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.
Former Nuclear Weapons Bunkers at Orlando International Airport
By LoneStarOne @ 2007-05-13 18:34:57
time employee of the airport who worked in an operations capacity. I was hoping perhaps someone else had heard of this as well.
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
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/31738/