Grissom Air Force Base, Building No. 747, Peru, Miami County, IN

Significance: Building 747 was used by the United States Air Force to support three major Cold War missions: the Strategic Air Command (SAC) ground alert, to act as a deterrent to Soviet attack; the Post Attack Command Control System (PACCS) mission, which supported the flying SAC command post in the event of a Soviet nuclear attack of the SAC ground base at Offutt AFB; and the National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP) mission to shelter the President of the United States in case of nuclear attack. The building served as alert housing for pilots.

Survey number: HABS IN-301-B

Building/structure dates: 1960 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1982 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1994 Subsequent Work

military facilities military art and science south peru grissom grissom air force base miami miami county air force indiana air force base conversion agency parker atkins jeff bates hardlines design company historic american buildings survey rebecca kumar malini lyman incorporated pei portage environmental us department of the navy ultra high resolution high resolution navy us navy air force base navy base library of congress

1933 - 1960

Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html