Sorry, where are you getting 19,500 sq. mi.? The Wikipedia article says 4,500 sq. km., or ~1,700 sq. mi. Not that it matters much. I spent several years statio

Sorry, where are you getting 19,500 sq. mi.? The Wikipedia article says 4,500 sq. km., or ~1,700 sq. mi. Not that it matters much. I spent several years stationed at the Army's nearby Ft. Irwin and the area is so desolate the actual number hardly matters. Edit: Reading further into the Wikipedia article, I think you took the number for the size of the controlled airspace around China Lake, which isn't the same as area enclosed by the land perimeter.