Camp Buehring Udairi Landing Zone | |||||||
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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 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.