Inside NORAD’s Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center (c. 1966)
Flashbak has a collection of photos that offer an inside look at NORAD’s Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center as it looked in the mid-60s.
These display screens would display signs of air attack against Canada and the United States. By pushing buttons, the NORAD battle staff members can take an electronic look at the tracks of space satellites or aircraft, which are chartered on the display by computers. This is the nerve center which would give the first warning of attack, and the command post from which NORAD battle commanders would direct the defensive air battle.
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