[1] The USAF Warfare Center manages advanced pilot training and integrates many of the Air Force's test and evaluation requirements.
[1] The USAF Warfare Center uses the lands and airspace of the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) – which occupies about three million acres (12,000 km2) of land, the largest such range in the United States, and another five-million-acre (20,000 km2) military operating area which is shared with civilian aircraft.
[1] By the mid-1960s, USAF aircraft and aircrew losses in the Vietnam War had convinced Tactical Air Command (TAC) of the need to improve technical and operational skills for the widening conflict.
Additionally, the Nellis Range, largest in the free world, readily complemented the new center's mission.
source[2] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency