Nevada Test and Training Range

Nevada Test and Training Range
Part of Nellis Air Force Base Complex
Nye, Lincoln, and Clark counties, Nevada
Near Las Vegas in US
A close air support training mission at the Nevada Test and Training Range
An A-10 Thunderbolt II releases its munitions during a close air support training mission on September 23, 2011
"Nellis Air Force Range" and nearby federal lands
Coordinates37°31′36″N 116°11′53″W / 37.52667°N 116.19806°W / 37.52667; -116.19806
AreaLand: 4,531 sq mi (11,740 km2) in 2012
Airspace: 5,000 sq mi (13,000 km2) restricted[1], 7,000 sq mi (18,000 km2) shared (MOA)
Site information
OwnerDepartment of Defense
Websitewww.nellis.af.mil/Units/NTTR/
Site history
Builtestablished September 29, 1940
Garrison information
Occupants2011: NTTR military unit

2001: 98th Range Wing
[specify]: 99th Range Group
1948:[2] ATC Flying Division
c. 1945: Fifteenth Air Force
1942: Fourth Air Force detachment

1941:[3] AFCC & WCACTC
GNIS code 2511961

The Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) is one of two military training areas at the Nellis Air Force Base Complex in Nevada and used by the United States Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base. The NTTR land area includes a "simulated Integrated Air Defense System", several individual ranges with 1200 targets, and 4 remote communication sites.[1] The current NTTR area and the range's former areas have been used for aerial gunnery and bombing, for nuclear tests, as a proving ground and flight test area, for aircraft control and warning, and for Blue Flag, Green Flag, and Red Flag exercises.

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