R-6312 McMullen Target Site/Range

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The Navy's mission of training aviators uses the range in McMullen County, variously known as the McMullen County Range or the McMullen Target Site/Range. In 1966 the Padre Island ranges were decommissioned, and crews are dispatched to remove remaining ordnance. Later that year, bombing operations were moved to McMullen County. The Navy, Air Force and Texas National Guard continue to use the facility.

NAS Kingsville manages the McMullen County Range, (often referred to as Yankee/Dixie range, identifying its Yankee and Dixie target complexes). This range and its restricted airspace R-6312 lie approximately 65 miles northwest of NAS Kingsville. The range offers scored training for air to surface gunnery and inert weapons drops. The range serves NAS Kingsville's assigned training wing (TRAWING 2) and also the Texas ANG 149 th Fighter Wing from Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX.

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