209. Hardened Aircraft Shelter (HAS)

This is a Hardened Aircraft Shelter (HAS), which housed F-111’s fighters throughout the cold war, and the Gulf war. I know it’s essentially a big empty room, but I’d never seen one before, let alone been inside, so I was quite excitable. Visited with Gingrove.

Wasn’t he the fella from the Terminator movies?


Enter: (Didn’t realised I’d captured Gingrove on the left, lol!)


The Hangar:
You can see the construction is ribbed metal, onto which they have poured thick, thick concrete from the outside. Designed to take a direct hit.


Blast deflector at rear:


Blast deflector close up


There were a few remnants from its glory days. There was information stencilled onto the walls which had been painted over in censoring black blocks. But there was also the ‘lifeline’ connection for the aircraft still hanging up, as well as headphones, and telephones.







Time to exit:


Selfie:


Thanks for looking!