5 seconds after the Thump I can hear a lesser secondary thump. I’m trying to be respectful of your opinions and to suggest alternative ways for you to let off steam. God bless the future generation of America! The preferred alternative would renew the Navy’s authorization to use the range. The airport has been there since 1941’ish. 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. The Navy had hoped to win permission in July 2001 for a 20-year renewal of that activity. 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. This entire target area, with the exception of a portion along the northern edge outside of the present-day Navy range, is included in the currently active US Navy Pinecastle Target. Representative republic my butt. Updated March 28, 2016: The Navy is at it again. a land that our citizens should all love. Funny how most Americans equate freedom with killing. Our county made us sign noise disclosures before buying. I believe in Florida we live in a crust over our aquifer… If not for this, I welcome the Navy training as they got to do it somewhere…I guess. You have no right to try to change what was there before you were. 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. Love, We thank you all for your service! The site is two miles west of State Road 19 and the Camp Ocala campgrounds, and half a mile west of the Farles Lakes campground. GOD bless the US Navy for being ready by practice to defend the United States of America— I thought it was thunder yesterday then today I pulled this article up I live n Astor by the St John’s bridge and my house has been shaking my grandkids asked me what that noise was and I told them that it’s our protector’s and that they was practicing to keep us safe and I also told them that little children their age hears these sounds daily and live in fear an how lucky we are to only hear practice sounds I’m loving every minute of it and even asked the children if they wanted to go to flager Beach and watch our amazing men that sign on a fitted line to die for strangers ….our military men don’t know me n my little family but they are willing to protect me and lose their life ,to me what better person besides Jesus could walk the earth I thank all of you from the buttom of my heart and u can boom my house anyday cause it’s sound of my freedom and the reminder of the comentment you have made for us …I love u all. The military has been practicing bombing at that range since the early 1940’s. And, maybe on reflection, there might not be so much steam…. A kinda hippy group has a yearly long weekend get together in the Ocala It seems ridiculous in today’s technological age that we cannot train our military in a less intrusive manner. But only a fraction of you contribute. I was never in the military, so have no fond memories of bombing anything. 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. It is a welcome sound The US NAVY are hands down the best pilots in the world. The range is the only site on the East Coast where the Navy can drop live ordinance. Sorry to hear this will continue for the week. Also, do they really need almost half the lake for a bombing range in 2013? Have a stake in fostering serious journalism in your community. The land is also within the restricted airspace of the Pine Castle Bombing Range and keeping it free from civilian use and development will protect the military mission and allow naval air training without affecting the quality of life of potential neighbors. :), They are always practicing, 24/7. 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 The Bombing range is 58 miles east of my house. Very weird…. I wonder if the Salt Springs folks glow in the dark? Story Number: NNS060414-08 Release Date: 4/14/2006 3:05:00 AM. The sound of combat jets and live ordnance are a wonderful thing to hear,” these sounds of freedom”.. 23 Year Navy Jet vet.. 26 year Navy vet here. Kendall Clark-StJacques via Facebook says, They are practicing to bomb Iran later this year, Thank you…was doing a search on it and found nothing. For additional information, call (904) 542-5588. The Pinecastle Range Complex is a bombing range commonly used by the military. To Bon: Fly, Fight, Win! It includes nine targets, each designated for a particular type of ordinance. If the impact noise gets too loud, residents are asked to call (800) 874-5059. 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. Music to my ears! Visiting Florida for a month and though I was aware of the bombing ranges, it took me by surprise this a.m. Now if we could only do the same to yhe OWS useful idiots. The site was used for practice bombing (including the use of HE/GP bombs), AAF Board Projects, ground gunnery and rocket missions. Not a big deal. And yes, we are edumacated over here too. Get directions, reviews and information for Pinecastle Impact Range in Altoona, FL. Maybe online blogs aren’t the best way for you to go. Glad it’s not just me–we just moved and I was wondering why the heck the house was shaking. Navy training I can take, it’s the non-stop take offs from the Flagler Co. airport — circling the Flagler Beach bridge– and touch downs from before dawn until past midnight that, combined with the cacophonous music from bars and “entertainments,” make a mockery of the quiet enjoyment of our home. 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 As a former Marine Corps Forward Air Controller, it’s music to my ears! 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 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. It might give you some time to have some fun and lower your blood pressure. If you have a house that the windows rattle you better get new windows or move. Explore Pinecastle Bombing Range in Ocala National Forest in Ocala, FL as it appears on Google Maps and Bing Maps as well as pictures, stories and other notable nearby locations on VirtualGlobetrotting.com. March 28, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 63 Comments. It sets aside huge areas of land to preserve, and protect its beauty, and unique environment (from the citizens only). 980 Range Operation jobs available in Pine Castle, FL on Indeed.com. Observation towers were constructed on the site along with a camp area for the fire fighters. I wish my car audio system could hit lows like that…I like da BOOM!! A-10 Warthogs at the Pinecastle bombing range doing strafe run and dropping MK82 AIR bombs. Pinecastle Impact Range, FL Pinecastle Impact Range is a Military in Marion County, Florida.It has an elevation of 31 meters, or 102 feet. Contribute today or become a monthly donor. Thank you. Do that out in the ocean. Might mean something is going on. To Bon: I’m an ex-Floridian, scanning down the comments to see if anyone would make the connection to DU. The Navy conducted a preliminary analysis of alternatives, including the plausibility of moving training operations to other military ranges in the southeast United States. Several meetings were held to receive public input during the comment period that ended on 20 February 2001. 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. That would be the shits if I get a geyser in my living room ever time they bomb. A Draft Environmental Impact Statement was released for public review in January 2001. The training will take place now through February 11 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Heavyequipment operators on Bombing Target 11 replenished a group oftactical vehicle replica bombing targets at Piney Island, N.C., July 7.Piney Island, referred to as BT-11, is a wetland entirelycovered in marsh. Navy training is happening at the Pinecastle Bomb Range Complex for live and inert bombing. They didn’t make you? No boom boom boom The entire 40,587 acre site was relinquished back to the USDA by letter of transfer dated 20 May 1947. The Navy is conducting bombing runs on 5,760 acres of the Pinecastle Impact Range in the Ocala National Forest and will rattle windows in Palm Coast and Flagler. We hear the thump coming up thru the floor in one spot in the center of the living room. There are nine targets within the Pinecastle complex: The Navy’s current special use permit would have expired December 1999. 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; Pine Castle, Florida, … The bombing ranges date back to WWII, 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 …