WW2 Nellis Bomber Ship Targets
This is one of my Favorite Spots as seen from Google Earth, I first saw these ship targets years ago while flying F4 training missions on the Nellis Range, then one day I went into Google earth to see if I could find them again, and I did.
You can see two likely Japanese war ship outlines plowed in the desert (I think one is a battleship the other an aircraft carrier).
These targets I believe were mainly used as B-24 Bombing targets for the WW-II AAF Tonopah Training base. You can see how hard it was for WW-II bomber training crews to hit Non-Moving Ship Targets! Its amazing after 75+ years you can still see the bomb craters from training munitions (I'm not sure if these were live weapons or not?).
These and other targets are in the NW corner of the R4807A Restricted area so to visit them you have to contact Nellis Approach (124.45 or LA Cntr) to ask/beg for range access. Best possible visit times would be Sundays or Holidays (when no Military flights are using the range) with pre-coordinated flight plans. Not saying they will give it to you but that's what's required, until then you will have to visit using Google Earth.
This is one of my Favorite Spots as seen from Google Earth, I first saw these ship targets years ago while flying F4 training missions on the Nellis Range, then one day I went into Google earth to see if I could find them again, and I did.
You can see two likely Japanese war ship outlines plowed in the desert (I think one is a battleship the other an aircraft carrier).
These targets I believe were mainly used as B-24 Bombing targets for the WW-II AAF Tonopah Training base. You can see how hard it was for WW-II bomber training crews to hit Non-Moving Ship Targets! Its amazing after 75+ years you can still see the bomb craters from training munitions (I'm not sure if these were live weapons or not?).
These and other targets are in the NW corner of the R4807A Restricted area so to visit them you have to contact Nellis Approach (124.45 or LA Cntr) to ask/beg for range access. Best possible visit times would be Sundays or Holidays (when no Military flights are using the range) with pre-coordinated flight plans. Not saying they will give it to you but that's what's required, until then you will have to visit using Google Earth.
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