To december 26th, 1991 with the collapse of the soviet union. It was a geopolitical standoff. Each one could have destroyed the world through a nuclear war but the cold war do d that. There will be no winners, so this cold war was a state of heightened tension that did not have direct conflict between the soviets and the americans. Vietnam, korea, gulf war, afghan war. Vint hill farms station was functional between World War Two and the 90s. After the cold war, the American Government realized there was no need for this facility because there was no more soviet union. The cold war ended. That as well as, there was an act called base realignment and closure act. In the mid 90s, a lot of military bases were shut down for cost savings, financial reasons, and we didnt need as much facilities to monitor the sol soviet union. It vacant for about ten years. We found it was available. They said yes we would love to talk to you about locating here. Of negotiations we opened up in 2011 at this f
Museum at vint hill, virginia, 45 miles west of washington, d. C. I founded the Cold War Museum in 1986 to honor cold war veterans, preserve cold war history and educate future generations about the time period. What i realized when i was giving lectures to High School Students in this area, nine times out of ten, the students wouldnt know anything about the cold war or the u2 incident. They would think the u2 incident had something to do with the u2 rock band. As a result, i knew they needed to be taught about the cold wartime period. As a result, i ended up noticing they needed to be taught about the cold war time period. So in 1996, we founded the Cold War Museum, which opened in 2011 here at vint hill farms station, a former Army Communication base near the washington, d. C. , area. It used to be used by nsa, cia, asa, Army Security agency, and other groups to monitor the Electronic Communications from around the washington, d. C. , Embassy Region and International Signals that the
Good evening. I am Lauren Rosenberg with smithsonian associates. I would like to welcome you to this program. To our members, its your support that makes events like this possible. If you are joining for the first time, and equally warm welcome and invitation to explore the wide range of programs we offer. Now is the perfect time to talk off your cell phone or anything that may make noise. This past march marked the 50th anniversary of the u. S. Navy fighter weapon program. We welcome the programs founder, dan pederson. He formed he served in combat during the vietnam war with a flying crew on the uss hancock and three on the uss enterprise. He retired as a captain, having accumulated 6000 flight hours and 1000 flight carrier landings with 39 different types of aircraft. For those of you who know his story from the 1986 movie top gun, Jerry Bruckheimer is producing a sequel in 2020. His book is available for purchase and signing. Here to keep the conversation going is larry burke, cura
Going to make it on 60 billion . Mike is trying. And in the midst of his 60 billion he says hey, i used to be mayor, kind of retired now, i know what i would like to do, id like to become president of the united states. Hey guys how do i buy the presidency . On top of that joe biden claims bloom he wont get the support of minority voters. 60 billion can buy you a lot of advertising. But it cant erase your record, its going to be awful hard to go out and win the base support of the Democratic Party, the africanamericans, latinos, and working class of white folks and put that coalition together. And Amy Klobuchar says bloomberg is afraid to debate the other democrats. He just cant hide behind the airwaves. He has to answer questions, and of course i think he should be on that debate stage, which eventually he will be. Because i cant beat him on the airwaves but i can beat him on the debate stage. I think people of america deserve that to make a decision. Be five but some of many mites im
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