Salisbury Plain Training Area
News Sheet For The Month Of July 2007
TRAINING: July will be very much busier than of late. From 1st to 13th approximately 7000 troops from 52 Brigade will be carrying out pre-deployment training for their forthcoming tour to Afghanistan. Then from 15th - 27th 16 Air Assult Brigade are running a TESEX for 3rd Bn the Parachute Regiment and 1st Bn the Royal Irish. There is also a major armoured exercise running out of Warminster during the week beginning 16th July. All these exercises will involve some fast jet activity but for most of the month there will be little artillery firing.
LIVE FIRING: Normal live firing takes place from 0830 - 1700 hrs daily, but may continue throughout the night, this is normally on Tuesdays and Thursday only. Noise may be greater in certain areas depending upon the meteorological conditions at the time of firing. Dates and locations are subject to change.
ARTILLERY FIRING FROM SALISBURY PLAIN (WEST):
Nil
LATE FIRING DAYS ON SALISBURY PLAIN (WEST)
Nil
HEAT FIRING DAYS ON SALIBURY PLAIN (WEST)
Nil
ARTILLERY LIVE FIRING DAYS FROM AREAS 7 & 8
5th (AS90), 19TH (AS90)
ARTILLERY FIRING FROM SALISBURY PLAIN (EAST)
16th (AS90)
LATE FIRING FROM SALISBURY PLAIN (EAST)
Nil
LATE FIRING DAYS LARKHILL/WESTDOWN RANGES:
3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12,17, 19, 24, 26, 31
NON FIRING DAYS ON LARKHILL/WESTDOWN DANGER AREA
1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29, 31
NON FIRING DAYS BULFORD RANGES
1st , 7 to 23rd (inclusive), 28, 29
NON FIRING DAYS ON WARMINSTER RANGES
1, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29
NOTE: Due to unforeseen changes there is always a possibility that there could be firing on other of the days listed. This is particularly so now operational training is being conducted to meet many and varied exigencies. The public should be careful to check that Red Flags are not flying before they enter the range. It is the time of the year when we change late night firing times. From March through to October the Tue, Thurs and Sat night firing times will revert back to 2330hrs.
AIR ACTIVITIES: Dates and timings given below are those listed at the time of printing but may be altered due to aircraft serviceability or weather conditions.
HELICOPTER NIGHT FLYING: Night flying will normally take place Mondays - Thursdays inclusive over parts of the training area dependent on the weather and the availability of range space. In some cases the aircraft will show no lights but will operate under strict area control.
AIRCRAFT TRIALS: Aircraft may conduct trials over Larkhill Range on each Wed and Fri from 1200 - 1700 hrs which could involve circuits to the East crossing the Avon Valley.
PARACHUTING: Parachute dropping is scheduled to take place on EVERLEIGH and FOX COVERT DZs during normal working hours on most weekdays. Outside working hours and at weekends the dates and approximate times are:
PARACHUTING
EVERLEIGH DZ IMBER DZ FOX COVERT DZ
(C130 ) (C130) (C130)
14. 0600 - 0660 NIL TO DATE 14. 0600 - 0600
15. 0600 - 0660 15. 0600 - 0600
16. 0600 - 0600 28. 0600 - 0600
19. 0600 - 1800 29. 0600 - 0600
20. 0600 - 0600 30. 0600 - 0600
21. 0600 - 1800
25. 0600 - 0600
26. 0600 - 0600
27. 0600 - 0600
28. 0600 - 0600
29. 0600 - 0600
30. 0600 - 0600
STRIPLANDINGS
UPAVON DEPTFORD
(C130) (C130)
NIL TO DATE NIL TO DATE
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE - DTE SP (WEST) IMBER RANGES
1. Notice is given that only the roads from:
a. Warminster to Gore Cross via Imber,
b. Bratton to Heytesbury via Imber
Will be open to the public from 1800 hrs (06.00pm) Friday24th August 2007 through to 1800 hrs (06.00pm) Thursday 30th August 2007.
2. All other tracks, stone tracks and Southern Range Road and IMBER VILLAGE remain closed (Out of Bounds) in accordance with the Imber Ranges Bylaws. Any movement off the aforesaid roads on the Imber Ranges is forbidden, trespassers are liable to prosecution.
3. Red Flags are only flown at the vedette post when live firing is taking place on the ranges. The absence of red flags does NOT imply that the roads are automatically open to the public, times for which are notified in the Press and displayed on the entrance notice boards.
4. The roads identified above are not maintained to public road standards, if traversing the training area drivers should do so with extreme caution.
FIGHTER GROUND ATTACK(FGA)
02. 0930 - 1030 ( E ) 4 X TUCANO FLYPASS
04. 0830 - 1700 ( C ) HARRIER LIVE FIRING
05. 0830 - 1700 ( C ) HARRIER LIVE FIRING
06. 0830 - 1700 ( C ) HARRIER LIVE FIRING
13 - 27. 0830 - 1700 ( C ) HARRIER LIVE FIRING
16. 1100 - 150O (W) CAS
17. 1000 - 1100 ( C & W) CAS
18. 1030 - 1230 (W) CAS
23. 1400 - 1500 ( C & W) CAS
Complaints May Be Telephoned Through To Stonehenge (01980) 620819 At Any Time
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