Orange-Caritat Air Base
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| Orange Air Base (BA 115) Base aérienne 115 Orange-Caritat "Capitaine de Seyne" |
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| IATA: XOG - ICAO: LFMO | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Operator | French Air Force | ||
| Serves | Orange, Vaucluse | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 197 ft (60 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 15/33 | 7,909 | 2,411 | Concrete |
[edit] Orange Air Base
Orange Caritat (French: Base aérienne 115 Orange-Caritat "Capitaine de Seyne" or BA 115) (IATA: XOG, ICAO: LFMO) is a tiny French Air Force base equipped with one runway and named after Capitaine de Seyne. Its location is 5 km east of Orange, a commune of the département of Vaucluse 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.
[edit] External links
- the official French Air Force link (French)
- BA 115’s own website (French)
- Escadron de Chasse 01.005 Vendée (French)
- Escadron de Chasse 02.005 own website (French)
- Photoshoot Orange airbase
- Airport data chart Orange Air base
- Airport information for LFMO at World Aero Data
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