Trip Report - Nebraska

2008

I've been to Nebraska many times, but this was my first 
time driving across the state from Colorado. I used the opportunity of a 
Thanksgiving family visit to check out a few interesting places. All the 
places in this report are in Nebraska.</p>

<h3>Tuesday, 25 Nov 2008</h3>

<b>Lincoln AF Missile Site #11 (551-11</b><br>
  <a href="Lincoln_Msl_11_NE_20081125_1.jpg">Distant view from northwest - nearest public road was closed for construction</a><br>
 
<a href="Lincoln_Msl_11_NE_20081125_2.jpg">Distant view from west - nearest public road was closed for construction</a></P>
<b>Lincoln Ammo Storage Annex</b><br>
  <a href="Lincoln_Ammo_NE_20081125_1.jpg">Gate</a><br>
  <a href="Lincoln_Ammo_NE_20081125_2.jpg">Gate</a><br>
<a href="Lincoln_Ammo_NE_20081125_3.jpg">Distant building from gate</a></P>
<b>Lincoln AFB</b><br>
  <a href="Lincoln_AFB_NE_20081125_01.jpg">Maintenance dock</a><br>
  <a href="Lincoln_AFB_NE_20081125_04.jpg">Maintenance dock</a><br>
  <a href="Lincoln_AFB_NE_20081125_03.jpg">Maintenance dock</a><br>
  <a href="Lincoln_AFB_NE_20081125_02.jpg">Double-cantilever hangar - northern</a><br>
  <a href="Lincoln_AFB_NE_20081125_05.jpg">Double-cantilever hangar - northern</a><br>
  <a href="Lincoln_AFB_NE_20081125_06.jpg">Parachute loft building</a><br>
  <a href="Lincoln_AFB_NE_20081125_08.jpg">Double-cantilever hangar - southern</a><br>
  <a href="Lincoln_AFB_NE_20081125_09.jpg">Double-cantilever hangar - southern</a><br>
 
<a href="Lincoln_AFB_NE_20081125_13.jpg">Chapel</a><br>
 
<a href="Lincoln_AFB_NE_20081125_14.jpg">Chapel</a><br>
 
<a href="Lincoln_AFB_NE_20081125_15.jpg">W.W.II chapel</a><br>
<a href="Lincoln_AFB_NE_20081125_16.jpg">W.W.II chapel</a><br>
<a href="Lincoln_AFB_NE_20081125_10.jpg">Building</a><br>
<a href="Lincoln_AFB_NE_20081125_11.jpg">Building</a><br>
<a href="Lincoln_AFB_NE_20081125_12.jpg">Building</a></P>
    

    
I stayed in the Offutt AFB Lodging's O'Malley Inn for three 
nights.</p>
<h3>Friday, 28 Nov 2008</h3>
<b>Nike LI-50C</b><br>
 
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_02.jpg">Radar antenna platform</a><br>
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_04.jpg">Radar antenna platform</a><br>
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_05.jpg">Radar antenna platform</a><br>
 
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_11.jpg">Interconnecting corridor</a><br>
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_08.jpg">Interconnecting corridor</a><br>
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_09.jpg">Interconnecting corridor</a><br>
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_10.jpg">Interconnecting corridor</a><br>
 
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_14.jpg">Building</a><br>
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_12.jpg">Building</a><br>
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_13.jpg">Building</a><br>
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_19.jpg">Building</a><br>
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_20.jpg">Building</a><br>
 
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_16.jpg">General view of site</a><br>
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_06.jpg">General view of site</a><br>
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_07.jpg">General view of site</a><br>
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_17.jpg">General view of site</a><br>
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_18.jpg">General view of site</a><br>
 
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_23.jpg">Entrance</a><br>
<a href="LI-50C_NE_20081128_15.jpg">Entrance</a></P>
<b>Nike LI-50L</b><br>
  <a href="LI-50L_NE_20081128_01.jpg">Gate</a><br>
  <a href="LI-50L_NE_20081128_05.jpg">View from entry gate</a><br>
 
<a href="LI-50L_NE_20081128_04.jpg">Sentry house</a><br>
<a href="LI-50L_NE_20081128_03.jpg">Ready building</a><br>
<a href="LI-50L_NE_20081128_08.jpg">Inner gate</a><br>
<a href="LI-50L_NE_20081128_06.jpg">Inner gate</a><br>
<a href="LI-50L_NE_20081128_10.jpg">Building</a><br>
<a href="LI-50L_NE_20081128_09.jpg">Building</a><br>
<a href="LI-50L_NE_20081128_07.jpg">General view</a><br>
<a href="LI-50L_NE_20081128_02.jpg">Electrical station</a></P>
<b>Lincoln AF Missile Site #7 (551-7</b><br>
  <a href="Lincoln_Msl_07_NE_20081128_5.jpg">Access road</a><br>
  <a href="Lincoln_Msl_07_NE_20081128_2.jpg">Silo area</a><br>
<a href="Lincoln_Msl_07_NE_20081128_3.jpg">Azimuth marker</a></P>
<b>Lincoln AF Missile Site #8 (551-8</b><br>
  <a href="Lincoln_Msl_08_NE_20081128_1.jpg">Access gate</a><br>
<a href="Lincoln_Msl_08_NE_20081128_2.jpg">View of access road from gate</a></P>
<b>Lincoln AF Missile Site #9 (551-9</b><br>
  <a href="Lincoln_Msl_09_NE_20081128_01.jpg">Access road</a><br>
 
<a href="Lincoln_Msl_09_NE_20081128_05.jpg">Personnel entryway</a><br>
<a href="Lincoln_Msl_09_NE_20081128_06.jpg">Personnel entryway</a><br>
 
<a href="Lincoln_Msl_09_NE_20081128_04.jpg">Silo doors</a><br>
<a href="Lincoln_Msl_09_NE_20081128_07.jpg">Building 1612 - Water supply building</a><br>
 
<a href="Lincoln_Msl_09_NE_20081128_08.jpg">Building 1614 - Water supply building</a><br>
<a href="Lincoln_Msl_09_NE_20081128_15.jpg">Silo cap</a><br>
<a href="Lincoln_Msl_09_NE_20081128_10.jpg">Silo cap</a><br>
 
<a href="Lincoln_Msl_09_NE_20081128_09.jpg">Looking down entry stairs</a><br>
<a href="Lincoln_Msl_09_NE_20081128_02.jpg">General view</a><br>
<a href="Lincoln_Msl_09_NE_20081128_03.jpg">General view</a><br>
<a href="Lincoln_Msl_09_NE_20081128_12.jpg">General view</a></P>
<b>Harvard AAFld</b><br>
  <a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_01.jpg">Concrete tower for water tank</a><br>
  <a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_03.jpg">Concrete tower for water tank</a><br>
 
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_17.jpg">Hangar</a><br>
 
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_06.jpg">Hangar</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_04.jpg">Hangar</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_05.jpg">Hangar</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_07.jpg">Hangar and Norden bombsight storage vault</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_09.jpg">Norden bombsight storage vault</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_16.jpg">Norden bombsight storage vault</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_11.jpg">Norden bombsight storage vault</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_18.jpg">Norden bombsight storage vault</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_28.jpg">Freestanding chimney, and hangar side-wall structure</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_31.jpg">Freestanding chimney, and hangar side-wall structure</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_27.jpg">Hangar side-wall structure</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_29.jpg">Hangar side-wall structure</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_30.jpg">Hangar side-wall structure</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_19.jpg">Airport beacon</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_32.jpg">Warehouse or shop building</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_20.jpg">Building</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_22.jpg">Building</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_24.jpg">Building</a><br>
<a href="Harvard_AAF_NE_20081128_25.jpg">Building</a></P>
<b>Hastings AFS</b><br>
 
<a href="Hastings_AFS_NE_20081128_02.jpg">Radar towers from the north</a><br>
 
<a href="Hastings_AFS_NE_20081128_06.jpg">Entry gate</a><br>
<a href="Hastings_AFS_NE_20081128_07.jpg">General view from gate</a><br>
 
<a href="Hastings_AFS_NE_20081128_08.jpg">General view from the west</a><br>
<a href="Hastings_AFS_NE_20081128_09.jpg">Another general view from the west</a><br>
<a href="Hastings_AFS_NE_20081128_04.jpg">General view</a><br>
<a href="Hastings_AFS_NE_20081128_05.jpg">General view</a></P>
<b>Blaine Naval Ammunition Depot</b><br>
  <a href="Blaine_NAD_NE_20081128_01.jpg">Group of buildings viewed from Hastings AFS</a><br>
  <a href="Blaine_NAD_NE_20081128_03.jpg">Typical building</a><br>
  <a href="Blaine_NAD_NE_20081128_09.jpg">Typical building</a><br>
  <a href="Blaine_NAD_NE_20081128_10.jpg">Typical building</a><br>
  <a href="Blaine_NAD_NE_20081128_04.jpg">Small storage igloo with blast shield</a><br>
 
<a href="Blaine_NAD_NE_20081128_16.jpg">Typical 3-bay igloos</a><br>
<a href="Blaine_NAD_NE_20081128_13.jpg">Igloos</a><br>
<a href="Blaine_NAD_NE_20081128_15.jpg">Igloos</a><br>
<a href="Blaine_NAD_NE_20081128_14.jpg">Short igloos with earth cover missing</a></P>