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A part (known as
Tonopah) of the Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range, was made available to the Navy in February of 1957.... the NAMTC at Pt. Mugu uses the instrumented AEC range at Tonopah.... acreage made available to the Navy was 1,791,891.69. Of this, 369,280 acres is under permit to the AEC and
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Executive Order No. 9019 was executed on
January 12, 1942, to redefine the boundaries of the Tonopah Bombing and Gunnery Range. As a result of this Executive Order, lands included in Townships 1 and 2 North, Ranges 46 through 54 East and Townships 1 through 7 South, Ranges 54 through 56 East were
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Pursuant to the authority contained in PAF Regulation 85-3,... this command has no longer a military need for
Tonopah Amy Air Field and its auxiliary facilities,... Tonopah Army Air Field contains 21,912.09 acres of land, government-owed, transferred.to the War Department, from the Department of
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event was created rallying the public to storm the training range on
September 20 that year. Over two million people responded as "going" to the event, with another 1.5 million "interested". The county commission chairman estimated that approximately 40,000 people would turn up on 20 September.
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Interior, There are two (2) asphalt concrete runways 8910' long, 150' wide ... auxiliary facilities are declared excess: (1) Mizpah
Housing Terrace (2) Butler Housing Terrace (3) Columbia Junction (gasoline unloading station) ... for retention: (1) Tonopah Bombing and Gunnery Range
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gasoline unloading station). The Indian
Springs main facility re-opened in January 1948 and on June 13, 1949, Air Training Command merged the Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range and the Tonopah Bombing and Gunnery Range. On June 28, 1949, the "Gunnery Range of the
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valleys" is a "former portion of the
Tonopah Bombing Range", includes "Permit Required Confined space", and prohibits vehicles in "suspected ordnance impact area" (e.g., "green markings" indicate chemical agents). Most areas adjacent to the NTTR are managed by the
333:. The NTTR land area includes a "simulated Integrated Air Defense System", several individual ranges with 1200 targets, and 4 remote communication sites. The current NTTR area and the range's former areas have been used for aerial gunnery and bombing, for
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In 2001, NAFR was renamed the Nevada Test and
Training Range (NTTR) and in October 2001, the range group personnel and assets for range operations transferred to the 98th Range Wing. In 2005, Indian Springs AFAF was renamed
516:, and three ramps in front of hangars on the western side of the loop. The other taxiways have a similar layout to Jüterbog, although the runway is about 1,300 feet (400 m) shorter. There are two accompanying
843:] for a nuclear test site on December 12, 1950. The land was ideal for training aerial gunners because the land was far from people and contained dry lake beds, which worked perfectly for target practices.
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was designated on federal land "withdrawn ... October 29, 1940, from the public domain" and in June 1941, the "Tonopah
Gunnery and Bombing Range" was split at "37 degrees and 30 minutes" latitude into the
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Tonopah, Nevada, and is bounded on the South by U.S. Highway No. 8. The Gunnery Range consists of approximately thirty square miles and is all open flat
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made it a wildlife reservation. However, in 1942 during World War II the region restricted it from public access for the War Department to use. The original bombing range had been used for the
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Tonopah Bombing Range, Nevada. This reservation comprises approximately 3,560,000.00 acres and was withdrawn by Executive Order No, 8578 dated October 29, 1940, from the public domain.
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213,443 acres is outside of Restricted Area 271.... constructing a minimum staging base at Tonopah Single runway (19,000') ... Fallon...Target B-16...B-19...B-20...B-21 ...
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The Air Force Combat Command be assigned jurisdiction of' the Tonopah Range area north of 37° 30', and this area designated as the Tonopah General Range. 2. The
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for air-to-air gunnery training, and Indian Springs AAF closed in January 1947. In June 1947 Tonopah AAF was declared excess along with its 3 auxiliary areas (
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Madsen, Col. Peter T. (September 21, 1999). Findings of Fact (Report). Vol. Findings and Determination of Eligibility...DERP-FUDS SITE NO. J09NV1114.
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returned to the public domain.... Executive Order No, 10355 executed in 1957 returned an additional 155,645 acres of land to the Bureau of Land Management
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No. 1) with ground zero coordinates of N 932646, E 688515 was detonated on April 24, 1957" in "Area 13" at the northeast NTTR boundary. In 1958, the
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York Jr, Lt. Col. John Y. (June 27, 1941). Subject: Tonopah Gunnery and Bombing Range: Memorandum for the Chief of Air Staff (Report). Air Corps.
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be assigned exclusive jurisdiction of the Tonopah Range area south of 37° 30', and this area designated as the "Las Vegas General Range".
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Wagner, Katrina, ed. (September 2004). 2003 Annual Site Environmental Report, Tonopah Test Range (Report). Sandia National Laboratories.
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Mullery, Bill (February 2013). Tonopah Bombing Range (Project Summary Sheet) (Report). Vol. DERP-FUDS OE Project No. J09NV111401.
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Streamlined Approach for Environmental Restoration (SAFER) Plan for Corrective Action Unit 408 ... (DOE/NV--1171-Rev. 1) (Report).
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sites, one 1.6 miles (2.5 km) northwest of the airfield, and one 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northwest just like the original.
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activity area" east of the NTTR with 13 empty "500 feet by 500 feet" sites for mobile electronic equipment on BLM land in the "
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Lt Col A. D. Chaffin Jr (June 28, 1949). "Gunnery Range, Tonopah Air Force Base". Letter to. USACE San Francisco District.
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on January 27, 1951, and the Indian Springs main facility (renamed an Air Force Base in 1951) supported NPG testing after
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was planned with a single runway of 19,000 ft (5,800 m). In 1960, Camp Mercury was a base camp for
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This site is located approximately 60 miles east of Tonopah, adjacent to the current Nellis Air Force Range.
764:". On October 28, 1941, "United States v. 1,855,720 Acres of land ..." (US Fifth District) was initiated to
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marine sediments form an "almost uniform thickness of 40,000 feet", and surface geology is "typically the
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5,000 sq mi (13,000 km) restricted, 7,000 sq mi (18,000 km) shared (MOA)
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McMullen, Maj Gen Clements (June 13, 1947). "Excess Declaration, Tonopah Army Air Field". Letter to.
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cargo plane for the AQUATONE site in July 1955 and first flew on July 29 during a runway test. The
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Renewal of the Nellis Air Force Range Land Withdrawal: Legislative Environmental Impact Statement
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radar tracks and in 1957, the "instrumented AEC range at Tonopah" was used by
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in southern Nevada and uses numerous landforms for military operations, e.g.,
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territories' northwest corner. In the 1930s the land had been used as an
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2519:"Bring It! Biz Owners Welcome Million-Person March To Area 51"
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Johnson, Lt Col Danny M. "Camp Desert Rock, Nevada". .
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Berger Field Site 27 (IMACS Site Form) (Report). 2000.
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was used for tracking aircraft during NUDET testing.)
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volcanic rocks". Located at the southern tip of the
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Developing Cultural Resources Data Management Tools
1335:(Report). Aspen Environmental Group. Archived from
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392:near the northeast NTTR border is the airstrip for
2321:Stephen M. Hardy; Zachary A. Lum (November 1994).
2012:
1111:targets. NAFR range operations transferred to the
855:(NPG) on December 18, 1950. The new NPG included "
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2412:"Download the 2010 Census Tract to Military Area"
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16:Military training area in Nevada, United States
1560:Geology of the Tonopah Mining District, Nevada
1103:simulation and from 1983 to 1985, the area of
970:that studied nuclear detonation effect on the
21:Nevada Test and Training Range (military unit)
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1232:Public Affairs. July 12, 2012. Archived from
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978:was for effect of nuclear detonations on the
891:"military support facility" (now the private
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1328:Huntley, Chris, Proj. Mgr. (August 2008).
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2390:"Nevada nuclear bomb site given new name"
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327:United States Air Force Warfare Center
78:training mission on September 23, 2011
2580:Formerly Used Defense Sites in Nevada
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1968:Nevada National Security Site History
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1643:"Tonopah Air Force Station (2090215)"
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2361:Air Force Historical Research Agency
2329:: 35–36 – via Aliens on Earth.
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379:Nellis and Wildlife 5 Ranges region
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1509:. Military Airfields Directory.
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446:Tonopah Electronic Combat Range
2357:Nevada Test and Training Range
2205:. University of Nevada Press.
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538:Desert National Wildlife Range
311:Nevada Test and Training Range
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2595:1940 establishments in Nevada
2585:History of Nye County, Nevada
2327:Journal of Electronic Defense
1557:Spurr, Josiah Edward (1905).
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1162:Nevada National Security Site
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2011:Burrows, William E. (1986).
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1783:"Tonopah Stage Route (tbd)"
1564:(Internet Archive abstract)
1097:806L "Range Threat" systems
1038:Hill/Wendover/Dugway ranges
940:Las Vegas Air Force Station
736:" for "Groom Lake Field").
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1311:West Coast Training Center
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944:Tonopah Air Force Stations
938:From 1956 to 1969–70, the
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2435:+37.3067987 -116.1698524
2108:(Report). Archived from
1935:Jacobsen, Annie (2011).
1909:(Report). Archived from
1586:Jacobsen, Annie (2011).
1123:electronic systems from
1071:crashes, and additional
1069:Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
1015:Operation Roller Coaster
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1182:In June 2019, a joke
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753:Tonopah Bombing Range
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158:Department of Defense
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