page_title: Panamint Valley
section_title: Military use
hierarchical_section_title: Panamint Valley / Military use
caption_attribution_description: English: Panamint Valley, California, looking south.
context_page_description: The Panamint Valley is a long basin located east of the Argus and Slate ranges, and west of the Panamint Range in the northeastern reach of the Mojave Desert, in eastern California, United States.
context_section_description: The airspace over Panamint Valley is part of the U.S. military's vast R-2508 Special Use Airspace Complex.  The Panamint Military Operating Area (MOA) covers the entire valley north to Hunter Mountain from 200 ft AGL (Above Ground Level) up to FL180 flight Level (flight level is approximately altitude above mean sea level in hundreds of feet), therefore, FL180 would be 18,000 feet)  with an Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace (ATCAA) located above the same area from FL180 up to FL600.  The airspace is primarily used by military aircraft from Nellis AFB, Edwards AFB, NAWS China Lake, and NAS Lemoore for high and low altitude mission training.  Military aircraft utilize radio communications on 291.6 MHz or 120.25 MHz while operating in the Panamint MOA; however, military aircraft throughout the R-2508 complex often use 315.9 MHz when conducting low altitude operations below 1500 ft above ground level.
caption: Panamint Valley, looking south from the "South Pass" that connects Panamint and Saline valleys.
exif: {}