You guys are really complaining about a little ordinance explosion? It includes nine targets, each designated for a particular type of ordinance. God bless the future generation of America! The only explosions I hear are the ones I make in the commode. Might mean something is going on. The house was built there because the land was cheap and you bought it because it was a “good”deal! The Pinecastle Bombing Range is an un-fenced 5,760-acre area, with the eastern edge of the range located about 2 miles west of State Road 19 and the Camp Ocala campgrounds, and one-half mile west of the Farles … If the impact noise gets too loud, residents are asked to call (800) 874-5059. The Navy will conduct live training bombing runs at the Pinecastle Range Complex, the bombing range in the Ocala National Forest all week, all day and much of the night. Thought at first it was an alien landing site! and we may bust bust bust. But only a fraction of you contribute. While fishing on Blue Springs Run off of St. John’s River, the first blast did scare the bejesus out of us. It is a welcome sound The US NAVY are hands down the best pilots in the world. That would be the shits if I get a geyser in my living room ever time they bomb. The Pinecastle Bombing Range Complex located in the Ocala National Forest near Astor, FL. And just how do you think the rest of the world protects their territories and/or others? Pine Castle is a leader in serving adults with intellectual and developmental differences and providing support to their families across Northeast Florida. During World War II, the Lake Bryant Bombing and Gunnery Range was utilized by the United States Armed Forces Command and was under the jurisdiction of Pinecastle Army Air Field and the Orlando Army Air Base. F-18 jet fighters and other aircraft take off from Jacksonville Naval Air Station, fly low over the Forest, and drop their bombs in the middle 450 acres of the range. To Bon: Some of the comment’s above are so ignorant, talking about an earlier time, when Florida was the less popular state, so that means we can keep destroying and polluting and keep Florida at risk, not only for wildlife but maybe people fighting disease and could cause cancer. The way it is now, stay in the marked channels or risk the highly probable impaling and sinking of your boat on a stake or piling. The training will take place now through February 11 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Pinecastle Bombing and Gunnery Range • Pinecastle Range leased from Forest Service • Operated in accordance with an operating plan: – Pine Scrub Habitat at Pinecastle Range hosts multiple plant and animal species designated as: • Sensitive • Threatened • Endangered • Species of Special Concern The crews that fly the aircraft must stay at the TOP of there game. Do that out in the ocean. IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY OR WHAT? Thank you Flagler Live for this report…as we were wondering ourselves what was going on around our house, with all the rattling. Pinecastle or Pine Castle may refer to: . They are practicing so when so when the real thing happens they don’t miss. Now it all seems ridiculous. Should we be concerned about potential sinkholes opening as they swallow residents and all to never be found? During the 5 months ended May 1973, the range was used 130 days, or about 86 percent of the time, and 3,135 bombing runs were made, an … The Pinecastle Range Complex is a bombing range commonly used by the military. Go Navy…Go American Armed Forces. Navy training is happening at the Pinecastle Bomb Range Complex for live and inert bombing. The rafters have been shaking all day! They didn’t make you? When did you decide to move next to an active airport? After retirement, he worked several civilian jobs including several years with Miller Electric Company. When negotiations fail (OH…and they DO) then tactics a little beyond hard-core tickling must come into play. McCoy AFB (1940–1947, 1951–1975) is a former U.S. Air Force installation located 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Orlando, Florida.It was a training base during World War II.From 1951 to 1975, it was a front line Strategic Air Command (SAC) base during the Cold War and Vietnam War.It was Orlando's biggest employer and economic … The Navy’s site is about 45 to 50 miles from Palm Coast as the crow flies, but “depending on the temperature and the wind and the humidity, it will determine whether the sounds in the Ocala area make it over it,” says Troy Harper, Flagler County’s emergency operations chief. Between 2 August 1951 and 15 April 1985, the Navy acquired 5,895 (including 5,765 acres of former site acreage) acres by use permit from USDA for an impact range since developed and known as Pinecastle Impact Range. Glad it’s not just me–we just moved and I was wondering why the heck the house was shaking. If each of you contributed as little as $5 for the whole year--barely over a penny a day--we wouldn’t need to solicit advertising. Forest Supervisor Marsha Kearney extended the current permit to allow adequate time for the Navy to finalize the EIS and for her to then make a decision on the future of the range. The Navy’s Pinecastle Impact (Bombing) Range is located in the Ocala National Forest near Orlando, Florida. This week’s live and inert bombing schedule is as follows: The telephone number for noise complaints is 1-800-874-5059, Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility, Jacksonville, Fla. (Note: the Navy had originally published a slightly different schedule, which it subsequently amended to these hours.). Fly, Fight, Win! The entire 40,587 acre site was relinquished back to the USDA by letter of transfer dated 20 May 1947. 10% of the entire economy Story Number: NNS060414-08 Release Date: 4/14/2006 3:05:00 AM. The same applies to immigrants and yankees that come here and then complain because it is not like it was where you left! of the government to make them feel welcome. As a Marine, all I can say is that I love the smell of jet fuel in the morning! The bombing ranges date back to WWII when the Navy built bomb targets in Lake George and nearby Crescent Lake and stationed … FlaglerLive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit news organization: your contribution is tax-deductible, Click now, anywhere in this box, and contribute, I love the smell of jet fuel in the morning, Covid Vaccine Now Available to 65 and Over at 4 Publix Stores in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach, Tampa’s Mayor Faces Twin Challenges of a Covid-Era Super Bowl and Ron DeSantis, 2 Buddy Taylor Middle Students Struck By a Car at Belle Terre and White View Parkway, GOP Lawmaker Wants Teen and Felon Exception to Florida’s Voter-Approved $15 Minimum Wage, Repeatedly Rebuked for ‘Knee-Jerk’ Decisions, County Retreats From Boat-Ramp Giveaway in Hammock, Renner Warns of ‘Massive Shortfall’ in State Budget Even as He Projects a Stronger Economy in Flagler, Palm Coast Man Arrested in Bogus Scheme to Frame Girlfriend’s Ex in Shootings. Don’t buy a house near a bombing range if you can’t handle it. Now I’m not thinking I’m crazy :), About an hour ago I heard two very impressive booms. Most of you expect and enjoy and think freedom is your right, but in no way have earned. We depend on your help to fund the essential investigative and analytical journalism you’ve relied on for 11 years, and to keep FlaglerLive the only fully free-access, news source in Flagler County. G/O Media may get a commission. just another day at my house with jets flying as low as 600 feet over my house i live 5 miles near the pinecastle bombing range Guess he was not happy and reacted the same to the following two blasts. Your email address will not be published. Have a stake in fostering serious journalism in your community. Funny how most Americans equate freedom with killing. I have lived in the Ocala National Forest for about 35 years and have heard the jets thousands of times but have never heard a sonic boom or the sound of bombs exploding and I live within the Flight restricted area. I’d rather hear the roar of F-18’s than those boring prop training planes from ERAU. The Ocala's sand pine scrub ecosystem is the world's largest continuous forest of this type. Oh and to all those complaining about the noise…invest in some high-quality, noise-cancelling headphones and enjoy your favorite tunes during those times. SO FLY NAVY FLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To Bon: I’m an ex-Floridian, scanning down the comments to see if anyone would make the connection to DU. I am happy to Know that i live 45 min from the home of a the ships and aircraft that will be defending our coast If things get bad and by the best of the best in the world let them do there thing we depend on them to protect our freedom God speed to the brave people that put there lives on the line for us. Live and non-live fire training began on the range in late January as Navy F-18 fighters have been taking off from the USS George H. W. Bush, an aircraft carrier, and from Jacksonville Naval Air Station for pilots about to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq. For more information, call (904) 542-5588. Historical aerial photography shows a considerable amount of ground disturbance. Pinecastle Impact Range, FL Pinecastle Impact Range is a Military in Marion County, Florida.It has an elevation of 31 meters, or 102 feet. LiveLeak. It’s been doing so by special permit from the National Forest Service on the unfenced 5,760 acres of the Pinecastle Impact Range in the 382,000-acre Ocala National Forest in Marion County. Of these 40,587 acres, 5,765 acres are not eligible for the DERP-FUDS program because the Navy currently utilizes these acres for an active site, the Pinecastle Impact Range. 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