Tonopah Test Range

37 795 - 116.77Koordinaten: 37 ° 47 '42 " N, 116 ° 46' 12 " W

Tonopah Test Range, short TTR, is a military facility about 50 km southeast of Tonopah in Nye County, Nevada (USA). It lies in the northern part of the Nellis Range and is not accessible to the public. The Tonopah Test Range has an area of ​​1,600 km ². It was opened in 1957 as a testing ground for military programs of the United States Department of Energy and managed most of the time by Sandia National Laboratories. It is also used for launching sounding rockets with which free-fall experiments are conducted.

As Tonopah Test Range, the modern Air Force Base is located near the center ( at 37 ° 47'N, 116 ° 46'W ) refers. The base is also known that he was the home base of the stealth aircraft F -117 Nighthawk 1984-1992. He's got a runway 3.5 km in length, about 50 hangars and an extensive support infrastructure.

The facility is located mainly in a valley, bounded on the west by the Cactus Range. In the east, the Kawich Range is with the former mining town Silverbow mine, one of the largest ghost towns in Nevada. Live more coyotes and wild horse herds, which are monitored by the Bureau of Land Management Speaking about the plant.

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