Goldwater Range News Today

Over the objections of the Marine Corps Air Station due to its proximity to the Goldwater Range, the Yuma City Council approved the rezoning of 77 acres at the southeast

Ironically enough, the F-15E would score its first air-to-air kill, not with its internal gun 20mm gun or its air-to-air missiles…but a laser-guided bomb, namely a GBU-10.

Proposed legislation would allow the Barry M. Goldwater Range near Yuma to continue operating until 2049.

View Comments COLORADO RIVER, Ariz. — In the scorching heat, against the backdrop of a vehicle barrier separating the United States from Mexico, officials from federal agencies in both countries came together to explain the dangers of crossing their shared border. Representatives from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Mexican Consulate in Yuma and Mexico’s C5 surveillance force spoke at an annual event on Thursday afternoon near Yuma with the goal of dissuading unauthorized crossing...

You put yourself in incredible peril: Extreme heat can be deadly for border crossers, officials warn Meena Venkataramanan and Andrew Favakeh, Arizona Republic © Meena Venkataramanan / The Republic A dummy weighing 220 pounds is carried for several hundred yards to reenact what Border Patrol agents do when encountering a migrant who is ill. The simulation was part of an event on July 8, 2021, at the Arizona-Mexico border near Yuma emphasizing the danger of border crossing with...