Waiouru Army Camp - Waiouru Airfield

Waiouru Airfield

From WWII to 2001, the Royal NZ Air Force used the Army's artillery target areas in the Rangipo desert and east of the Moawhango River as bombing and rocket ranges. The RNZAF continues to maintain Jameson Field inside the camp for its helicopters, and it also practices landing its Hercules aircraft on the sealed Waiouru Airfield (ICAO Code NZRU) to the west of the camp.

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