Air Force, Navy training on FDM, at Warning Area 517

Posted on Apr 07 2014

ASAN, Guam—The U.S. Air Force will conduct training on the island of Farallon de Medinilla during the following dates and times:
-April 7, from 10am to 6pm

-April 8, from 10am to 11pm

-April 10, from 1pm to 4pm

The U.S. Navy will conduct training at Warning Area 517

-April 8 and 9 from noon to 8:30pm.

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

The general location of the training on the island of Farallon de Medinilla training area 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. (PR)

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