Pine Castle Bombing Range

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Pine Castle Bombing Range

Geographical Address

State
Public Address
Unnamed Rd Ocala National Forest, FL
latitude
29.11
longitude
-81.72

The Navy’s Pinecastle Impact (Bombing) Range is located in the Ocala National Forest near Orlando, Florida.

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 Lake campground. 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.

Mission

The Navy’s Pinecastle Impact Range in the Ocala National Forest is the only place on the East Coast where the Navy can do live impact training. The Navy drops nearly 20,000 bombs a year at the site, a few hundred of which are live. The Navy has used nearly 6,000 acres of the 382,000-acre forest for target practice for 50 years under a special use permit from the US Forest Service.

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