Lovelock Aerial Gunnery Range
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lovelock-aerial-gunnery-range-200-5827895
title:
Lovelock Aerial Gunnery Range
text:
Lovelock Aerial Gunnery Range was a World War II facility in two Nevada areas used for "aerial gunnery, strafing, dive bombing [and] rocket fire". By 21 November 1944, the Lovelock Range had been approved by the Secretary of the Navy to be developed for Naval Air Station Fallon, and on 13 January 1945, "Lovelock Air to Air" began when "leased under the Second War Powers Act". By February 1945, land was being acquired for the North Range in the Black Rock Desert which was 1,122 sq mi (2,910 km2)
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description:
Military region in Nevada, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovelock_Aerial_Gunnery_Range
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date modified:
2024-02-10T05:30:11Z
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