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Area 51. Coordinates: 37°14′0″N 115°48′30″W. Homey Airport. Near Rachel, Lincoln County, Nevada in United States. A satellite image taken in 2022 captured by Sentinel-2 of ESA showing the base with Groom Lake just to the north-northeast. Homey Airport.
List of airports with a paved runway at least 4,000 m (13,123 ft) long. / 29.35167°N 89.30694°E / 29.35167; 89.30694 ( Shigatse Peace Airport) / 54.40111°N 48.80278°E / 54.40111; 48.80278 ( Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport)
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. It is part of the northern fringe of the Nellis Range ...
The Origins of a Mystery. The beginning of Area 51 is directly related to the development of the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft.After World War II, the Soviet Union lowered the Iron Curtain around ...
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 ...
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Background. The main gate of the Nevada Test and Training Range, colloquially known as Area 51. Area 51 is a common name given to a United States Air Force (USAF) facility in the Nevada Test and Training Range. Opening in 1955, the facility functioned as an aircraft testing and development facility during the Cold War.
Groom Lake is a dry lake, [1] also described as a salt flat, [2] in Nevada.It is used for runways of the Nellis Bombing Range Test Site airport (KXTA). [3] Part of the Area 51 USAF installation, it lies at an elevation of 4,409 ft (1,344 m) [4] and is approximately 3.7 miles (6.0 km) from north to south and 3 miles (4.8 km) from east to west at its widest point, and is approximately 11.3 miles ...