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The Badlands Bombing Range (BBR) refers to Rapid City Army Air Base target ranges for World War II which included the current Air Force Retained Area, an inactive United States Air Force site "20 miles southeast of Phoenix, South Dakota". The retained area is the remainder of federally acquired in 1942 under eminent domain at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Oglala Sioux). In addition to use by World War II aircraft, BBR was used for a post-war Army National Guard gunnery range and a Cold War Radar Bomb Scoring site.

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  • Badlands Bombing Range
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  • The Badlands Bombing Range (BBR) refers to Rapid City Army Air Base target ranges for World War II which included the current Air Force Retained Area, an inactive United States Air Force site "20 miles southeast of Phoenix, South Dakota". The retained area is the remainder of federally acquired in 1942 under eminent domain at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Oglala Sioux). In addition to use by World War II aircraft, BBR was used for a post-war Army National Guard gunnery range and a Cold War Radar Bomb Scoring site.
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  • 17(xsd:integer)
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dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
lat s
  • 55(xsd:integer)
Category
  • military area
established type
  • Bombing range
  • Bomb Plot
  • Gunnery range
  • Retained Area
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  • tbd
Location Type
  • Sites
Country
  • United States
Region
lat d
  • 43(xsd:integer)
code type
  • GSA property
Image caption
  • Controlled explosion of unexploded ordnance at the Air Force Retained Area
long d
  • 102(xsd:integer)
Established
  • 1942(xsd:integer)
  • 1960(xsd:integer)
  • 1968(xsd:integer)
  • : North Dakota National Guard
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Image
State
  • South Dakota
long EW
  • W
lat NS
  • N
lat m
  • 40(xsd:integer)
long s
  • 55(xsd:integer)
etymology
city type
Location
  • "Bomb Target" landmark
  • Retained Area "on Bouquet Table"
  • interpretive sign
abstract
  • The Badlands Bombing Range (BBR) refers to Rapid City Army Air Base target ranges for World War II which included the current Air Force Retained Area, an inactive United States Air Force site "20 miles southeast of Phoenix, South Dakota". The retained area is the remainder of federally acquired in 1942 under eminent domain at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Oglala Sioux). In addition to use by World War II aircraft, BBR was used for a post-war Army National Guard gunnery range and a Cold War Radar Bomb Scoring site.
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