It was constructed in 1960 due to a demand by the Strategic Air Command that its bomber bases have a staging area to launch alerts from.
At or around this time, it was decided to move the alert force to a dedicated location to the southeast of the runway.
Increased military funding in the early 1980s due to the domestic policies of Ronald Reagan's administration allowed for a wing to be added to the mole hole.
This allowed for the building to be reoccupied until the drawdown of forces under the administration of George H. W. Bush in the early 1990s.
Within the alert area, a 1994 survey identified the following buildings facilities as existing: "One Christmas tree apron (Structure No.