Concrete Supreme - RAF Bentwater Cold War Museum

For those fellow unofficial members of the Concrete Appreciation Society (yes it does exist), here are a few images of the huge concrete structure that now houses the Bentwater Cold War Museum. Some of the original rooms exist such as the decontamination showers and the Operations Room, but for me it was the edifice itself that took my eye, spoilt only by the glass front entrance hall that has been added. An american, who was stationed at the site in the 1980s, gave us all the details of the 120 war-ready airplanes, their staffing, munitions etc. This served to reinforce my feeling of the utterly futile waste of the immense fortunes spent on the ‘Cold War’ and what good it could have done spent on humanitarian projects?