Loring Air Force Base
In 1951, the Department of Defense (DOD) allocated funds for the construction of an ordnance storage site at Loring AFB. The designs called for a self-sufficient "maximum security storage area for the most advanced weapons of mankind". The mission of the facility would be the protection and maintenance of the weapons used by SAC. The facility was in the northeast corner of the base, and construction began on 4 August 1951. In addition to 28 storage igloos and other weapons storage structures, the facility included weapons maintenance buildings, barracks, recreational facilities, a warehouse, and offices.
Caribou Air Force Station
The Maintenance Area was under the overall supervision of the Chief, Civil Engineering Division, and served as a base for the maintenance and repair of all buildings, fences, grounds, roads and utilities at the site. Personnel who were assigned to this area operated such facilities as the Sewage Disposal Plant, water supply, Stand-by Power Plant and snow removal equipment. Bench stocks of lumber, builders hardware, paint, parts, pipe and other required component items were stored in the area. The Warehouse and Supply area was adjacent to the Civil Engineering Division Area, and to the Motor Pool. This function of the site processed requisitions issued from the adjacent areas. This area was not separated from the Maintenance Area. The principal building was a permanent, warehouse-type structure (Building No. 101), which housed offices for supply administration, warehousing for base and organizational supplies, and other supplies pertaining to special weapons, office administration and housekeeping supplies. Another permanent structure was used for supply functions and for the Motor Pool, with a dividing partition between (Building No. 107). Clothing was issued here, as well as organizational equipment and cold weather gear. Laundry was collected for shipment to the nearby Air Force base laundry. Certain types of salvage equipment and material were collected in this building. There were no provisions for clothing sales, and site personnel purchased such items at the nearby Air Force base. Since bulk supplies were drawn from the Air Force base each day, no large stocks were kept on hand.