Delamere Air Weapons Range
Delamere Air Weapons Range is a bombing range operated by the Royal Australian Air Force, located in the Northern Territory of Australia. The facility is located about south of the town of Katherine and RAAF Base Tindal, Australia's largest airbase.
The Delamere facility is managed round-the-clock by a detachment of eight members of the No. 322 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron RAAF. Its large area——and of vertical airspace clearance allow virtually unrestricted freedom of tactical testing and training using any conventional weapons. In addition to its large mass inert weapon range, Delamere also has two practice ranges for smaller weapons testing, a simulated airfield complex, and a simulated township constructed from shipping containers named "Tac Town".
Delamere is east of the larger Bradshaw Field Training Area which has an area of, and the Department of Defence has considered acquiring land between the two facilities to merge them. Both areas are used for joint military exercises such as the Australia–United States Exercise Talisman Saber. Delamere is electronically linked with Bradshaw Field and Mount Bundey Training Area to form the North Australian Range Complex.
The range is served by its own airfield, Delamere Range Facility Airport.
