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constructing the first two runways and connecting taxiways. These were the EW (7/25) and the NE-SW (13/31) strips and each was 5200 feet in length. The work was finished in
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Engineers began construction on the Fallon, Nevada military site along with Nevada sites at Minden, Tonopah, Lovelock and Winnemucca. … World War II Navy pilots at Fallon AAS also used ranges at Black Rock, Sahwave, Lovelock Gunnery Range, Pyramid Lake (torpedo bombing range) and
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When World War II started, the Army chose several places in Nevada for the construction of small air fields to be used as part of the western defense program. Some of the places selected were Minden, Winemucca, Lovelock, and Fallon. Army
Engineers began the original work here in June of 1942;
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facility in two Nevada areas used for "aerial gunnery, strafing, dive bombing rocket fire". By 21 November 1944, the
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History: U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station Fallon, Nevada; June 10, 1944 – December 31, 1958 (Report). Vol. OPNAV Report 5450-5). 1959 .
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