NTTR Assumption of Command

Col. Stephen Langford, Nevada Test and Training Range commander, speaks to members of his organization during the NTTR assumption of command ceremony, Jan. 28, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The NTTR is the largest contiguous air and ground space available for peacetime military operations in the free world. The range occupies 2.9 million acres of land, 5,000 square miles of airspace, which is restricted from civilian air traffic over-flight, and another 7,000 square miles of military operating area, which is shared with civilian aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Lancaster)

NTTR Assumption of Command

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Lofgren, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, passes the Nevada Test and Training Range flag to Col. Stephen Langford, NTTR commander, during the NTTR assumption of command ceremony, Jan. 28, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The NTTR, formerly the 98th Range Wing, provides the warfighter a flexible, realistic and multidimensional battle-space to conduct testing, training and tactics development in support of U.S. national interests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Lancaster)

Urban Operations Complex on the NTTR

NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE-- Staff Sgt. James Spreter, a Combat Training Squadron joint terminal attack controller, leads an A10 Thunderbolt II to a target Thursday Nov. 5, 2009 at the Urban Operations Complex. The UOC is a state-of-the-art urban facility providing the war fighter a full-spectrum urban combat training environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

Urban Operations Complex on the NTTR

NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE-- An A10 Thunderbolt II flies over the Urban Operations Complex Thursday Nov. 5, 2009. The UOC is a state-of-the-art facility on the NTTR providing the war fighter a full-spectrum urban combat training environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

The people of the Tolicha Peak Electronic Combat Range

NEVADA TEST and TRAINING RANGE, Nev. -- Col. John Montgomery 98th Range Wing commander and Dave Leake, a NTTR threat system operator, discuss the operations of the SA-2 threat system simulator at the Tolicha Peak Electronic Combat Range Oct. 26. The Nevada Test and Training Range accounts for 2.9 million acres of land and 12,000 square miles of airspace in Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

The people of the Tolicha Peak Electronic Combat Range

NEVADA TEST and TRAINING RANGE, Nev. -- Col. John Montgomery 98th Range Wing commander looks on as system operators Chris Bauman, Gene Verratti and Dale Martin track an aircraft with the SA-6 threat system simulator at the Tolicha Peak Electronic Combat Range Oct. 26. The Nevada Test and Training Range accounts for 2.9 million acres of land and 12,000 square miles of airspace in Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)