Відео

At the end of the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force targeted several key Strategic Air Command (SAC) bases for closure. Note: This video only shows SAC Bases that were closed immediately after the Cold War ended, and SAC was deactivated.

Atmospheric Testing of Nuclear Weapons - Kiloton Weapons Versus Megaton Weapons. The yield of a nuclear weapon is often identified as being in the kiloton or megaton range. But what exactly does that mean, and what does it look like?

This Presentation is dedicated to the men of the 3080th Aviation Depot Group, and to all the "Silent Peacekeepers" who served in the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project. This Presentation is about men who had a job to do and did it exceptionally well. The job held a terrible responsibility, one that teetered on mankind’s very existence. These men truly are unsung heroes of the Cold War. This n...

Caribou Air Force Station was located in the northeast tip of Maine, only a few miles from the border that separates the Province of New Brunswick, Canada, and the State of Maine. Caribou Air Force Station was operated from 1952 - 1962.

This program contains never-before-seen footage of 42nd Bombardment Wing, B-36 Aircraft, filmed on June 30, 1956. The B-36s portrayed in this program, were flown from Loring Air Force Base, Maine, to Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire, for that bases opening ceremony. Within months of this historical footage being filmed, the B-36 Aircraft assigned to Loring, departed, and were replaced by B-5...

Loring Air Force Base closed on September 30, 1994. It has now been 30 years since the base closed. Many buildings and structures are gone, and before long, many more.

Operation Chrome Dome was a United States Air Force Cold War-era mission from 1961 to 1968 in which B-52 strategic bomber aircraft armed with thermonuclear weapons remained on continuous airborne alert, flying routes that put them in positions to attack targets in the Soviet Union if they were ordered to do so.

At the northern-most end of the Ordnance Storage Area a unique facility was constructed in 1957. This facility was specifically designed for this site only. It was a "one-of-a-kind" facility constructed for the exclusive use of the Atomic Energy Commission and Sandia Corporation. This facility was used to evaluate the environmental effects of cold weather on nuclear weapons.

America's Nike bases were low profile, securely fenced and with perimeters patrolled. Many communities were unaware of the base's mission and the deadly hardware within. The veil of obscurity was dramatically pierced on May 22, 1958, when an accidental explosion of a Nike Ajax missile at Battery B Base (Site NY-53) detonated seven other missiles lined up in the base. Ten American servicemen and...

In October 1959, the 27th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was transferred from Griffiss Air Force Base, New York to Loring Air Force Base, Maine, where it assumed an Air Defense role flying F-106 Delta Darts, as part of the Bangor Air Defense Sector. On 22 October 1962, before President John F. Kennedy told Americans that missiles were in place in Cuba, the squadron dispersed one third of its forc...

This video is an excerpt from the film High Flight. This particular segment, pertains to Dow and Loring Air Force Bases.

A detailed look inside and out, of an operational B-36 Peacemaker. America's Largest Cold War Intercontinental Bomber.

On May 22, 1957, the U.S. Air Force had a Broken Arrow Nuclear Event, when a B-36 Bomber from Biggs Air Force Base in El Paso, Texas, dropped a Mark-17 Hydrogen Bomb, 4.5 miles south of Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For the complete story, click on the link below: ua-cam.com/video/p0gRHgwSGhE/v-deo.html

A Broken Arrow is defined as: “Any incident in which a nuclear weapon is lost, stolen or inadvertently detonated”. In March of 1956, a Broken Arrow occurred at Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine. Earlier that same month, the neighboring Caribou Air Force Station had received a request for permission to store Operational Suitability Test Weapons for the month of March. On March 19, 1956, ...

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds - Loring Air Force Base (1969)

NIKE - Defending Your Homeland

The AEC Records Office

Exploring "The Bank"

Exploring The Infamous "Vamp House"

Area 52 - Tonopah Test Range

Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Transuranic Elements At North River Depot

Nuclear Capsule Storage Structures

Nuclear Accident - East Loring Air Force Base?

Criticality Accidents

The "Vamp House" - East Loring Air Force Base

North Depot Activity - Site Yoke

Lake Mead Base - Site Love