Editing Nevada Test and Training Range (section)

===Nellis Air Force Range===
The '''Nellis Air Force Range''' (NAFR) was used to bury wreckage of the [[List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1975–1979)#1978|1978 Groom Lake & 1979 NAFR]] [[Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk]] crashes, and additional [[Cold War]] accidents at the range included the [[Lockheed U-2#Variants|1975 NAFR TR-1 crash]],<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YzJcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yVUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5447,1924221&dq=nellis+air+force+range&hl=en{{dead link|date=September 2017}}<br>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wa0tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LYEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1742,4964182&dq=nellis+air+force+range&hl=en{{dead link|date=September 2017}}</ref> the [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F#History|1979 Tonopah MiG-17 crash]] during training versus an [[Northrop F-5]], the [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23#History|1984 Little Skull Mountain MiG-23 crash]], which killed a USAF general,<ref>{{cite news |title=General might have died in Soviet jet|newspaper=[[Telegraph Herald]] |location=Dubuque, Iowa |date=May 3, 1984  |agency=The New York Times News Service |page=2 |via=Google News |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GDtFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5828,221561&dq=nellis+air+force+range&hl=en}}</ref> and the 1986 NAFR crash, which "Air Force sources" identified as an "[[F-19]]" stealth fighter.<ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. air force keeping quiet about aircraft |date=July 14, 1986 |newspaper=[[Leader-Post]] |location=Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |agency=Associated Press |page=C8 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=64hWAAAAIBAJ&pg=1331,3259666&dq=nellis+air+force+range&hl=en}}</ref> Circa 1980, NAFR received [[1st Combat Evaluation Group#ESD 806L systems|806L "Range Threat" systems]] for [[electronic warfare]] simulation and from 1983 to 1985, the area of [[South Antelope Lake]] was used for two [[Tomahawk (missile family)|Tomahawk missile]] targets.<ref>{{Cite report |title=Streamlined Approach for Environmental Restoration (SAFER) Plan for Corrective Action Unit 408 ... (DOE/NV--1171-Rev. 1) |date=March 2010 |publisher=[[National Nuclear Security Administration]]}}</ref> NAFR range operations transferred to the [[99th Range Group]] at the end of the [[Cold War]] (the range received various [[Radar Bomb Scoring]] electronic systems from [[Strategic Training Range]]s, e.g., Nellis had 5 AN/MSQ-77s by 1994).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Stephen M. Hardy |author2=Zachary A. Lum |title=Simulation Shadowland |journal=Journal of Electronic Defense |date=November 1994 |pages=35–36 |via=Aliens on Earth |url=http://www.ufomind.com/area51/orgs/nellis/nellisew.txt}}</ref> In 1999 the range's land withdrawal{{Quantify|date=February 2013}} was renewed<ref>{{Cite book |date=March 1999 |title=Renewal of the Nellis Air Force Range Land Withdrawal: Legislative Environmental Impact Statement |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2nr_GgAACAAJ |publisher=USAF}}</ref> and the unused portion of the original Tonopah Bombing Range was redesignated a [[Formerly Used Defense Site]].{{r|"USACE2001"}}{{rp|2-1}}
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In 2001, NAFR was renamed the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) and in October 2001, the range group personnel and assets for range operations transferred to the 98th Range Wing.{{r|"2011Factsheet"}} In 2005, Indian Springs AFAF was renamed [[Creech Air Force Base]] and in 2010, the NTS was renamed the [[Nevada National Security Site]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 23, 2010 |title=Nevada nuclear bomb site given new name |url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/08/23/Nevada-nuclear-bomb-site-given-new-name/UPI-39551282594195/ |publisher=United Press International |access-date=February 10, 2013}}</ref> The NTTR had four tracts in the [[2010 U.S. Census]].{{r|"2010Census"}} In 2011, the 98th Range Wing was redesignated with the same name as the range (NTTR).{{r|"2012FactSheet"}}