheyenne mountain complex is a military installation and defensive bunker located in unincorporated el paso county colorado next to the city of colorado springs at the cheyenne mountain air force station a which hosts the activities of several tenant units. The mountain serves as a host for military communications recreational and residential functions.

Military personnel work at cheyenne mountain a cold war era facility built into a colorado mountain where a team of about 130 service members cloistered from their families and the broader. When the cheyenne mountain facility opened in the late 1960s it was the norad combat operations center.

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