Warren Grove is an unincorporated rural community in Ocean County

Ocean County, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 510,916 people, 200,402 households, and 137,876 families residing in the county. The population density was 803 people per square mile . There were 248,711 housing units at an average density of 151/km²...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 that is a part of Stafford Township

Stafford Township, New Jersey

-Transportation:Stafford is served by a few major roads. CR 539 passes through in the western part. U.S. Route 9 passes north-south through the center of the township and Route 72 is the main artery that passes from the northwest to the southeast...

, Barnegat Township

Barnegat Township, New Jersey

-History:Barnegat gets its name from nearby Barnegat Bay and Barnegat Inlet. The inlet was originally "Barendegat," or "Inlet of the Breakers," and was named by Dutch settlers in 1614 for the waterway's turbulent channel.-Demographics:...

, and Little Egg Harbor Township

Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey

Little Egg Harbor Township is a Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population had increased to a record high of 20,065....

. Its location in the heart of the Pine Barrens

Pine Barrens (New Jersey)

The Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands, is a heavily forested area of coastal plain stretching across southern New Jersey. The name "pine barrens" refers to the area's sandy, acidic, nutrient-poor soil, to which the crops originally imported by European settlers didn't take well...

 makes it one of the most secluded and remote corners of the state.
The Warren Grove Gunnery Range a military bomb practice range. Fighter jets including A-10's and F-16's from East Coast Air National Guard

Air National Guard

The Air National Guard , often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the fifty U.S. states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States. Established under Title 10 and...

 units use the area for practice bombing and strafing. Warren Grove is also home to the Pygmy Pine Forest of New Jersey, where the trees don't grow any taller than five feet.

Incidents

• In May 2007, flares dropped from an F-16 belonging to the 177th Fighter Wing
  177th Fighter Wing
  The United States Air Force's 177th Fighter Wing is an Air National Guard fighter unit located at Atlantic City IAP, New Jersey.-Mission:Federal Mission: provide combat-ready citizen airmen, aircraft and equipment for worldwide deployment in support of United States Air Force objectives.State...
  
   set off a large wildfire that consumed more than 18,000 acres (73 km²) of the Pinelands and forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents.
• In November 2004, an F-16 fired 25 rounds that hit the Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School
  Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School Bombing
  The strafing of the Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School was an incident in Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, United States, in which a military aircraft on a training mission fired dozens of cannon rounds while well outside the training range, several of which struck the then-named Little...
  
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• In January 2002, another aircraft practicing at Warren Grove crashed near the Garden State Parkway
  Garden State Parkway
  The Garden State Parkway is a 172.4-mile limited-access toll parkway that stretches the length of New Jersey from the New York line at Montvale, New Jersey, to Cape May at New Jersey's southernmost tip. Its name refers to New Jersey's nickname, the "Garden State." Most New Jersey residents refer...
  
   spewing flames and molten metal across the busy road.
• In June 2001, a 1600 acres (6 km²) forest fire is caused when an Air National Guard plane drops 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 burn after a A-10 111th Fighter Wing
  111th Fighter Wing
  The United States Air Force's 111th Fighter Wing is an Air National Guard fighter unit located at NAS Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.-Mission:To maintain highly trained, well-equipped, and motivated military forces in order to provide combat-ready OA-10/A-10 aircraft and support elements in response to...
  
  plane drops a "dummy" bomb more than a mile from its target.