Lovelock Aerial Gunnery Range is a World War II facility in two Nevada regions used for "air cannons, strafing, diving bombardment [and] rocket fire". On November 21, 1944, the Lovelock Range was approved by the Navy Secretary to be developed for Naval Air Station Fallon, and on January 13, 1945, "Lovelock Air to Air" began when "chartered under the Second Power War Act". In February 1945, the land was being purchased for the Northern Range in Black Rock Desert which was 1,122 sq.a, 2,910 km 2 which included 64.4 sq./n mi (167Ã, km 2 ) from "patented" land (private lease). The Southern range in Granite Springs Valley is 2,436 sqmin (6,310 km 2 ), and in March 1945 "1920 Acres more" was added.
The post-war range was reactivated in October 1945 when the United States Navy closed more than 1,563 square meters (4,050 km km) to the public in two bunds of Aerial Lovelock Wind Rings. region. Permission of the Department of Internal Affairs for the Northern Part of the Lovelock Range was canceled by March 6, 1946 "BuDocks ltr", and the Yard Bureau and Wharf directed to cancel the lease for the Southern Section by the Chief of Naval Operations on 7 January. 1947 (lease for "NAAF Lovelock" ended on January 1, 1947).
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Desert of the Desert Black Stone Gunnery
The 1942 area of ​​973 m² (2,520 km 2 ) in the Black Rock Desert for USAAF (World War II) air cannon (Target 25, 26, 27 in area 1, 2, 3) was used for the 1949 Navy ranging from 745 m² (1,930 km 2 ) reactivated near Sulfur, Nevada. After a 1955 request by congressman Clair Engle, the Black Rock Desert Gunnery Range closed in 1964.
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Sahwave Mountain Air to Air Gunnery Range
In 1958 after the span of World War II South Lovelock "renamed Sahwave Mountain Air to Air Gunnery Range... 500,000 acre was acquired by... Public Land Order No. 3632. Formal acquisition of that range was completed in August". Used for "machine gun only" fire, 547,906 acre (856,103 sqÃ, mi) "Range of Sahwave elementary air-toe guns" was used in October 1958.
On October 25, 1976, after the failure of the INS platform during night training, Lockheed SR-71A, 61-7965 , (Article 2016) disappeared near Lovelock (pilot and RSO escaped safely).
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