Anonymous ID: TiClOedk Nov. 14, 2017, 9:07 p.m. No.149487400   🗄️plebs   >>9188

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The Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR) (ICAO: KAGR, FAA LID: AGR) is a United States Air Force bombing range and air-ground training complex in the U.S. state of Florida located east of the city of Avon Park.

 

APAFR consists of approximately 106,000 acres (430 km2) of land of which about 82,000 acres (330 km2) are open to the public for recreation, provided there are no ongoing military missions. APAFR includes Avon Park Air Force Auxiliary Field (also known as MacDill AFB Auxiliary Field). The operational airfield consists of an 8000 ft arresting gear-equipped main runway, a limited-operational control tower, an aircraft rescue and firefighting facility and limited ramp and hangar facilities. There are no published instrument approach procedures and the airfield is limited to military aircraft conducting VFR operations. Due to deferred airfield maintenance issues, the airfield is currently closed to all flight operations other than light general aviation aircraft used by APAFR personnel for range monitoring issues and to military jet or rotary-wing aircraft experiencing in-flight emergencies on or in the vicinity of the Avon Park Military Operations Area (Avon Park MOA) for which an emergency divert to MacDill AFB is not practical.

 

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The host unit for the APAFR is Detachment 1, 23d Wing, which is a subordinate unit of the 23d Wing (23 WG), an Air Combat Command (ACC) composite fighter and rescue wing located at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. In addition to the Avon Park Air Force Range, Det 1 also oversees the Deployed Unit Complex (DUC), a flight line facility at nearby MacDill AFB for transient military flight crews, maintenance crews and aircraft utilizing APAFR. This permits visiting squadrons to have ready access to APAFR while concurrently taking advantage of the more robust billeting, messing and maintenance support capabilities at MacDill AFB. This combination of facilities provides extensive, diver.......