August 2018 live-fire exercises at Fort Indiantown Gap

Courtesy Photo | The Fort Indiantown Gap sign welcoming visitors to post. (Courtesy photo by Pennsylvania National Guard)  

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, PA, UNITED STATES

08.01.2018

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Fort Indiantown Gap

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – There are currently no live-fire training exercises scheduled at Fort Indiantown Gap in the month of August.

Fort Indiantown Gap will be conducting an aviation training exercise the night of August 8 into the early morning of August 9. In the event of inclement weather, the rain date for this training is August 9-10. This training is occurring outside of our normal training hours of 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. and local residents may experience higher-than-normal levels of aircraft noise while this training occurs. This training has been fully coordinated with local officials.

Fort Indiantown Gap announces training that is expected to result in increased noise levels as a courtesy to nearby residents. The training schedule is subject to change based on the military training mission.

Fort Indiantown Gap is the only live-fire, maneuver military training facility in Pennsylvania. It serves as headquarters to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and Pennsylvania National Guard and offers more than 17,000 acres and 140 training areas and facilities for year-round training. The installation balances one of the region’s most ecologically diverse areas with a military mission that annually supports 20,000 Pennsylvania National Guard personnel and more than 120,000 additional personnel from other branches of service, multinational partners and interagency partners at the federal, state and local level.

To learn more about Fort Indiantown Gap, visit www.ftig.png.pa.gov or follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ftindiantowngap.
Individuals may also call the installation’s community information line at 717-861-2007 to hear a recorded message with dates and times of community activities and training events.

Media contact: Lt. Col. Angela King-Sweigart, 717-861-6254

• Date Taken: 08.01.2018
• Date Posted: 08.02.2018 07:54
• Story ID: 286890
• Location: FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, PA, US