For more than 40 years, Manzano Base served as a maintenance and storage site for some of the most destructive weapons ever created. This book tells the full story of Manzano and the personnel who served there. Firsthand accounts recall their experiences of nuclear weapons accidents, aircraft crashes, and UFO/UAF sightings.
For more than 40 years, Manzano Base served as a maintenance and storage site for some of the most destructive weapons ever created. This book tells the full story of Manzano and the personnel who served there. Firsthand accounts recall their experiences of nuclear weapons accidents, aircraft crashes, and UFO/UAF sightings.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Charles E. Cabler is a US Air Force Veteran (1962-1968) serving during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. He is a member of the American Legion, Post 11 in Florence, Alabama, and has affiliations with the USAF Police Alumni Association and the Air Force Security Forces Association. As a volunteer adviser for the American Corporate Partners Organization, Charles provides career guidance to military personnel as they transition into civilian life. Using his Air Force experience, Charles has published two military history books: Overhead Espionage: A Historical Snapshot of US Aerial Reconnaissance and Inside Manzano: The Life of a Nuclear Special Weapons Storage Site.Charles retired as a Vice President, CRCM, CRP, after a forty-three-year career in the financial services industry with AmSouth, First Union, Wachovia, and Wells Fargo banks. His background includes regulatory compliance, risk management, and mortgage, commercial, and consumer lending, and incorporates over thirty years' experience in human resource supervision. As a SME, Charles was a continuing education instructor for the San Francisco and Dallas Federal Reserve Bank's CCRS Training Program and provided a banking compliance perspective to the General Accountability Office (GAO) and the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC. Since he retired, Charles has written and published four career development books and continues as a career adviser and a job search and career transition workshop facilitator.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Part The Historical Development of Manzano 1. La Villa de Alburquerque, New Mexico 2. Manzano Weapons Storage Site 3. Sandia Base (Abbreviated History) 4. Kirtland Air Force Base (Abbreviated History) Part Manzano Begins, Code Name "Water Supply" 5. Site Able Construction 6. 8460th Special Weapons Group Part III. The Administrative Area 7. Access to Manzano Base 8. The Administrative Area Part The Restricted "Q" Area 9. "Q" Area Access 10. Nuclear Weapons Stored at Manzano 11. Nuclear Weapon Storage Structures 12. The Weapon Maintenance Plants 13. The Birdcage for Pit Storage Part V. Base Security 14. DoD Nuclear Weapon Storage Area Security Program 15. Security Squadrons Responsible for Manzano 16. The Perimeter Fences 17. Storage Structure Security System 18. Central Security Control and ADT Monitoring 19. Patrolling the "Q" Area 20. Nuclear Weapon Convoy Duty Part VI. Miscellaneous Manzano Information 21. Aircraft Crashes at Manzano 22. Wildlife and Varmints on the Mountain 23. Manzano's Aerial Phenomena 24. Abandoned in Place 25. Kirtland Underground Munitions Maintenance and Storage Complex 26. The 377th Security Forces Squadron 27. Manzano Today Epilogue Appendix A. Aerial View of Manzano Base (Kirtland AFB) Appendix B. Wall Map Displayed in the ADT Monitoring Room Appendix C. Abbreviated Chronological History of Manzano Appendix D. Manzano Base Commanders Appendix E. Department of the Air Force Letter Appendix F. Frequently Used Abbreviations and Acronyms Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Part The Historical Development of Manzano 1. La Villa de Alburquerque, New Mexico 2. Manzano Weapons Storage Site 3. Sandia Base (Abbreviated History) 4. Kirtland Air Force Base (Abbreviated History) Part Manzano Begins, Code Name "Water Supply" 5. Site Able Construction 6. 8460th Special Weapons Group Part III. The Administrative Area 7. Access to Manzano Base 8. The Administrative Area Part The Restricted "Q" Area 9. "Q" Area Access 10. Nuclear Weapons Stored at Manzano 11. Nuclear Weapon Storage Structures 12. The Weapon Maintenance Plants 13. The Birdcage for Pit Storage Part V. Base Security 14. DoD Nuclear Weapon Storage Area Security Program 15. Security Squadrons Responsible for Manzano 16. The Perimeter Fences 17. Storage Structure Security System 18. Central Security Control and ADT Monitoring 19. Patrolling the "Q" Area 20. Nuclear Weapon Convoy Duty Part VI. Miscellaneous Manzano Information 21. Aircraft Crashes at Manzano 22. Wildlife and Varmints on the Mountain 23. Manzano's Aerial Phenomena 24. Abandoned in Place 25. Kirtland Underground Munitions Maintenance and Storage Complex 26. The 377th Security Forces Squadron 27. Manzano Today Epilogue Appendix A. Aerial View of Manzano Base (Kirtland AFB) Appendix B. Wall Map Displayed in the ADT Monitoring Room Appendix C. Abbreviated Chronological History of Manzano Appendix D. Manzano Base Commanders Appendix E. Department of the Air Force Letter Appendix F. Frequently Used Abbreviations and Acronyms Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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