Cheyenne Mountain became a symbol of American resolve as well as fear—the ultimate shelter. My tour of duty lasted three years (1985-1988), the specifics of which I’ve mostly forgotten.

A Cold War-era bunker deep inside a Colorado mountain has lost its most famous tenant, the North American Aerospace Defense Command's command center, but it's still home to some key national ...

America's nuclear bunker hit middle age Friday with a 50th birthday party that drew hundreds to the tunnel entrance at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station. Leaders said the 5-acre underground ...

Some of the watch teams are now working from Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, a Cold War-era bunker inside a nearby mountain. "Additionally, our personnel are operating in pre-determined ...

A nuclear bomb-proof bunker nestled inside a Colorado mountain. It’s the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station. This week, the Air Force is celebrating the 60th anniversary of NORAD, the North ...

A Cold War-era bunker deep inside a Colorado mountain has lost its most famous tenant, the North American Aerospace Defense Command's command center, but it's still home to some key ...

Life at NORAD’s Colorado Bunker HideawayPhotographs for TIME by Matt Slaby Cheyenne Mountain is the home of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), in Colorado Springs. Modern ...

The Cheyenne mountain bunker is a half-acre cavern carved into a mountain in the 1960s that was designed to withstand a Soviet nuclear attack.

Cheyenne Mountain was something more than a bastion to seal in our nuclear fears. It was also a repository of our technological dreams and a response (however feeble) to our technological nightmares.

Located in Colorado Springs at the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, the Mountain Complex has provided a unique and useful space for the Department of Defense since it opened in April 1966.

Cheyenne Mountain was the mother of these fallout shelters, a command center buried deep to withstand a Soviet nuclear bombardment. The complex was locked down during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks ...

DENVER—A Cold War-era bunker deep inside a Colorado mountain has lost its most famous tenant, the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s command center, but it’s still home to some key ...