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The Strategic Training Route Complex is a series of training routes operated by the
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where bomber aircraft are able to train using tactics for low-level flight. During the
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, fourteen routes were operated by the
99th Strategic Weapons Wing 99th may refer to: * 99th Brigade (disambiguation) 99th Brigade may refer to: * 99th Composite Brigade (Bangladesh) * 99th Mountain Brigade, formerly 99th Indian Infantry Brigade (India) * 99th Brigade (Iraq) * 99th Mixed Brigade (Spain); see * 99t ...
. Range control was provided by the 25th Strategic Training Squadron (now known as the
25th Space Range Squadron The 25th Space Range Squadron is a squadron of the United States Space Force. It is assigned to the Space Delta 11 at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, US. The 25th operates the Space Test and Training Range along with the 379th Space ...
). The current routes are located in
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,
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,
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, and
Montana Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...
. One downside to the routes being out west, is that it made it prohibitive for units in the Eastern United States to travel west without expending flight hours.


See also

* 99th Tactics and Training Wing *
25th Space Range Squadron The 25th Space Range Squadron is a squadron of the United States Space Force. It is assigned to the Space Delta 11 at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, US. The 25th operates the Space Test and Training Range along with the 379th Space ...


References

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