Air Force, Navy training at FDM, Warning Area 517

Posted on Mar 12 2015

The U.S. Air Force will conduct training at the island of Farallon de Medinilla on March 12-13, from 10am to 4:30pm and 6:30pm to 11:55pm.

The general public—especially fishermen, commercial pilots, and marine tour operators—are advised to stay clear from the area during the dates and times indicated.

The general location of the training on the island of Farallon de Medinilla will be on a 10-nautical mile radius on all quadrants. W-517 is an irregular shaped polygon comprising of 14,000 nautical square miles of airspace that begins south of Guam and extends south-southwest in international waters. This will affect fishing in the vicinity of Santa Rosa Reef and Galvez Bank.

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