Bobcat9

May 29

blue bonnets

blue bonnets

May 27

Adoration

Adoration

Croquet

Croquet

Guaranteed Swahili

Guaranteed Swahili

May 26

sky

sky

Dave McGary

Dave McGary

The-Crib-Prefab

The-Crib-Prefab

Workshop-house

Workshop-house

[video]

[video]

May 23

[video]

Underground Command Post II - “A new visual display system, designed to expedite command and control of [SAC’s] far-flung retaliatory force, is in operation …. Large screens [present] information on weather conditions, force deployment, aircraft and missiles, plus a multitude of other operational data, can be projected on the screens as desired to aid the commander in chief and his battle staffing making vital decisions promptly and accurately. Incoming data from a nearby battery of computers that link SAC’s global network of bases can be processed and projected for viewing within 30 seconds.” Circa February 1961.

Underground Command Post II - “A new visual display system, designed to expedite command and control of [SAC’s] far-flung retaliatory force, is in operation …. Large screens [present] information on weather conditions, force deployment, aircraft and missiles, plus a multitude of other operational data, can be projected on the screens as desired to aid the commander in chief and his battle staffing making vital decisions promptly and accurately. Incoming data from a nearby battery of computers that link SAC’s global network of bases can be processed and projected for viewing within 30 seconds.” Circa February 1961.

Headquarters - “Nerve center of SAC’s global strike force is its headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska. The three-story administration building shown here is connected by underground ramps to a three-story control center buried 45 feet beneath the earth. On the roof of the central wing of the administration building is the ‘Snifter,’ an electronic device capable of detecting radioactivity within a 50 mile radius. … Detection of radioactivity would automatically set off an alarm in the underground control center and trigger a chain reaction to make the underground building completely independent of the outside world.” Circa December 1958.

Headquarters - “Nerve center of SAC’s global strike force is its headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska. The three-story administration building shown here is connected by underground ramps to a three-story control center buried 45 feet beneath the earth. On the roof of the central wing of the administration building is the ‘Snifter,’ an electronic device capable of detecting radioactivity within a 50 mile radius. … Detection of radioactivity would automatically set off an alarm in the underground control center and trigger a chain reaction to make the underground building completely independent of the outside world.” Circa December 1958.

Photo 5: “National Emergency Airborne Command Post internal configuration.” Caption from Department of Defense photograph, 5 April 1976

Photo 5: “National Emergency Airborne Command Post internal configuration.” Caption from Department of Defense photograph, 5 April 1976