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=== Nellis AFB complex === {{main|Nellis Air Force Base Complex}} {{For|the associated "Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex" and "Tonopah Test Range Complex Glut" identified by the [[99th Air Base Wing]]{{r|Huntley}}|Desert National Wildlife Refuge|Tonopah Test Range}} The [[Nellis Air Force Base Complex]]<!--USACE p. 2-1, AFD-081006-078 p. 5-2, etc.--> is a group of southern Nevada military areas that are predominantly USAF and [[Bureau of Land Management]] areas outside of the base (e.g., controlled by military units at Nellis). The complex's land areas include Nellis AFB, the USAF [[Nevada Test and Training Range]], the active portion of the Small Arms Range Annex north of the base, the annex's [[Formerly Used Defense Site]] of {{convert|5775|acre|disp=flip}} (cleared in March 1972, returned to the [[United States Department of the Interior|DoI]]),{{r|USACE2010}} 13 BLM areas of {{Convert|5.7|acre|abbr=on|disp=flip}} each leased for Patriot Radar/Communications Exercises, and other BLM sites "under Military Operations Area (MOA) airspace".<ref name="Huntley">{{Cite report|url=http://www.nellis.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080404-038.pdf|title=…Patriot Communications Exercises in Lincoln County, Nevada|last=Huntley|first=Chris, Proj. Mgr.|date=August 2008|publisher=Aspen Environmental Group|volume=AFD-081006-078|pages=3–28|access-date=6 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304014049/http://www.nellis.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080404-038.pdf|format=Final Environmental Assessment|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2013}}</ref> Nellis AFB also leases space at the former [[Las Vegas AFS]],{{Citation needed|reason=This claim is from the Las Vegas AFS wikiarticle.|date=June 2013}} and environmental sites of the [[Tonopah Bombing Range (FUDS)]] are monitored by the EPA. Additional [[Formerly Used Defense Sites]] associated with the area's military operations are the [[Nye County]] Areas A, G, H, & I; the "[[Delamar Dry Lake]] Test Annex"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://corpsfuds.org/php/list.php?type=sites&find=exvqzcto&county=|title=List of [FUDS<nowiki>]</nowiki> Sites…|publisher=CorpsFUDS.org|format=sorted database query list|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615212915/http://corpsfuds.org/php/list.php?type=sites&find=exvqzcto&county=|archive-date=15 June 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=10 June 2013}}</ref> and the "Sunrise Mountain Machine Gun Range".<ref>Table C-3 Status of Installations With Response Completed</ref>
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