An old missile base sits outside Treynor, Iowa, and it has been getting some tender love and care after being sold to the former Pottawattamie County Sheriff a few years ago. When you take the steps down and walk through the old bunker, you can feel the chills running up your spine. “This bunker would’ve been responsible for these four missiles and launching those four missiles there,” said Jeff Danker, landowner.Danker, the former Pottawattamie County sheriff, owns this land.Back in the 60s, it was a Nike-Hercules Missile base meant to protect Offutt Air Force Base. There aren’t any missile silos here, but weapons pads are still visible in certain areas. “There was six missile pads and each pad had two missiles on it. They were being used for defensive purposes, from my understanding,” Danker said.Launch bunkers like this one housed military staff 24/7. They were charged with launching these missiles in the case of an immediate threat. Now the bunker sits empty deteriorating from the inside out. That’s where danker comes in as he wants to restore the buildings and land. He says it’s a part of Iowa history and his own, growing up during the Cold War.
An old missile base sits outside Treynor, Iowa, and it has been getting some tender love and care after being sold to the former Pottawattamie County Sheriff a few years ago.
When you take the steps down and walk through the old bunker, you can feel the chills running up your spine.
“This bunker would’ve been responsible for these four missiles and launching those four missiles there,” said Jeff Danker, landowner.
Danker, the former Pottawattamie County sheriff, owns this land.
Back in the 60s, it was a Nike-Hercules Missile base meant to protect Offutt Air Force Base.
There aren’t any missile silos here, but weapons pads are still visible in certain areas.
“There was six missile pads and each pad had two missiles on it. They were being used for defensive purposes, from my understanding,” Danker said.
Launch bunkers like this one housed military staff 24/7. They were charged with launching these missiles in the case of an immediate threat.
Now the bunker sits empty deteriorating from the inside out. That’s where danker comes in as he wants to restore the buildings and land.
He says it’s a part of Iowa history and his own, growing up during the Cold War.
