[CPEO-MEF] Avon Park Bombing Range (FL)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy to Sharpen Its Aim In Polk

By Bill Rufty
Lakeland Ledger (FL)
June 30, 2006

LAKELAND -- The U.S. Navy on Wednesday officially named the Avon Park 
Air Force Range, which straddles the Polk-Highlands county line, as the 
replacement target range for its operations at Vieques, Puerto Rico.

The official announcement was made Wednesday, but it had been expected 
for several months. The 106,073-acre bombing range is the largest 
military range east of the Mississippi River, with multiple uses for 
military training.

U.S. Rep Adam Putnam, whose office made the announcement, said the 
decision is good for the nation and good news for Central Florida.

Navy planes already use the range occasionally.

But the annual bombing runs at the Avon Park range will increase from 
6,900 to 9,998, as operations phased out in Vieques are redirected to 
Avon Park.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060629/NEWS/606290455/1004

See also http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2006/6/29/166323.html


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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