Kindsbach Underground Facility

I created this back on 12/2/09 to allow postings from vets from all services that were stationed or worked at Kindsbach Underground Facility in the 60's, 70's, and 80's before it was closed.
I was there as a radar operator at the COC from 1972 to 1974 and have pictures to post, related to my detachment - 615th ACW, Det 1.
If you were stationed there, or nearby, you are welcome to request membership and by all means....please post pictures of your time at the Cave.

Taken from Wikipedia:

Close to Ramstein was the site of Air Defense Operations Center (ADOC) - Kindsbach, AKA 'Kindsbach Cave' - the site of Europe’s underground combat operations center.

The facility was located in a former German western front command headquarters. The French took control of the underground bunker after World War II, and USAFE assumed control in 1953. After major renovations, USAFE opened the center on 15 August 1954.

The center was a state-of-the-art 67-room, 37,000-square-foot (3,400 m2) facility where USAFE could have led an air war against the Soviet Union. The center had a digital computer to work out bombing problems, cryptographic equipment for coded message traffic and its own photo lab to develop reconnaissance photos. Responsible for an air space extending deep behind the Iron Curtain, the center interacted directly with The Pentagon, NATO, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe and all USAFE bases.
As a further measure of protection, the cave was fully self-contained with its own water supply, electric backup-generators, climate controls, dining facilities and sleeping accommodations for its 125-man crew. Visitor passes were rarely issued to this secret facility.