Western Barry Goldwater Range
by Robert Bales
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Western Barry Goldwater Range
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Robert Bales
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This area is located less than a mile from our house in Yuma. We spend many hours geocaching in this area. You need a free pass to enter and you must call in to the Marine Base to get permission to enter the area. It is located only a few miles from the Mexican Border so you will find many boulder patrol vehicles patrolling the land.
The Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range (formerly Luke Air Force Range) is a bombing range in the U.S. state of Arizona that runs along the Mexican border.
It is primarily used for air-to-ground bombing practice by United States Air Force pilots flying A-10s from Davis-Monthan AFB, F-16s from Luke AFB and Tucson Air National Guard Base, and Marine Corps pilots in F/A-18s and AV-8B Harriers from MCAS Yuma.
The entire range is approved for day and night operations. Four controlled, manned, and electronically scored surface attack ranges are available for pilots to practice basic air-to-surface weapons deployment, including bombing, rocket delivery, and strafe. Additionally, three expansive, uncontrolled tactical ranges are available. Each of these tactical ranges spans several hundred square kilometers, and each contains two airfield mockups plus many diverse arrays of targets, including structures, vehicle convoys, aircraft, and armor. These ranges are used to train pilots for strike and close air support missions, and support various types of live ordnance. Furthermore, JTACs from various services and countries frequently train on the same ranges and direct the air attacks. An air-to-air gunnery range is also available.
Near the center of the range complex, Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field (near Gila Bend, Arizona) serves as an emergency landing strip for pilots training on the ranges.
The Air Force operates the eastern portion of the BMGR (south of Interstate 8) while the Marine Corps operates the western portion.
The primary users of the range include aircraft from Davis�Monthan Air Force Base, Luke Air Force Base, and Marine Corps Air Station Yuma.
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