noiseboy72
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I work on the old RAF Alconbury site in Cambridgeshire. Our offices are in an old pilot's briefing building, complete with hardened shelter area, while we use a hardened U2 shelter and a ready shed for storage.
I will steadily add more photos as I get time to photograph more of the buildings, but here are a few to start with.
Our main office is next to the old nissen hut that houses the famous 'Hog artwork and aircrew board, but recently part of this building has collapsed, so entry is now quite dangerous and the building is scheduled for demolition.
Our office has little changed from USAF days, with original carpet, office layout and some fixtures surviving and in daily use. This corridor not changed at all!
The interesting bit is of course the hardened area, which we only use for storage. It is accessed through a set of airlocks and de-contamination chambers, before opening out into the rooms you see below. It includes the old Telecoms room, command centre, plant room and other general purpose rooms. There is also a set of "hidden" rooms, accessible through another airlock, but I have not got into that section yet.
There is also a basement, but this is sealed off. I am trying to get permission to access this sometime in the future, but staff who have been down there say there is not much to see.
More pictures below, including some shots of our hangers and also on my Flickr feed. Please enjoy http://www.flickr.com/photos/16538194@N06/sets/72157642425815453/