Delamere Air Weapons Range, Military bombing range near Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia

Delamere Air Weapons Range is a Royal Australian Air Force training facility near Katherine where pilots and crew members practice air-to-ground operations. The site contains multiple training zones with targets and practice areas designed for different types of weapon exercises and tactical maneuvers.

The sources do not record a founding date for Delamere Air Weapons Range, so the 1988 date cannot be confirmed. The range is operated by the Royal Australian Air Force and lies about 200 km south of Katherine and RAAF Base Tindal. It is managed round-the-clock by a detachment of eight members of No. 322 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron. The Department of Defence has considered buying land between Delamere and the Bradshaw Field Training Area to merge the two facilities.

Tac Town, a simulated township built from shipping containers, lets personnel train in urban settings. The range also has a simulated airfield complex and two practice ranges for smaller weapons, alongside the main mass inert weapon range.

The range lies about 200 km south of Katherine and RAAF Base Tindal, with its own airfield, Delamere Range Facility Airport (ICAO: YDWF). It is an active bombing range, so access is controlled; the weather station there records a wet season from November to March and a dry season from April to October.

The range connects electronically with other training areas to form an integrated defense training network. This electronic linking allows coordinated exercises across multiple locations for complex operational scenarios.