PC Museum News for August 30, 2017

Operation Skywatch. Do those words ring a bell? Did you take part in Operation Skywatch? Were you a member of the Montana Ground Observer Corps? The volunteers that took part in GOC were an integral part of our nation’s defense plan.

The idea that the open spaces of Montana might interest the Soviets in a surprise attack was a viable concern for the Air Force. To combat this problem volunteers across Montana were trained to identify silhouettes of all military planes and armed with telephones and binoculars. When an aircraft was sighted volunteers marked its course until it could be identified...