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  2. White Sands Missile Range - Wikipedia

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    White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is a United States Army military testing area and firing range located in the US state of New Mexico.The range was originally established in 1941 as the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, where the Trinity test site lay at the northern end of the Range, in Socorro County near the towns of Carrizozo and San Antonio.

  3. Holloman Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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    Holloman Air Force Base (IATA: HMN, ICAO: KHMN, FAA LID: HMN) is a United States Air Force base established in 1942 located six miles (10 km) southwest of the central business district of Alamogordo, which is the county seat of Otero County, New Mexico, United States. The base was named in honor of Col. George V. Holloman, a pioneer in guided ...

  4. White Sands V-2 Launching Site - Wikipedia

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    The White Sands V-2 Launching Site, also known as Launch Complex 33 and originally as Army Launch Area Number 1, is an historic rocket launch complex at White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico. It was here that the United States first performed test launches of German V-2 rockets captured toward the end of World War II. These tests ...

  5. Holloman High Speed Test Track - Wikipedia

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    The Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT) is a United States Department of Defense/Air Force aerospace ground test facility located at Holloman Air Force Base in south-central New Mexico. It is adjacent to the White Sands Missile Range and is operated by the 846th Test Squadron of the 704th Test Group of the Arnold Engineering Development ...

  6. White Sands National Park - Wikipedia

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    White Sands National Park is a national park of the United States located in New Mexico and completely surrounded by the White Sands Missile Range. The park covers 145,762 acres (227.8 sq mi; 589.9 km 2 ) in the Tularosa Basin , including the southern 41% of a 275 sq mi (710 km 2 ) field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals.

  7. Stallion Army Airfield - Wikipedia

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    Stallion Army Airfield (FAA LID: 95E) is a military airport in Socorro County, New Mexico. The airfield serves the White Sands Missile Range , in the northwest corner of which it is located. [ 3 ]

  8. Category:Military installations in New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... White Sands Missile Range (24 P) Pages in category "Military installations in New Mexico"

  9. White Sands, New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    White Sands is a census-designated place (CDP) in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. [2] It consists of the main residential area on the White Sands Missile Range. As of the 2010 census the population of the CDP was 1,651. [4] It is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area.