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A 500-pound "live bomb" explodes on a target at the U.S. Navy Pinecastle Range Complex in the Ocala National Forest, north of Altoona. Tuesday, Sep. 5 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. (Live/Inert)
The Lake George site is still used today as part of the Navy's Pinecastle Electronic Warfare and Bombing Range [9] complex in the Ocala National Forest that is managed by NAS Jacksonville. [2] NAS DeLand also maintained a duty watch of two sailors to patrol Lake Woodruff in the event of any nearby naval aircraft mishaps.
The Navy drops nearly 20,000 bombs a year at the site, a few hundred of which are live. The Pinecastle Bombing Range is a fenced 5,760 acres (23.3 km 2) area, with the eastern edge of the range located about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of State Road 19 and the Camp Ocala campgrounds, and one-half mile (800 m) west of the Farles Lake campground.
This included CVW-8 aircraft flying live bombing runs at the U.S. Navy's Pinecastle Bombing Range in Ocala National Forest, Florida, between 18 and 18 December 2013. [citation needed] At the start of 2014, Carrier Strike Group Two was in port and not underway. [99] 2012–2013 exercises and port visits
Designed and built in the early days of the Cold War, Minot Air Force Base originally existed to repel Soviet bombing attacks from the north. Today, the base is home to the 5th Bomb Wing and the ...
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Pinecastle or Pine Castle may refer to: McCoy Air Force Base (previously Pinecastle Army Airfield), a former United States Air Force base Naval Air Station DeLand (previously Pinecastle Electronic Warfare and Bombing Range), a United States Naval Air Station located in DeLand, Florida from 1942–1946
Republican President Donald Trump said on Saturday he has instructed the U.S. military to release a hold imposed by Democratic former President Joe Biden on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel.