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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