Former Nuclear Weapons Bunkers at Orlando International Airport

Former Nuclear Weapons Bunkers at Orlando International Airport
Orlando, Florida (FL), US
Many folks have always wondered why Orlando International Airport's three-letter code is MCO- it reflects the airport's previous history as McCoy AFB with was an active Strategic Air Command base until its closure in 1973 when it was taken over by the City of Orlando.

Home to SAC's B-52s, McCoy's weapons bunker complex was on the southwest side of the field and from what I have heard, is still in use today by Walt Disney World for the storage of their extensive stock of fireworks used in their many nightly shows.
Many folks have always wondered why Orlando International Airport's three-letter code is MCO- it reflects the airport's previous history as McCoy AFB with was an active Strategic Air Command base until its closure in 1973 when it was taken over by the City of Orlando.

Home to SAC's B-52s, McCoy's weapons bunker complex was on the southwest side of the field and from what I have heard, is still in use today by Walt Disney World for the storage of their extensive stock of fireworks used in their many nightly shows.
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By: LoneStarOne

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Parabellum
@ 2007-05-13 19:07:00
Weapons bunker, sure. Nuclear? I dunno. A cite would be good. Also, some info on Disney's use for fireworks storage would be good too.
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LoneStarOne
@ 2007-05-13 19:41:52
That's why l posted "from what l have heard "as l was told that bit about fireworks storage from someone who was a long
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LoneStarOne
@ 2007-05-13 19:44:01
dang chubby fingers!

time employee of the airport who worked in an operations capacity. I was hoping perhaps someone else had heard of this as well.
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Anonymous
@ 2008-04-09 20:44:35
Seems a bit far away for Disney to be storing fireworks for nightly displays.

Now this [link below] looks like Disney's fireworks storage. Far north west corner of Disney property. Buildings spaced out a considerable distance. If I were to build fireworks storage, I would build it like that:

maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Disney+World,+Orlando,+Orange,+Florida,+United+States&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,28.410067,-81.583699&ll=28.421976,-81.597776&spn=0.005227,0.007585&t=h&z=17
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kjfitz
@ 2008-04-09 22:31:14
The fireworks storage that the previous commenter pointed out has already been submitted here:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/31738/
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Anonymous
@ 2011-06-01 02:36:53
MCO is an old B-52 base. its referred to in a book called "Alas Babylon" required reading for us back in 7th grade. supposedly it can be reconverted in 48 hours..Lockheed Martin just down the road..
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Anonymous
@ 2017-05-03 00:43:32
Disney was storing a large amount of fireworks at the MCO munitions bunkers for a long time. They built the new storage compound that is West of Magic Kingdom around 1998/99 to store product closer to the parks and to meet increased demand of fireworks and stage pyro with the opening of Animal Kingdom and upcoming Millennium Celebration.
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@ 2017-10-05 18:47:55
The only vehicles I see going into the compound are Customs/Border Control trucks/SUVs. I pass by several times a week.

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