What is an OLF?
An Outlying Landing Field (OLF) is a landing strip where Navy jets would practice touch and goes. This would be at low-level flying by F-18 E/F Super Hornets. The practice time will mainly be in the evenings but the OLF must have availability 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and 365 days per year. The noise is deafening and dangerous. Where Will the OLF Be Located? There are five locations identified. Two locations are in northeastern North Carolina and three in Virginia. The North Carolina sites are the Hales Lake/Moyock site in Camden and Currituck Counties and the Sandbanks Site in Gates County. The Hales Lake Site is located on the Currituck/Camden County border approximately 5 miles from Moyock, 7 miles from the north end of Elizabeth City, 10 miles from the new Dismal Swamp State Park, and 12 miles from Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge. Who Are We? Currituck and Camden Citizens Against the OLF (Hales-No OLF) is a non-profit, grassroots organization dedicated to the preserv
