Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, South Range

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Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake or NAWS China Lake (ICAO: KNID, FAA LID: NID) is an airborne weapons testing and training range operated by the United States Navy and its contractors. It is located in the northeast of California's Mojave Desert in northwestern San Bernardino County, southwestern Inyo County, and northeastern Kern County.
The main airfield, Armitage Field, is situated several miles from China Lake itself, an endorheic basin from which the range takes its name. It is the home base of several tenant commands, including the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD). NAWS China Lake is the US Navy's largest single holding of land, comprised of 1.1 million acres (4500 km²), approximately one-third (1/3) of the US Navy's total land holdings in the world, and the airspace controlled jointly by the NAWS, Edwards Air Force Base and Fort Irwin is the largest in the Department of Defense known as the R-2508 Special Use Airspace Complex.
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