Orange Caritat Air Base

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Airport type Military 14/32 2,407 Elevation 60 m Owner Government of France		Elevation AMSL 197 ft / 60 m Code XOG Phone +33 4 90 51 63 93

Operator French Air Force (Armée de l'air) Location Orange, Vaucluse, France Website base-aerienne-orange.com Address Base Aérienne 115 Caritat, 84100 Orange, France Similar Avignon ‑ Caumont Airport, Piscine l'Attente, Golf Orange, Le Plan de Dieu, Ville de Carpentras

Air Base 115 Orange-Caritat (French: Base aérienne 115 Orange-Caritat "Capitaine de Seyne" or BA 115, ICAO: LFMO) is a small French Air Force base equipped with one runway and named after Capitaine de Seyne. It is located 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Orange, a commune in the Vaucluse department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France.

It hosts:

01.005 strike sqn Vendée (escadron de chasse 01.005) and 02.005 strike sqn Ile de France (escadron de chasse 02.005) equipped with the Dassault Mirage 2000 RDI and B/C types. The RDI to carry out allweather air defense missions, and the B/C types for pilot transition and training purposes.

a permanent Dépôt atelier munitions spécialisées (DAMS) detachment; this is a headquarters unit responsible for all Special Ammunition Storages in France.

10.950 air defense sqn (escadron de défense sol-air 10.950) the base air defense unit.

etablissement logistique du commissariat de l’air de Portes-les –valence, a logistic unit.

a guard detachment Fusiliers Commandos de l'Air responsible for ground defense and base security.

References

Orange-Caritat Air Base Wikipedia

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