Re: By any other name


Message posted by remotelocation on August 26, 2010 at 21:30:14 PST:

One thing that I've noticed from official publications about the airspace around Groom Lake is that R4808N is considered to be controlled by DOE, and not the Air Force.

Is it possible that the base itself is considered to be a DOE asset too? If so, perhaps future FOIA requests could request records pertaining to that.


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The Nevada Test Site (NTS), operated by the DOE as the national on-continent nuclear weapons
test site, is protected by restricted areas R-4808N and R-4808S. The NTS airspace R-4808 is
controlled by DOE for NTS activities and is not part of the NTTR. Agreements with the U.S.
Air Force (USAF) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allow specific uses by
military and civilian aircraft. R-4808N is designated as non-joint use by the FAA and the DOE
retains exclusive, continuous control (USAF 1996 [DIRS 157987], Section 1.26.1, and USAF
1999 [DIRS 103472], Section 3.1.1 and Appendix A, Section 2.1)

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In Reply to: By any other name posted by Peter Merlin on August 26, 2010 at 16:57:40 PST:

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