Warren Grove is a rural community in Ocean County, NJ. Its location in the heart of the Pine Barrens makes it one of the most secluded and remote corners of the state. It contains thousands of dense forest acres with dwarf pine trees that grow no taller than a person’s head. The Warren Grove Gunnery Range, a military bomb practice range, is used by fighter jets including A-10’s and F-16’s from East Coast Air National Guard units for practice bombing and strafing. On May 15, 2007, a fighter pilot mistakenly released flares while on a training mission over the range. At the time, the ground below was extremely dry. The flares hitting the ground touched off a fire that burned 18,000 acres (73 km2) of the Pinelands, injured two people, destroyed four homes and damaged 53 other homes. On November 4, 2004, at around 9pm, an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet from the 113th Wing of the District of Columbia Air National Guard based at Andrews Force Base in Maryland on a training mission was in a climb at 8,000 feet. The pilot fired the jet’s M61 Vulcan cannon, discharging 25 rounds of 20mm ammunition. The live ordinance fell to the ground and eight of the rounds struck a grade school roof in nearby Little Egg Harbor. The rest hit the school’s parking lot and the side of the building. A janitor, who saw holes in the ceiling and had heard something on the roof, contacted the police. In January 2002, another aircraft practicing at Warren Grove crashed near the Garden State Parkway spewing flames and molten metal across the busy road. In June 2001, a 1,600 acres (6 km2) forest fire is caused when an Air National Guard plane dropped a 25-pound practice bomb at the range. In April 1999, nearly 12,000 acres (49 km²) of forest, wetlands, cedar swamp and cranberry bogs burned after a A-10 Warthog from the 111th Fighter Wing stationed at Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, plane dropped a practice bomb more than a mile from its target. View high resolution

Warren Grove is a rural community in Ocean County, NJ. Its location in the heart of the Pine Barrens makes it one of the most secluded and remote corners of the state. It contains thousands of dense forest acres with dwarf pine trees that grow no taller than a person’s head. The Warren Grove Gunnery Range, a military bomb practice range, is used by fighter jets including A-10’s and F-16’s from East Coast Air National Guard units for practice bombing and strafing.
On May 15, 2007, a fighter pilot mistakenly released flares while on a training mission over the range. At the time, the ground below was extremely dry. The flares hitting the ground touched off a fire that burned 18,000 acres (73 km2) of the Pinelands, injured two people, destroyed four homes and damaged 53 other homes.

On November 4, 2004, at around 9pm, an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet from the 113th Wing of the District of Columbia Air National Guard based at Andrews Force Base in Maryland on a training mission was in a climb at 8,000 feet. The pilot fired the jet’s M61 Vulcan cannon, discharging 25 rounds of 20mm ammunition. The live ordinance fell to the ground and eight of the rounds struck a grade school roof in nearby Little Egg Harbor. The rest hit the school’s parking lot and the side of the building. A janitor, who saw holes in the ceiling and had heard something on the roof, contacted the police.

In January 2002, another aircraft practicing at Warren Grove crashed near the Garden State Parkway spewing flames and molten metal across the busy road. In June 2001, a 1,600 acres (6 km2) forest fire is caused when an Air National Guard plane dropped a 25-pound practice bomb at the range. In April 1999, nearly 12,000 acres (49 km²) of forest, wetlands, cedar swamp and cranberry bogs burned after a A-10 Warthog from the 111th Fighter Wing stationed at Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, plane dropped a practice bomb more than a mile from its target.