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The Eastman Airfield Target (Target 76–14, [7] Korean Airfield, ) is a Range 76 target 4.3 miles (6.9 km) northwest of the The target has a northeastern taxiway loop, characteristic for the former Soviet Air Force base at Jüterbog Airfield in East Germany , and three ramps in front of hangars on the western side of the loop.
The CIA asked the AEC to acquire the land, designated "Area 51" on the map, and to add it to the Nevada Test Site. [9]: 56–57 Johnson named the area "Paradise Ranch" to encourage workers to move to "the new facility in the middle of nowhere", as the CIA later described it, and the name became shortened to "the Ranch".
A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing the site The site was established as a 680-square-mile (1,800 km 2 ) area by President Harry S. Truman on December 18, 1950, within the Nellis Air Force Gunnery and Bombing Range .
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A self drawn map showing a number of interesting government facilities and their extensive ranges in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The map was originally intended for Area 51, but it's also used in Nellis Air Force Base, Tonopah Test Range, Yucca Mountain, Mercury, Nevada, Nevada Test Site, Nellis Air Force Range, and Desert ...
The Nellis Air Force Base Complex [1] (Nellis AFB complex, [2] [3] NAFB Complex [1]) is the southern Nevada military region of federal facilities and lands, e.g., currently and formerly used for military and associated testing and training such as Atomic Energy Commission atmospheric nuclear detonations of the Cold War.
It is located southeast of the city of Fallon, east of Reno in western Nevada. Since 1996, it has been home to the U.S. Navy-Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) taking over from the former NAS Miramar, California, and the surrounding area contains 240,000 acres (97,000 ha) of bombing and electronic warfare ranges.
The Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Force Warfare Center of Air Combat Command. The unit is stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada as a tenant unit. [2] The NTTR controls and operates the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). The commander coordinates, prioritizes ...