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AR HR1012
Resolution
Status
3/2/2021
Primary Sponsor
Monte Hodges
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AI Summary
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Recognizes the need to designate the museum located on the former Eaker Air Force Base in Blytheville, Arkansas as the "National Cold War Center"
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Notes that Eaker Air Force Base (originally Blytheville Air Force Base, renamed in 1988) was established in 1946 as a Strategic Air Command operation responsible for Cold War command and control of land-based strategic bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles
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Highlights that the facility contains the only publicly accessible and fully intact Alert Facility and Weapons Storage Facility in the United States, located at 4701 Memorial Drive
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States the National Cold War Center will educate tourists on the Cold War's influence on U.S. history and Arkansas's military role, and strengthen economic development in the struggling Arkansas Delta region
Legislative Description
To Recognize The Need To Designate The Museum Located On The Former Eaker Air Force Base The "national Cold War Center".
Last Action
READ AND ADOPTED.
3/2/2021