Cost: $25, including the presentation; a $7 coupon toward a craft beer draft, Kombucha or other drink; a $10 contribution to the Cold War Museum; and special access to the Museum (next door) for event participants following the presentation. TICKETS AT THE DOOR, IF AVAILABLE, WILL BE $35.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE INSIDE AMERICA'S MOST IMPORTANT WARTIME
NUCLEAR COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTER OF THE COLD WAR?
ASK AN AIR FORCE OFFICER WHO WAS STATIONED THERE.
The Cold War Museum, in cooperation with Old Bust Head Brewing Company, invites you to attend a presentation by Col. Jeff Caton (USAF, Ret.) on
“War Games” for Real: A Look Inside Air, Missile, and Space Defense
Within Cheyenne Mountain
At the height of the Cold War in the late 1950s, the idea of a hardened command and control center was conceptualized as a defense against long-range Soviet bombers. The Army Corps of Engineers supervised the excavation of Cheyenne Mountain and the construction of an operational center within the granite mountain. The Cheyenne Mountain facility became fully operational as the NORAD Combat Operations Center on Feb. 6, 1967.
Over the years, the installation came to house elements of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Air Force Space Command and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM). Under what became known as the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center (CMOC), several centers supported the NORAD missions of aerospace warning and aerospace control and provided warning of ballistic missile or air attacks against North America. (Excerpt from official NORAD website.)
