On Jan 28, 9:46 am, 1gunnut <gun...@nowhere.com > wrote:

And what's the deal with Labou Flats, are those some (huge) strange bunkers or
what?
Why do the dozen or so planes seem to have been quickly abandoned (dust storm
periphery)?

<http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=39.23389,-118.24867&z=17&t=S>that site is just the same as this one and a dozen more just like

these .........

http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=37.40318,-116.24218&z=16&t=H&marker0=36.19...

it's part of a complex of sites that  range from beyond Fallon  NAS  (
north of there ) , s.e. through the missile batteries located behind
the hill at  the Hawthorne  ammo dump site ..... down  to and through
all Nellis  areas.

it most likely , in times past ( unless they spend tons to fake it )
was an active site ...... perhaps in the WWII - Korean -  Nam eras ,
but is used  exclusively for training now . ( simulated enemy bases )

there are times with the skies are filled with planes interreacting
with each other from Fallon and Nellis ..... and  they scream and
swoop  all over the place  in the Fallon - Nellis corridor.

Fallon planes swoop down and drop those red flares in the area
over the NUWTL ,  nearly on the ground just east of 395 , heading down
and over towards Nellis   ( just minutes apart at those speeds ) .....
occasionally  you see a dummy launch of a  s.a.m  from the area behind
the hill  at the ammo dump ..... it's all pretty entertaining.

a good vantage point is sitting in your lawn chair and sipping
lemonade up on ( 7200' , 2000' above the valley floor below )
) Lucky Boy pass  ( above hawthorne )  ..... where you can see for
zillions of  miles both to fallon and nearly to Nellis ..... all at
the same time !

quite a show , but sometimes you need to get in early as they close
the roads ( ie: 395 ) when firing  the missiles .

Do yu think these exercises near Fallon are Top Gun?