Camp Buehring

Camp Buehring
Udairi Landing Zone
Kuwait
Sign at Camp Buehring's main entrance (May 2006)
Camp Buehring is located in Kuwait
Camp Buehring
Camp Buehring
Shown within Kuwait
Coordinates29°41′52″N 47°25′35″E / 29.69778°N 47.42639°E / 29.69778; 47.42639
TypeStaging post
Site information
OwnerU.S. Department of Defense
Operator United States Army (airfield)
Site history
Built2002 (2002)
In useJanuary 2003 – present
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: OKDI
Elevation424 feet (129 m) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
18/36 4,266 feet (1,300 m) Asphalt
Sources: DoD FLIP[1]

Camp Buehring (formerly Camp Udairi) is a staging post for US troops in the northwestern region of Kuwait. From its founding in January 2003 to the present date, the base was used for military troops heading north into Iraq and is the primary location for the Middle Eastern Theater Reserve. The areas surrounding Camp Buehring, known as the Udairi Range Complex, is largely uninhabited, except for a few nomadic Bedouin tribes raising camels, goats, and sheep. Camp New York is nearby, in the same Udairi Range Complex.

Camp Buehring is named after Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Buehring who was killed in Baghdad on October 26, 2003. Buehring was among the highest-ranking U.S. casualties of the Iraq War. Camp Udairi was renamed in his honor in 2004.

History

Much of Camp Buehring had operated continuously since its establishment in 2003.[citation needed]

A vehicle-ramming attack on March 30, 2003, left sixteen people wounded after a disgruntled Egyptian electrician rammed a pick-up truck into a group of US soldiers. The perpetrator was shot twice and wounded seriously.[2]

During the spring of 2020, the worldwide coronavirus pandemic shuttered many of the morale, welfare, and recreation outlets on the post, as well as leading to the establishment of social distancing and mask usage guidelines. Quarantine procedures were mandatory for incoming personnel. The post had not experienced its own outbreak of the virus, though imported cases were recurring and infrequent.[citation needed]

Units

Aviation Brigades [C193rd Aviation Battalion Hawaii 2004]

Aviation Battalions

Ground forces

  • 4th BCT February–March 2004

2022

  • 1067th Composite Truck Company December 2022-September 2023

References

  1. ^ DoD Flight Information Publication (Enroute) - Supplement Europe, North Africa and Middle East. St. Louis, Missouri: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2021.
  2. ^ Truck rams US soldiers in Kuwait, 15 injured, ABC (March 30, 2003)
  3. ^ "Mural Paintings at Camp Buehring [Image 6 of 6]". DVIDS. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Air med, always ready". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  5. ^ "640th ASB makes historic Gray Eagle repairs". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  6. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. March 2016. p. 56.
  7. ^ "Army National Guard leaders visit 449th CAB Soldiers". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  8. ^ a b "TF Voodoo transfers authority to TF Talon". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  9. ^ "The 248th ASB transfers authority to 935th ASB". DVIDS. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Army National Guardsmen transfer responsibility of the OIR/OSS aviation support mission". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  11. ^ "The 35th Combat Aviation Brigade Lands In The Middle East". DVIDS. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Kansas National Guard Assault Helicopter Battalion completes Middle East missions". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Task Force Phoenix passes halfway point on 9-month Middle East mission". DVIDS. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Mission complete. Task Force Phoenix heads home after 9-month mission in the Middle East". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  15. ^ "82nd CAB Soldiers provide phased maintenance support in Kuwait". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  16. ^ "US Soldiers conduct joint hot load training at Camp Buehring". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Task Force Mustang relieves Task Force Eagle, returns to Middle East". DVIDS. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  18. ^ "2515th Naval Air Ambulance Detachment takes on medical missions". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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