Black Rock Desert
The 1942 area of in the Black Rock Desert for World War II USAAF aerial gunnery (Targets 25, 26, 27 in areas 1, 2, 3) was used for a 1949 Navy range of that was reactivated near Sulphur, Nevada. After a 1955 request by congressman Clair Engle, the Black Rock Desert Gunnery Range was closed by 1964.