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SUBSONIC TEST BEDS
The WATR supports a variety of vehicles
UAVs
HYPERSONIC RESEARCH
EARTH SCIENCES
LEO SPACECRAFT
SUPERSONIC TEST BEDS
REENTRY VEHICLES
SPACE SHUTTLE
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3134N.004
3134N.004
RANGE COMPLEXEDWARDS FLIGHT TEST
FRESNO
BAKERSFIELD
R2508
R-2505
R-2506
R-2502N
R-2524
R-2509R-2515
LANCASTER
LAS VEGAS
NEVADA
CALIFORNIA
R2508
R-2505
R-2506
R-2502N
R-2524
R-2509R-2515
BARSTOW
166 NM
149 NM
Dryden shares airspace with the AFFTC~ 20,000 square miles
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WEST PIRA
EAST PIRA
ROSAMONDDRY LAKEBED
ROGERSDRY
LAKEBED
NORTH EDWARDS
BORON
PALMDALE
LAKELOS ANGELES
PLANT 42
LITTLEROCK
PEARBLOSSOM
KERN COUNTY
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
KERN COUNTY
SANBERNARDINO
COUNTY
58
58
58
395
395
14
14
138
MILES
0 5 10
MOJAVE
ROSAMOND
LANCASTER
CALIFORNIA
CITY
EDWARDS AFBEDWARDS AFB
R-2506 R-2524
R-2509
THREE SISTERSDRY LAKE
CUDDEBACKDRY LAKE
TEHACHAPI
VICTORVILLE
BARSTOW
HARPERDRY LAKE
RANDSBURG
HELENDALE
EL MIRAGEDRY LAKE
R-2515R-2515
HAYSTACK LOW LEVEL ROUTE
DESERT BUTTE TFR CORDES ROAD TEST AREA
HIGH ALTITUDE SUPERSONIC CORRIDOR
HIGH ALTITUDE SUPERSONIC CORRIDOR
EDWARDSFLIGHT TEST
RANGE
Restricted airspace, corridors, and special use areas are available for experimental aircraft
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FOR INTEGRATED T&EFOR INTEGRATED T&E
3264N.009
3264N.009
SCALE IN NAUTICAL MILES
0 10050
DoD WESTERN TEST RANGESDoD WESTERN TEST RANGES
MICROWAVE/FIBEROPTIC DATA LINKS
SATELLITE LINK
COMPATIBLE RANGEFEATURES
TSPI
GPS
RADAR
OPTICS
TELEMETRYVIDEOCOMMUNICATIONSCOMMAND & CONTROLSYSTEMSATC RADAR
COMMONALITYINTEROPERABILITYINTERNETTED
PT PILLAR
EGLIN
WRIGHTPATTERSON NAWC
JOHNSON SPACECENTER
KSC
NTF
MOUNTAIN HOME
FALLON
UTTR
VANDENBERG
PT MUGU
EDWARDSCOMPLEX
CHINA LAKE
TONOPAH/NELLIS
COMPLEX
EDWARDS
KIRTLAND
CHINA LAKE
VANDENBERG
PT MUGU
TONOPAH/NELLIS
COMPLEX