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The Bombing and Gunnery Range Detachment was "the first organization to arrive at what [became] the Tonopah Army Air Field" after activating "1 July 1942 at Muroc Lake, California" (the commander, Lt. Col. F.D. Gore arrived 2 July.) [13] Ready for occupancy in July, the airbase included runways, barracks, mess halls and a hospital when finally occupied and when opened, was a sub-base of March ...
The Tonopah Test Range (TTR, also designated as Area 52) is a highly classified, restricted military installation of the United States Department of Defense, and United States Department of Energy (nuclear stockpile stewardship) located about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Tonopah, Nevada.
Therefore, a new covert base had to be established for F-117 operations. [7] In the summer of 1979, Tonopah Test Range Airport was selected to be the home of the Tactical Air Command 4450th Tactical Group (4450th TG). The mission of the 4450th at Tonopah was to guide the classified F-117A Stealth Fighter to an initial operating capability. [6]
On June 28, 1949, the "Gunnery Range of the Tonopah Air Force Base" had about 30 sq mi (78 km 2) [19] and after the 1949 Las Vegas Air Force Base was renamed on April 30, 1950, a United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) committee selected the "Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range" for a nuclear test site on December 12, 1950. [20]
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Nevada for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.. Most of these airfields were under the command of Fourth Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command).
Former Iraqi Air Force hardened "Super Base" US Military Designations: Camp Basilone; Camp Fenway; United States Marine Corps Camp (Closed 2008) Qayyarah Airfield West (Saddam AB) Former Iraqi Air Force hardened "Super Base" US Military Designations: FOB Endurance; FOB Q-West Active United States Army facility. Rasheed Air Base (Al-Rashid ...
Tonopah Bombing Range was the original southern Nevada military area designated in 1940 (cf. the current Nevada Test and Training Range) and may refer to: Tonopah General Range , the smaller 1941 area designated when the "Tonopah Gunnery and Bombing Range" was divided (cf. Las Vegas General Area)
Tonopah Airport covers an area of 3,820 acres (1,550 ha) at an elevation of 5,430 feet (1,655 m) above mean sea level.It has two asphalt paved runways: 15/33 is 7,160 by 80 feet (2,182 x 23 m) and 11/29 is 5,660 by 50 feet (1,725 x 15 m).