Dare Bombing Range

 military, United States Air Force, United States Navy

Used for training by Naval and Air Force pilots from nearby Oceana NAS and Seymour Johnson AFB respectively.

"The Navy and Air Force share use of the Dare County Range, located along the eastern coast of North Carolina for air-to-surface target training. Dare County Range encompasses 46,000 acres of marshland, forest and open space, and contains targets for inert weapons delivery practice. The range is available for use from 8:00 a.m. to 12 midnight on Monday through Thursday, and from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. It is also available at other times and on Sunday with special prior scheduling. The number of target practice sorties is projected to be 6,557 for the Navy portion of the range, and 2,002 for the Air Force portion of the range in 1999."

Read more at: www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/dare-county.ht...


The range has an open house the third Thursday in July every year so interested citizens can watch various jets perform maneuvers:

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=68C5bkbDNLs


www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm56PBKeNZ0


A new MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain) training city has been opened to simulate conditions encountered in Iraq and Afghanistan:

www.seymourjohnson.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123028129
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