RAF Pembrey Sands Air Weapons Range is primarily an air-to-ground bombing and strafing practice area. 

The main users of the range are the instructors and students of 19(F) Sqn, flying the Hawk aircraft, although other fast jets can also use the facilities.  Military helicopters also use the range and its targets for cabin door gunnery practice. In a typical year pilots will conduct 11 000 passes to target, drop 4 000 bombs and fire 50 000 rounds of ammunition.

A 7 000ft Tactical Landing Zone can be established on the beach for C-130 Hercules crews to practise natural surface operations.  A Course for TLZ Safety Officers is regularly run at Pembrey Sands to train personnel in the techniques of laying out a suitable natural surface landing strip.

Normal range firing times are 0900-1700, Monday-Thursday and 0900-1400 on Friday during the summer and 0900-1600 Monday-Thursday and 0900-1400 on Friday during the winter.  However, other air and ground training activity does take place on the range outside these times including C130s landing on the beach, aircraft using the range targets but not firing weapons and various cadet organisations conducting exercises. Unusual events will be published on the Updates page.