Nevada Test and Training Range
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. 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.
| Nevada Test and Training Range | |
|---|---|
| Part of Nellis Air Force Base Complex | |
| Nye and Lincoln counties, Nevada Near Las Vegas in US | |
"Nellis Air Force Range" and nearby federal lands | |
| Coordinates | 37°31′36″N 116°11′53″W |
| Area | Land: 4,531 sq mi (11,740 km2) in 2012 Airspace: 5,000 sq mi (13,000 km2) restricted, 7,000 sq mi (18,000 km2) shared (MOA) |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Department of Defense |
| Website | www |
| Site history | |
| Built | established September 29, 1940 |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | 2011: NTTR military unit 2001: 98th Range Wing |
| GNIS code 2511961 | |
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