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RMRNCR8P–1984 - The Command Post of the North American Air Defense (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Computer-generated images are projected on two large display screens.
RMHE1X79–The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a military installation and nuclear bunker located at the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in Colorado Springs, Colorado. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RM2M890RW–Two airmen use a rowboat for an inspection of an artesian well beneath the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RMHE1W5X–The Cheyenne Mountain Complex has six generators to utilize as backup for the mountain's power. The six generators can power up to 500 kilowatts, enough power to sustain 5,000 homes. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RMM3T1DT–The two 23-ton blast doors at the entrance inside the Cheyenne Mountain Complex are made of steel and can take up to 20 seconds to close with the assistance of hydraulics. If the hydraulics were to fail, the military guards stationed in the tunnel can close the doors in 40 seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee) 160107-F-NL936-445 by AirmanMagazine
RMHE1X7A–Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a military installation and nuclear bunker located at the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in Colorado Springs, Colorado. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RMHEA23Y–The power plant inside the North American Air Defense (NORAD) Space Command Cheyenne Mountain Complex.
RM2B314N7–Generals Latiff, Myers and Ryan outside the Cheyenne Mountain Complex tunnel entrance.
RMM3T1F0–The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a military installation and nuclear bunker located at the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee) 160107-F-NL936-285 by AirmanMagazine
RMHRF88W–Defensive Springs in NORAD's Headquarters
RM2M8NJ80–Tunnel entrance to the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, Colorado. State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2HTN8G7–PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Space Force Tech. Sgt. Jonathan L. Thornton, 5th Space Control Squadron flight chief, reloads his custom built rifle during a shooting competition at Cheyenne Mountain Shooting Complex, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Feb. 12, 2022. Throughout three separate deployments, Thornton used the extra earnings to save money to modify his shooting gear to sharpen his accuracy during competitions. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Fontenot)
RM2M81YR9–The entrance to the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2RTY85N–Colorado Springs, Colorado c. 1966 These gigantic blast doors protect the operations center at the North American Air Defense Command. They weigh 30 tons, and can be closed in 30 seconds
RM2M890T6–Colonel Smith stands by the road near the entrance tunnel of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RF2PHN4TC–United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado travel landmark vector illustration
RMRNCRCE–1984 - The command Post of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Computer generated images are projected on two large display screens.
RMHE1X74–The Cheyenne Mountain Complex houses more than a dozen government and Department of Defense agencies. About 350 people work inside the bunker during the day, with about 170 who stay overnight. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RMHE1X70–Tech. Sgts. Alex Gaviria and Sarah Haydon, both senior system controllers, answer phone calls inside the 721st Communications Squadron Systems Center in the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. The systems center monitors around the world for support and missile warning. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RMM3T1EY–The Cheyenne Mountain Complex houses more than a dozen government and Department of Defense agencies. About 350 people work inside the bunker during the day, with about 170 who stay overnight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee) 160107-F-NL936-793 by AirmanMagazine
RMHE1X76–The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a military installation and nuclear bunker located at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The mountain itself is about 9,500 feet tall, and the tunnel entrance sits about 2,000 feet from the top. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RMPKF6BE–Lt. Col. Adam Fisher explains the mission of the 14th Test Squadron to spouses and significant others prior to their tour inside the Cheyenne Mountain Complex near Colorado Springs, Colo. August 4, 2018.
RM2M890WJ–Two airmen work on the water-handling system for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RF2PHMX50–United States, Wyoming, Cheyenne, travel landmark vector illustration
RM2BE1E2K–1984 - The Command Post of the North American Air Defense (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Computer-generated images are projected on two large display screens.
RMPF29JK–Senior Airman Ricardo Collie, a 721st Security Forces member, patrols the north gate of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex at Cheyenne Air Force Station, Colorado. Collie is one of many security layers to enter more than a mile inside a Colorado mountain to a complex of steel buildings that sit in caves. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee)
RMHE1X75–Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a military installation and nuclear bunker located at the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The mountain itself is about 9,500 feet tall, and the tunnel entrance sits about 2,000 feet from the top. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RM2WWNDXF–Service members chat in an office on Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, Colorado, Feb. 15, 2024. In May 2008, on the 50th anniversary of the North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement, the command center located within Cheyenne Mountain complex was officially re-designated as the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command alternate command center. Space Force
RMPKF6BH–Staff Sgt. Evan Gable explains how the Cheyenne Mountain Complex was built inside a mountain during the Cold War. Spouses and significant others from the 14th Test Squadron toured the secretive base August 4, 2018.
RM2MAXH87–U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, Commander, U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) presents a gift to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a tour of Cheyenne Mountain Complex, Colo., June 7, 2022. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
RM2M890T0–Officers monitor communications and command consoles in the command post of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2BE1E5E–1984 - The command Post of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Computer generated images are projected on two large display screens.
RMHE1X73–Two large screens light up the alternate command and control center in the Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado. On the left, airplane icons blot out most of the national map on the NORAD/NORTHCOM Battle Cab Traffic Situation Display and to the right is another screen that shows the Washington, D.C., area, called the Special Flight Restrictions Area. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RMHE1W62–Steven Rose Right, the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station deputy director, talks to Cheyenne Mountain Complex employees about the uniqueness of the mountain's fire department after holding a firefighting exercise in the basement of the complex. With no room to drive throughout the facility to reach the fires, firefighters have to run to them. With nowhere for fumes and smoke to go inside the mountain, the fire department has to coordinate with the station's civil engineers to turn on vents near the fire to funnel the smoke out. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RM2MAXH84–Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III visits with service members at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., June 7, 2022. Austin visited U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and the Cheyenne Mountain Complex with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Defence Anita Anand. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
RMPKF6BK–Spouses and significant others of the 14th Test Squadron before they entered the Cheyenne Mountain Complex near Colorado Springs, Colo. August 4, 2018. The secretive base is best known as a NORAD facility and has been featured in several movies and television shows.
RM2M890WE–Airmen examine a generating engine in the power plant of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RMHE1W5P–A Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station employee walks to the mountain's complex almost a mile to get to the blast doors and into the facility. From the mountain's north portal to its south portal s a 2-mile road through the mountain. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RM2MAXGPP–Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III visits with service members at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., June 7, 2022. Austin visited U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and the Cheyenne Mountain Complex with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Defence Anita Anand. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
RMT4FH35–Staff Sgt. Trapper (last name withheld), an intelligence analyst with the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, presents Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Kaleth O. Wright with a commemorative rock from the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 10, 2019. NORAD was established at the Cheyenne Mountain complex in 1958 before moving day-to-day operations to Peterson Air Force Base in 2006. Chief Wright spent the afternoon meeting Airmen assigned to the world's only joint and bi-national command responsible for protecting and d
RM2M890WC–An airman inspects battery connections in a physical plant area of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2M84JKK–Personnel from the 47th Information Services Group man the Cheyenne Mountain Tactical switch board in the Cheyenne Mountain complex near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown
RM2M81YRF–The System Control Division area at the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2M890W5–Two airmen look over some papers in the power plant control room of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2M81YRB–Air Force members work at the computer center at the North American Air Defense (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2M81GX9–Security police law enforcement specialist checks the identification of an Air Force LTC arriving in his automobile at the NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown
RM2M890RN–A diver inspects the grate covering an opening in the walls of an artesian well beneath the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2M81YRR–A technician monitors generator control panels in the power plant of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RMHE1W63–Steven Rose, the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station deputy director, walks throughout the Cheyenne Mountain Complex checking on employees and the units in the facility. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RM2MAXH72–Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canadian Minister of Defence Anita Anand visit Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., June 7, 2022. Austin, Anand and Trudeau visited U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
RMHE1X71–2nd Lt. Holden Lanier answers a phone call inside the 721st Communications Squadron Systems Center in the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Lanier is the systems center crew commander. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RMPWRY3W–CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AIR FORCE STATION, Colo. - Karen Pence, second lady of the United States, tours Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colo., June 23, 2017. Pence visited various areas of the complex including the indoor gym, medical facility and the mechanical room.
RMHE1X6P–Several hydraulic rods help lock down the two 23-ton blast doors at the entrance inside of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. The blast doors are shaped like plugs, meaning any blast would tighten their seal during an attack. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RMHE1W65–The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a military installation and nuclear bunker located in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station. The mountain itself is about 9,500 feet tall, and the tunnel entrance sits about 2,000 feet from the top. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RMHE1X6R–The two 23-ton blast doors at the entrance inside the Cheyenne Mountain Complex are made of steel and can take up to 20 seconds to close with the assistance of hydraulics. If the hydraulics were to fail, the military guards stationed in the tunnel can close the doors in 40 seconds. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RMHE1X7B–Senior Airman Ricardo Collie, a 721st Security Forces member, patrols the north gate of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex at Cheyenne Air Force Station, Colorado. Collie is one of many security layers to enter more than a mile inside a Colorado mountain to a complex of steel buildings that sit in caves. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RMHE1X6T–Lt. Gen Daniel R. Hokanson, the U.S. North Command deputy commander, and his staff walk into the Cheyenne Mountain Complex at Cheyenne Air Station, Colorado. Two thousand feet below the surface, buildings made of battleship steel sit on springs isolating them from earthquakes that could company a nuclear blast outside. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RMHE1W5Y–Steven Rose left, the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station deputy director, and the safety chief walk through the Cheyenne Mountain Complex's generator room on their way to the facility's underground reservoirs. The Cheyenne Mountain Complex has six generators to utilize as backup for the mountain's power. The six generators can power up to 500 kilowatts, enough power to sustain 5,000 homes. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RM2M81YW4–The Command Post of the North American Air Defense (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Computer-generated images are projected on two large display screens. Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2MAXH7G–Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrive at U.S. Northern Command headquarters Colo., June 7, 2022. Austin visited U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and the Cheyenne Mountain Complex with Trudeau and Canadian Minister of Defence Anita Anand. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
RMHE1W60–The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a military installation and nuclear bunker located at the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Its entrance is equipped with two 23-ton blast doors and the mountain has a facility with 15 buildings that rest on more than 1,300 springs, 18 inches from the mountainÕs rock walls so they could move independently in the event of a nuclear blast or earthquake. /Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee
RM2M81YW8–A sign at the entrance to Peterson Air Force Base, home of the US Air Force Space Command and the North America Air Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2MAXH7X–Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III visits with service members at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., June 7, 2022. Austin visited U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and the Cheyenne Mountain Complex with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Defence Anita Anand. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
RM2M81YTM–The command Post of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Computer generated images are projected on two large display screens. Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2MAXGR4–Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III visits with service members at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., June 7, 2022. Austin visited U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and the Cheyenne Mountain Complex with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Defence Anita Anand. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
RM2M81YTC–The Command Post of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Computer generated images are projected on two large display screens. Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2MAXH86–U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, Commander, U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canadian Minister of Defence Anita Anand and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III tour Cheyenne Mountain Complex, Colo., June 7, 2022. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
RM2M81YRJ–Sergeant Anthony Bolden (1), alarm monitor, and SENIOR AIRMAN Stanley Walker, security controller, perform security duties at the North American Air Defense (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2M82Y7D–CAPT. Rick Chase, space intelligence officer, and Navy LT. CMDR. Gary Van Horn man the phones in the Space Defense Operations Center at the North American Air Defense (NORAD) Space Command Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Base: Cheyenne Mountain Complex State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2MAXH83–Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau conduct bilateral meetings at U.S. Northern Command headquarters Colo., June 7, 2022. Austin visited U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and the Cheyenne Mountain Complex with Trudeau and Canadian Minister of Defence Anita Anand. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
RM2M81YRD–A technician examines large coil springs that are used to support the underground steel buildings of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex. The springs are designed to absorb the shock of a nuclear blast. Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2M8NJ9E–US Ambassador to Canada Gordon Giffin (center) with US Air Force General Myers (left) and USAF Lieutenant General George Macdonald, Vice Commander, NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) (right) in front of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex tunnel entrance in Colorado. State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2M8NW9M–Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, Operations Center Commander, Brigadier General Robert Latiff (Left), stands with US Air Force CHIEF of STAFF, General Michael Ryan (Center), and USAF General Richard B. Myers, Commander in CHIEF, North American Aerospace Defense Command, outside the Cheyenne Mountain Complex tunnel entrance. Base: Cheyenne Mountain Complex State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2M8NK40–(Left to right) US Air Force Brigadier General Thomas L. Baptiste, Commander, Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, US Senator Mary Landrieu, Democrat from Louisiana, Senator Robert Smith, Republican from New Hampshire and USAF General Richard Myers, Commander in CHIEF, North American Aerospace Defense Command, stand in front of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex tunnel entrance. Base: Cheyenne Mountain Complex State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
RM2MAXGPG–Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., June 7, 2022. Austin visited U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and the Cheyenne Mountain Complex with Trudeau and Canadian Minister of Defence Anita Anand. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
RM2KPP486–Mr. Derek Chollet, Counselor of the U.S. State Department, visits the Cheyenne Mountain Complex during a visit to the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command headquarters on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Nov. 2, 2022. The leaders discussed Arctic regional security and areas for cooperation in support of the recently-released National Security Strategy and National Strategy for the Arctic Region.
RM2MAXMYK–Gen. Glen VanHerck, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, presents a commemorative piece of granite that was excavated to create the Cheyenne Mountain Complex at Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station to The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, June 7, 2022. The leadership teams joined to discuss the value of the bilateral relationship and importance of the defense partnership between the two nations. (Department of Defense photo by Thomas Paul)
RM2MAXN00–Gen. Glen VanHerck, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, presents a commemorative piece of granite that was excavated to create the Cheyenne Mountain Complex at Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station to The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, June 7, 2022. The leadership teams joined to discuss the value of the bilateral relationship and importance of the defense partnership between the two nations. (Department of Defense photo by Thomas Paul)
RM2MAXH7F–Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III is greeted by U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, Commander, U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., June 7, 2022. Austin visited U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and the Cheyenne Mountain Complex with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Defence Anita Anand. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
RM2MAXH77–Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, Commander, U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) greets Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., June 7, 2022. Austin visited U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and the Cheyenne Mountain Complex with Trudeau and Canadian Minister of Defence Anita Anand. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
RM2MAXH7Y–Canadian Minister of Defence Anita Anand, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, Commander, U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) render honors during the playing of their national anthems during a visit to U.S. Northern Command Headquarters, June 7, 2022. They also toured Cheyenne Mountain Complex during their visit to Colorado. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
RM2MAXH7M–Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, Commander, U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Canadian Minister of Defence Anita Anand visit Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., June 7, 2022. Austin, Anand, VanHerck along with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
RM2MAXNCT–The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, provides a statement to Canadian and U.S. media outlets at the entrance to the Cheyenne Mountain Complex at Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, Colorado, June 7, 2022. To the Prime Minister’s right is Gen. Glen VanHerck, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, and to his left is The Honourable Anita Anand, Canadian Minister of National Defence. The Prime Minister discussed the value of the bilateral relationship and importance of the defense partnership between the two nations, highlightin
RM2MAXMYD–Gen. Glen VanHerck, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command; The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada; Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, and The Honourable Anita Anand, Canadian Minister of National Defence, watch a demonstration of the closing and opening of the inner blast door to the entrance to the Cheyenne Mountain Complex at Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, Colorado, June 7, 2022. The mountain installation, operated by Space Base Delta 1, houses the NORAD and USNORTHCOM alternate joint operations center as well as more t
RM2MAXN0H–(From left to right) Steve Galayda, Space Base Delta 1 engineer, provides a walking tour of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex at Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station to The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, and Gen. Glen VanHerck, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command. The mountain installation, operated by Space Base Delta 1, houses the NORAD and USNORTHCOM alternate joint operations center as well as more than a dozen other government agencies. (Department of Defense photo by Thomas Paul)
RMJ4FMTT–Senior Airman Ricardo Collie, a 721st Security Forces member, patrols the north gate of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex at Cheyenne Air Force Station, Colorado. Collie is one of many security layers to enter more than a mile inside a Colorado mountain to a complex of steel buildings that sit in caves. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee)
RMHEA1Y1–Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, Operations Center Commander, Brigadier General Robert Latiff (Left), stands with US Air Force Chief of Staff, General Michael Ryan (Center), and USAF General Richard B. Myers, Commander in Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command, outside the Cheyenne Mountain Complex tunnel entrance.
RMM3T1F1–Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a military installation and nuclear bunker located at the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee) 160107-F-NL936-303 by AirmanMagazine
RMM3T1DX–2nd Lt. Holden Lanier answers a phone call inside the 721st Communications Squadron Systems Center in the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Lanier is the systems center crew commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee) 160107-F-NL936-062 by AirmanMagazine
RMM3T1DN–Several hydraulic rods help lock down the two 23-ton blast doors at the entrance inside of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. The blast doors are shaped like plugs, meaning any blast would tighten their seal during an attack. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee) 160107-F-NL936-416
RMM3T1EX–Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a military installation and nuclear bunker located at the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The mountain itself is about 9,500 feet tall, and the tunnel entrance sits about 2,000 feet from the top. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee) 160107-F-NL936-763 by AirmanMagazine
RMM3T1F3–Senior Airman Ricardo Collie, a 721st Security Forces member, patrols the north gate of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex at Cheyenne Air Force Station, Colorado. Collie is one of many security layers to enter more than a mile inside a Colorado mountain to a complex of steel buildings that sit in caves. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee) 160107-F-NL936-365
RMM3T1FF–Steven Rose (left), the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station deputy director, and the safety chief walk through the Cheyenne Mountain Complex's generator room on their way to the facility's underground reservoirs. The Cheyenne Mountain Complex has six generators to utilize as backup for the mountain's power. The six generators can power up to 500 kilowatts, enough power to sustain 5,000 homes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee) 160111-F-NL936-211 by AirmanMagazine
RMM3T1FG–The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a military installation and nuclear bunker located at the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Its entrance is equipped with two 23-ton blast doors and the mountain has a facility with 15 buildings that rest on more than 1,300 springs, 18 inches from the mountainÕs rock walls so they could move independently in the event of a nuclear blast or earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee) 160111-F-NL936-248
RM2WWNG6M–Three service members load equipment onto a cargo elevator on Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, Colorado, Feb. 15, 2024. Cheyenne Mountain SFS is located approximately 2,000 feet underground, and the complex is three stories tall. Space Force
RM2WWNDH7–An employee of Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station finishes a meal on Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, Colorado, Feb. 15, 2024. Cheyenne Mountain SFS is located approximately 2,000 feet underground, and the complex is three stories tall. Space Force
RM2WWN9D0–From left, U.S. Space Force Spc. 3 Kanesha Price, 21st Communications Squadron systems controller, Capt. Amy Chronister, 21st CS flight commander, and Sgt. Roger Hartman, 21st CS senior systems controller, laugh and converse on Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, Colorado, Feb. 15, 2024. Cheyenne Mountain SFS boasts a complex size of approximately 5.1 acres. Space Force
RM2MJH1R2–FORT CARSON, Colo. — Maj. Gen. David M. Hodne, center, commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, Col. Sean M. Brown, right, commander, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Carson and Command Sgt. Maj. Adam Nash, senior enlisted leader, 4th Inf. Div. and Fort Carson, officially open a new firearm storage facility for Soldiers at Cheyenne Mountain Shooting Complex during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 29, 2022. (Photo by Scott Prater)
RMHFD1KY–090515-N-DB216-002.COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 15, 2009) Chief YeomanRobert Lewis reenlists aboard a temporary Navy Ship, 2000 feet underground in one of four Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station's 1.5 million gallon water reservoirs on May 15, 2009, with Navy Captain Stephen Lurch Thompson, Director of the Cheyenne Mountain Division serving as the presiding officer. CMAFS, located 7,200 feet above sea level in Colorado Springs, Colo., is an unusual assignment location for Navy personnel, and even more rare is that there are four water reservoirs inside the complex built in the 1960s and sti
RMHFD1M0–090515-N-DB216-008.COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 15, 2009) Chief YeomanRobert Lewis reenlists aboard a temporary Navy Ship, 2000 feet underground in one of four Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station's 1.5 million gallon water reservoirs on May 15, 2009, with Navy Captain Stephen Lurch Thompson, Director of the Cheyenne Mountain Division serving as the presiding officer. CMAFS, located 7,200 feet above sea level in Colorado Springs, Colo., is an unusual assignment location for Navy personnel, and even more rare is that there are four water reservoirs inside the complex built in the 1960s and sti