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Revision as of 17:23, 11 November 2022
| Camp Buehring Udairi Landing Zone | |||||||
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| Kuwait | |||||||
 Sign at Camp Buehring's main entrance (May 2006) | |||||||
  Camp Buehring Shown within Kuwait | |||||||
| Coordinates | 29°41′52″N 47°25′35″E / 29.69778°N 47.42639°E | ||||||
| Type | Staging post | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | U.S. Department of Defense | ||||||
| Operator |  United States Army (airfield) | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 2002 | ||||||
| In use | January 2003 – present | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: OKDI | ||||||
| Elevation | 424 feet (129 m) AMSL | ||||||
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| 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 present date, the base was used for military troops heading north into Iraq, as well as 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 as well.
Camp Buehring is named after Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Buehring who was killed in Baghdad on October 26, 2003. Buehring was one of 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 from 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 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
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Aviation Brigades
- 185th Aviation Brigade (Theater) until December 2015
- 40th Combat Aviation Brigade[3] from December 2015 to August 2016
- 77th Combat Aviation Brigade until April 2017
- 29th Combat Aviation Brigade from April 2017
- 449th Combat Aviation Brigade during December 2017.[4]
- 35th Combat Aviation Brigade during April 2019.[5]
- 40th Combat Aviation Brigade (TF Phoenix) until January 2022[6][7]
- 11th Combat Aviation Brigade (TF Eagle) during February 2022.[8]
- 36th Combat Aviation Brigade (TF Mustang) during October 2022.[9]
Aviation Battalions
- 2515th Naval Air Ambulance Detachment from HSC-21 and HSC-23 during 2007.[10]
- 1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment during October 2015.[11]
- 1st Battalion (General Support), 168th Aviation Regiment 'Hercules' with Boeing CH-47F Chinook's[12]
- Company B (Chinook)
- 1st Battalion (General Support), 111th Aviation Regiment, 77th Combat Aviation Brigade during October 2016
- Company A (UH-60 & AH-64)
- 1st Battalion (Attack Reconnaissance), 1st Aviation Regiment
- 2nd Battalion (General Support), 1st Aviation Regiment
- 1st Battalion (Assault), 244th Aviation Regiment (TF Voodoo) until August 2018.[13]
- 1st Battalion (Assault Helicopter), 108th Aviation Regiment (TF Falon) until April 2019.[14][13]
- 8th Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment from April 2019.[14]
Ground forces
- 4th BCT February–March 2004
References
- ^ DoD Flight Information Publication (Enroute) - Supplement Europe, North Africa and Middle East. St. Louis, Missouri: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2021.
- ^ Truck rams US soldiers in Kuwait, 15 injured, ABC (March 30, 2003)
- ^ "640th ASB makes historic Gray Eagle repairs". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Army National Guard leaders visit 449th CAB Soldiers". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Army National Guardsmen transfer responsibility of the OIR/OSS aviation support mission". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Mission complete. Task Force Phoenix heads home after 9-month mission in the Middle East". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "82nd CAB Soldiers provide phased maintenance support in Kuwait". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "US Soldiers conduct joint hot load training at Camp Buehring". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Task Force Mustang recognizes "Hero of the Week" Oct. 26 [Image 6 of 6]". DVIDS. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "2515th Naval Air Ambulance Detachment takes on medical missions". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Air med, always ready". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. March 2016. p. 56.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ a b "TF Voodoo transfers authority to TF Talon". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Kansas National Guard Assault Helicopter Battalion completes Middle East missions". DVIDS. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
External links
Media related to Camp Buehring at Wikimedia Commons