Magic Mountain (bunker)
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Magic Mountain is the name of a bunker at RAF Alconbury
that was in use from 1989-1991. At the time it was built, it was designed to withstand a direct nuclear attack. It was built to ensure that the 17th Reconnaissance Wing would always have a command post for its TR-1A
aircraft. It was built with its own power plant, communications facilities, air supply, and decontamination facility. During its operation, it was officially known as Building 210.
Today, the facility has been refurbished with plans for it to be used as an emergency facility in the event of a natural disaster.
RAF Alconbury
RAF Alconbury is an active Royal Air Force station in Cambridgeshire, England. The airfield is adjacent to the Stukeleys [Great and Little] and located about northwest of Huntingdon; about north of London....
that was in use from 1989-1991. At the time it was built, it was designed to withstand a direct nuclear attack. It was built to ensure that the 17th Reconnaissance Wing would always have a command post for its TR-1A
TR-1A
TR-1A may refer to* A "tactical recon" variant of the US Lockheed U-2 spy plane* A variant of the Lyul'ka TR-1 1940's Soviet turbojet engine...
aircraft. It was built with its own power plant, communications facilities, air supply, and decontamination facility. During its operation, it was officially known as Building 210.
Today, the facility has been refurbished with plans for it to be used as an emergency facility in the event of a natural disaster.
See also
- The Notch The nickname of a bunker in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
state of MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
which would've helped ensure the operation of the Eighth Air ForceEighth Air ForceThe Eighth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command . It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana....
in the event of a nuclear attack. It was constructed about thirty years earlier than Magic Mountain.
External links
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33506583/ns/world_news-fall_of_the_berlin_wall_20_years_later
- http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1200