Orange-Caritat Air Base
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Orange-Caritat Air Base (BA 115)  Base aérienne 115 Orange-Caritat "Capitaine de Seyne" | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of France | ||||||||||
| Operator | Armée de l'air et de l'espace | ||||||||||
| Location | Orange, Vaucluse, France | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 197 ft / 60 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°08′24″N 004°52′07″E / 44.14000°N 4.86861°E | ||||||||||
| Website | base-aerienne-orange | ||||||||||
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  LFMO Location in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur in France  | |||||||||||
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Air Base 115 Orange-Caritat (French: Base aérienne 115 Orange-Caritat "Capitaine de Seyne" or BA 115, ICAO: LFMO) is a French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) base in Vaucluse, France. It is equipped with one runway and was named after Maurice de Seynes, a French-Soviet aircraft pilot. 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:
- Escadron de Chasse 2/5 Île-de-France - Dassault Mirage 2000B & C[3]
- Escadron d'Hélicoptères 5/67 Alpilles - Eurocopter Fennec[3]
- Centre d'Instruction des Equipages d'Hélicoptères 341 Colonel Alexis Santini - Fennec[3]
- a permanent Dépôt atelier munitions spécialisées detachment; this is a headquarters unit responsible for all special ammunition storage in France.[citation needed]
- escadron de défense sol-air 10.950 the base air defense unit.[citation needed]
- etablissement logistique du commissariat de l’air de Portes-les –valence, a logistic unit.[citation needed]
- a guard detachment Fusiliers Commandos de l'Air responsible for ground defense and base security.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ Airport data chart Orange Air base
- ^ "Airport information for LFMO". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. - ^ a b c "Chiffres clés de l'Armée de l'air - L'Armée de l'air en chiffres : 2019-2020 (FR)". French Air and Space Force. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
External links[edit]
- Base aérienne 115 Orange, official website (in French)
- BA 115 at French Air and Space Force website (in French)
- Escadron de Chasse 01.005 Vendée (in French)
- Escadron de Chasse 02.005 IIe de France (in French)
- Photos of Orange-Caritat Air Base
- Aeronautical chart and airport information for LFMO at SkyVector
- Current weather for LFMO at NOAA/NWS