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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.
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.
The range is affiliated with the U.S. Navy's Pinecastle Bombing Range located in the Ocala National Forest just west of Lake George. The bombing ranges date back to World War II , when the Navy built bomb targets in Lake George and nearby Crescent Lake, and stationed personnel in the area to maintain the targets and perform search and rescue ...
Taylor Field Airport, 2.1 miles (3.4 km) southwest of Ocala; Greenville Aviation School Also operated: AAFSAT Ocala Bombing Range Now: Closed 1962, currently industrial park. Carlstrom Field, 6.4 miles (10.3 km) southeast of Arcadia; Riddle Aeronautical Institute 53d Flying Training Detachment (Contract Pilot School)
A WWII area bombing range near Myrtle Beach, ... Award contract to implement recommended action in 2025. Project 02, Conway G&G PRP: Project closed out on Sept. 26, 2013 due to the settlement ...
A Grumman F-14 Tomcat on a platform with the Chief Master at Arms house in the background. The house is now the location of the DeLand Naval Air Station Museum. Nine Mile Point on Lake George was also under NAS DeLand's control and was used as a practice bombing site with a Navy Consolidated PBY Catalina seaplane stationed nearby in the event of an aircraft mishap on the lake.
Despite leaving Ocala National Forest, the area surrounding SR 19 remains mostly forest land for another 5 miles (8.0 km). After crossing the right-of-way for a series of power lines, [ 4 ] the forest thins out as road turns north momentarily then curves to the northeast again.
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