The U.S. Air Force will conduct training on the island of Farallon de Medinilla on March 11-14, from 8pm to 1am. The U.S. Navy will conduct training at Warning Area 517 on March 12-13, from 8:30am to 3:30pm.
The 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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