The staff of the U.S. Navy scientific development squadron VXS-1 “Warlocks” in front of NP-3D Orion #153442. U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News, Issue July-August 2005 Introduced in the...
The staff of the U.S. Navy scientific development squadron VXS-1 “Warlocks” in front of NP-3D Orion #153442. U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News, Issue July-August 2005 Introduced in the...
A row of earth-covered bunkers which once held nuclear weapons The Yellow Water Nuclear Weapons Storage Area was a top-secret location used in storing nuclear armaments during the Cold War. Shortly...
A circa 1943 view of the interior of the massive NAS Richmond blimp hangar, showing 5 Navy blimps & a blimp gondola undergoing maintenance. Lieutenant Nelson Grills and his crew of nine...
View of a control tower at the naval base, 1962. Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida On September 11, 1940, the U.S. Navy opened Naval Air Station Lee Field in honor of Ensign Benjamin Lee who...
The bunker is slightly hidden off a trail in the woods Since the mid-1970s, this structure has been a popular hangout, but very few know the history behind it, only referring to it as a ‘bomb...
Duval County Armory The Duval County Armory was constructed in 1916 at the cost of $150,000 to replace an armory destroyed in the Great Fire of 1901. The Gothic Revival style building was designed by...
Alfred Easton Poor. Photo from Core77 Constructed in 1967, the 7,700 square-foot bomb shelter was built by AT&T to be used in the event of a nuclear disaster to house five people for up to 30...
Slender and sandy, Egmont Key strategically guards the primary shipping lane in and out of Tampa Bay. It is home to a lighthouse and has a long history as a US military outpost. During the Third...
Grumman designed the aircraft to be used for anti-submarine warfare(ASW), with a large high-wing monoplane with twin Wright Cyclone radial engines with the idea to combine the roles the Avenger and...
On August 30, 1961, Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev announced the end of a three-year moratorium on nuclear testing and Soviet tests recommenced on September 1st, initiating a series of tests...
Aerial image of Nike Missile Site HM-95, c. 1960s Built in 1965 by the U.S. Army in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. This Nike site, like many others, was split into two locations. One was the...
Thought by neighborhood kids as an old mental hospital was actually the barracks for recruits entering power school. In December 1966, it was announced that Orlando will be the site for the...
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