Camp Hyder was a US Army installation in Arizona, functioning as a subcamp of the Desert Training Center in Riverside County, California.

The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center was Camp Young, this is where General Patton's 3rd Armored Division was stationed.

Trained at Camp Hyder, in 1943, for six months was the 77th Infantry Division from April 1943 to September 1943.

The Desert Training Center was built to prepare troops to do battle in North Africa to fight the Nazis during World War II.

The air landing strip was used to support the camp's training activities.

The runway was from use for small planes, like the L-4 Piper Aircraft so the vast training grounds could be watched from the air.