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See inside the NORAD Combat Operations Center, Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station

Posted at 3:04 PM, May 06, 2017
and last updated 2017-05-06 17:04:20-04

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- During the height of the Cold War in the late 1950s, the government decided to build a hardened command and control center as a defense against long-range Soviet bombers.

That facility was built inside Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs. Take a look inside by tapping on the photo below or by clicking here to access the gallery


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