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Construction of NORAD Air Defense Command

  • Scene in Chamber A is a two-level jumbo drill rig, for the North American Air Defense Command in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1964. (AP Photo)
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    Construction of NORAD Air Defense Command

    Scene in Chamber A is a two-level jumbo drill rig, for the North American Air Defense Command in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1964. (AP Photo)
    AP Photo/NORAD
  • Workmen install a huge steel part of the mountings for the North American Air Defense Command in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Sept. 26,1964. ()
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    Construction of NORAD Air Defense Command

    Workmen install a huge steel part of the mountings for the North American Air Defense Command in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Sept. 26,1964. ()
    (AP Photo/NORAD)
  • Main entrance to NORAD's underground combat operations center in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, Spet. 26, 1964. The 1400-foot tunnel leads into the heart of the mountain where construction is in progress.
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    Construction of NORAD Air Defense Command

    Main entrance to NORAD's underground combat operations center in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, Spet. 26, 1964. The 1400-foot tunnel leads into the heart of the mountain where construction is in progress.
    AP Photo/NORAD
  • Workmen prepare to drill rock bolt holes on an elevated platform for the North American Air Defense Command in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1964.
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    Construction of NORAD Air Defense Command

    Workmen prepare to drill rock bolt holes on an elevated platform for the North American Air Defense Command in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1964.
    AP Photo/NORAD
  • Jumbo gantry used to install chain link mesh on roof of chambers for the North American Air Defense Command in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Sept. 26, 1964.
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    Construction of NORAD Air Defense Command

    Jumbo gantry used to install chain link mesh on roof of chambers for the North American Air Defense Command in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Sept. 26, 1964.
    AP Photo/NORAD
  • North American Air Defense Command underground Combat Operations Center under construction near Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 15, 1965.
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    Construction of NORAD Air Defense Command

    North American Air Defense Command underground Combat Operations Center under construction near Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 15, 1965.
    AP Photo/NORAD
  • One of the buildings under construction deep in the Cheyenne Mountain to house the North American Air Defense Command combat oprations center, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 24, 1965.
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    Construction of NORAD Air Defense Command

    One of the buildings under construction deep in the Cheyenne Mountain to house the North American Air Defense Command combat oprations center, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 24, 1965.
    AP Photo/NORAD
  • Typical corridor in the bomb-proof command post of the North American Air Defense Command under construction in the Cheyenne Mountain near Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 24, 1965.
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    Construction of NORAD Air Defense Command

    Typical corridor in the bomb-proof command post of the North American Air Defense Command under construction in the Cheyenne Mountain near Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 24, 1965.
    AP Photo/NORAD
  • Main entrance to NORAD's underground combat operations center's 1400-foot long access tunnel, under construction in Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Sprigs, Co., 1966.
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    Construction of NORAD Air Defense Command

    Main entrance to NORAD's underground combat operations center's 1400-foot long access tunnel, under construction in Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Sprigs, Co., 1966.
    AP Photo/NORAD
Scene in Chamber A is a two-level jumbo drill rig, for the North American Air Defense Command in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1964. (AP Photo)
Workmen install a huge steel part of the mountings for the North American Air Defense Command in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Sept. 26,1964. ()
Main entrance to NORAD's underground combat operations center in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, Spet. 26, 1964. The 1400-foot tunnel leads into the heart of the mountain where construction is in progress.
Workmen prepare to drill rock bolt holes on an elevated platform for the North American Air Defense Command in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1964.
Jumbo gantry used to install chain link mesh on roof of chambers for the North American Air Defense Command in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Sept. 26, 1964.
North American Air Defense Command underground Combat Operations Center under construction near Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 15, 1965.
One of the buildings under construction deep in the Cheyenne Mountain to house the North American Air Defense Command combat oprations center, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 24, 1965.
Typical corridor in the bomb-proof command post of the North American Air Defense Command under construction in the Cheyenne Mountain near Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 24, 1965.
Main entrance to NORAD's underground combat operations center's 1400-foot long access tunnel, under construction in Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Sprigs, Co., 1966.


North American Air Defense Command underground Combat Operations Center is a Nuclear War hardened installation near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The installation takes up about 5 acres, tunneled into part of the Cheyenne Mountain massif, and was designed for a 30 megaton nuclear explosion within 1.2 mile radius. The excavation work for the construction started in 1962, and full operational capability was achieved in July, 1966.