Folder: S.F. Fort Miley.
Newscopy: "The Air Force today proudly unveiled an underground command post in the hills near Land's End, built almost single-handedly by a reserve officer on his own time. Maj. Alan Saunders, of the 2479th Air Force Reserve Sector, worked nights and weekends converting an old Coast Artillery bunker to a modern communications center. He scooped out many years' accumulation of mud and filth in the underground tunnel system. Then he begged all the surplus equipment he could find and installed it 16 feet below the ground in the bunker near Fort Miley and behind the Palace of the Legion of Honor. And it all cost less than $500. Now the chill cement corridors are lined with desks, phones, radios, teletypes and all the paraphernalia of a modern communications setup..."
Newscopy (continued): "It's primary purpose, Saunders explained, would be to move flights of planes around during war. Planes based near prime military targets could be ordered out of there, if word came a missile were on the way, and dispersed among other airports, including civilian ones. Heart of the communication system is three vans of portable radio equipment, which serves just as well in this stationary assignment. Two rooms are given over to bunks for center personnel and their dependents. There is a two-week supply of food and water and a three-week supply of gasoline for the portable generators."
