Area 51 in Nevada

12 February 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

'No Photography' photo © David James Henry/cc-by-sa-4.0

‘No Photography’ photo © David James Henry/cc-by-sa-4.0

Area 51 is the common name of a highly classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range. A remote detachment administered by Edwards Air Force Base, the facility is officially called Homey Airport (ICAO: KXTA, FAA LID: XTA) or Groom Lake (after the salt flat next to its airfield). Details of its operations are not made public, but the USAF says that it is an open training range, and it is commonly thought to support the development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons systems. The USAF and CIA acquired the site in 1955, primarily for flight testing the Lockheed U-2 aircraft.   read more…

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