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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]
Groom Lake is a salt flat [15] in Nevada used for runways of the Nellis Bombing Range Test Site airport (XTA/KXTA) on the north of the Area 51 USAF military installation. The lake at 4,409 ft (1,344 m) elevation is approximately 33⁄4 mi (6 km) from north to south and 3 mi (5 km) from east to west at its widest point. [16] .
Jul 12, 2009 · Discover Area 51 in Groom Lake, Nevada: In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Sep 19, 2019 · Area 51 refers to a map location and is the popular name for a United States Air Force base. It is at Groom Lake, a dry lake bed in the Nevada Desert, 85 miles (135km) north of Las Vegas.
Sep 9, 2024 · Area 51, secret U.S. Air Force military installation located at Groom Lake in southern Nevada. It is administered by Edwards Air Force Base in southern California.
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Jul 17, 2019 · Area 51, officially named the Nevada Test and Training Range at Groom Lake, is a high-security open training range for the U.S. Air Force in southern Nevada — though the site is still very...
Jul 1, 2022 · Area 51 (also known as “Groom Lake,” “Paradise Ranch,” and several other names) was a secret testing site for CIA’s highly classified U-2 and A-12 OXCART reconnaissance aircraft programs, as well as a training site for the pilots.