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List Of Escadres Of The French Air Force
This is a list of Escadres (Wings) of the French Air and Space Force. Escadres (wings) are commanded by a Lieutenant-colonel or Colonel, known as the "Chief de corps". The term Escadre replaced "regiment" in 1932. Until 1994, it meant a unit composed of several squadron-sized units (Escadron/Squadron or Groups), generally equipped with the same type of equipment, or at least the same type of mission (e.g. fighter, reconnaissance, bombing, transport) as well as wing maintenance and support units or sub-units. Between 1993-1995, under the « Armées 2000 » reorganisation, the Escadre (wing) level of command was withdrawn from use. In 2014 it was reintroduced, with additions.Nouvelles escadres aériennes : une cohérence opérationnelle accrue, des valeurs renforcées. Site de l'Armée de l'air consulté le 24 août 2015. http://www.defense.gouv.fr/air/actus-air/nouvelles-escadres-aeriennes-une-coherence-operationnelle-accrue-des-valeurs-renforcees. Former and active French Air For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wing (military Aviation Unit)
In military aviation, a wing is a unit of command. In most military aviation services, a wing is a relatively large formation of planes. In Commonwealth countries a wing usually comprises three squadrons, with several wings forming a group (around 10 squadrons). Each squadron will contain around 20 planes. Commonwealth usage Origins On its establishment in 1912, the British Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was intended to be an inter-service, combined force of the British Army and Royal Navy. Given the rivalry that existed between the army and navy, new terminology was used, in order to avoid marking the corps out as having an army or navy ethos. While the term "wing" had been used in the cavalry, its more general use predominated. Accordingly, the word "wing", with its allusion of flight, was chosen as the term of subdivision and the corps was split into a "Military Wing" (i.e. an army wing) and a "Naval Wing". Each wing consisted of a number of squadrons (the term "squadro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxeuil - Saint-Sauveur Air Base
Luxeuil - Saint-Sauveur (french: Base aérienne 116 Luxeuil Saint-Sauveur or BA 116) is a medium size French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) base located near Luxeuil-les-Bains in the Franche-Comté region of France. It has two runways: 113/293 with a length of 2433m, and 038/218 with a length of 2315m. Overview The base is used exclusively by the Armée de l'air et de l'espace: * Escadron de Chasse 1/2 Cigognes (Mirage 2000-5F) The two units are supported by: * DAMS (Dépôt atelier munitions spécialisées), Specialised Ammunition Storage, responsible for the nuclear strike alert facilities on the base. * Tactical Instruction Centre 00.339 Aquitaine, in charge of directing the strike squadrons in their low-altitude all-weather mission. * Air Defence squadron 04.950 Servance, responsible for anti aircraft defence. * Fusiliers Commandos de l'Air, responsible for security and ground defence. History The airfield was created for the French Aeronautique Mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orléans – Bricy Air Base
Orléans – Bricy Air Base (french: Base aérienne 123 « Commandant Charles Paoli ») is a French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) (ALAE) base. The base is located approximately north-northwesst of Ingré near the city of Orléans; about south-southwest of Paris, France. The mission of the base is primarily tactical airlift. Units * Escadron de Transport 1/61 Touraine with the Airbus A400M Atlas * Escadron de Transport 2/61 Franche-Comté with the Lockheed C-130H Hercules, Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules and the Lockheed Martin KC-130J * Escadron de Transport 3/61 Poitou with the Lockheed C-130H Hercules, Transall C-160 and the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter * Centre d'Instruction des Equipages de Transport 340 Général Lionel de Marmier Aircraft * 27 Transall C-160F * 5 Lockheed C-130H Hercules * 8 Lockheed C-130H-30 * c11 Airbus A400M History Orléans-Bricy Air Base was built prior to World War II as a French Air Force facility. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont-de-Marsan Air Base
Mont-de-Marsan Air Base (French: Base aérienne 118 Mont-de-Marsan) (ICAO: LFBM) is a front-line French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) (ALAE) fighter base located approximately 2 km north of Mont-de-Marsan, in the Landes department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. The airport is at an elevation of 203 feet (62 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 09/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,603 metres (11,821 ft) in length. The Air Base is home to two squadrons of Dassault Rafale, the most advanced French fighter aircraft. The base includes Centre d'Essais des Matériels Aéronautiques - CEMA (the French air force military experimentation and trials organisation), an air defense radar command reporting centre, and an air defence control training site. The base is named after Colonel Constantin Rozanoff. The airbase was formerly home to France's first operational squadron of nuclear bombers, the Dassault Mirage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
30e Escadre De Chasse
The 30e Escadre de Chasse or 30th Hunter Escadre (french: 30e Escadre de Chasse) is a wing of the Fighter Brigade of the French Air and Space Force. It consists of several flying squadrons and support units. History Tours Representing the traditions of the Night Hunter Fighter Group 1/31- Groupe de Chasse de Nuit 1/31 Lorraine, the 30th Mixed Instruction and Night Hunter Escadre - 30e Escadre Mixte d'Instruction et de Chasse de Nuit was created on 1 May 1953 on the base of Tours. Flying the Gloster Meteor NF.11, the latter comprised three night hunter fighter squadrons : Escadron de Chasse de Nuit (ECN) 1/30 Loire, Escadron de Chasse de Nuit 2/30 Camargue , Escadron de Chasse de Nuit 3/30 Lorraine. The "Camargue" possessed a couple of Meteor Mk.7 for the transformation of new pilots on the English jet. As of 1957, the Escadre passed to Vautour IIN and became an all-weather fighter wing - the 30e Escadre de Chasse Tout Temps on 1 May 1957. During the same time, the Cama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet
The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet is a light attack jet and advanced jet trainer co-manufactured by Dassault Aviation of France and Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Germany. It was developed specifically to perform trainer and light attack missions, as well as to perform these duties more ideally than the first generation of jet trainers that preceded it. Following a competition, a design submitted by a team comprising Breguet Aviation, Dassault Aviation, and Dornier Flugzeugwerke, initially designated as the ''TA501'', was selected and subsequently produced as the Alpha Jet. Both the French Air Force and German Air Force procured the Alpha Jet in large numbers, the former principally as a trainer aircraft and the latter choosing to use it as a light attack platform. As a result of post- Cold War military cutbacks, Germany elected to retire its own fleet of Alpha Jets in the 1990s and has re-sold many of these aircraft to both military and civilian operators. The Alpha Jet has been a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cazaux Air Base
Cazaux Air Base (french: Base aérienne 120 Cazaux) is a French Air and Space Force (french: Armée de l'air et de l'espace) base. The base is located in the village of Cazaux, part of the town of La Teste-de-Buch, and is approximately southwest of Bordeaux. Overview The air base was created at the behest of Commandant Marzac. The site did not take the name of BA 120 until 1962, becoming the largest air base in France one hundred years after it was founded. The base is used mainly for training and integration of French fighter pilots and gunnery training over the Bay of Biscay. The Franco-Belgian Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet aerial fighter school is based at Cazaux. It is responsible for training future fighter pilots of the two nations. Since 1998, the base has hosted the No. 150 Squadron of the Republic of Singapore Air Force, equipped with ST Aerospace A-4SU Super Skyhawks, and since 15 November 2012, with Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Masters to train pilots before assigning Singa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8e Escadre De Chasse
The 8e Escadre de Chasse 8e EC or 8th Fighter Wing is a fighter formation of the Fighter Brigade of the French Air and Space Force, which was reformed on 25 August 2015 at Cazaux Air Base. The unit has known previously various periods of activity: * On Aerial Base 108 Marignane, between 1 January 1936 and 1 May 1939; * In Indochina, between 16 January 1951 and 27 July 1954; * In Morocco, on Aerial Base 151 Rabat-Salé, between 1 August 1955 and November 1960 * In Algeria on the base of Oran La Senia between November 1960 and July 1961 * At Nancy Ochey between July 1961 and 1 December 1961 * At Cazaux, between 1 February 1964 and 1 July 1993. Composition * Escadron de Transition Opérationnelle 1/8 Saintonge * Escadron de Transition Opérationnelle 2/8 Nice * Escadron d'Entraînement 3/8 Côte d'Or * Escadron de Soutien Technique Aéronautique 15/8 Pilat Escadrons/Squadrons history The 8e Escadre possesses two historical squadrons, the "Saintonge" and "Nice". The squadr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy – Ochey Air Base
Nancy-Ochey Air Base (french: Base aérienne 133 Nancy-Ochey) is a front-line French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) base located approximately 11 km west-southwest of Neuves-Maisons in the Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. History World War I, Interwar period and French Use in World War II Ochey airfield was of particular importance to air operations during the latter stages of World War I. From at least March 1917 onwards it was used by No. 3 Wing Royal Naval Air Service (later No. 207 Squadron RAF), flying Handley Page O/100 bombers. From October 1917 four HP O/100s of 'A' Squadron RNAS were joined with Nos. 55 Squadron ( Airco DH4s) and 100 Squadron ( FE2bs), to form No. 41 Wing of the Royal Flying Corps. Commanded by Lt.-Col. Cyril L Newall (later Marshal of the RAF Lord Newall, KCB, OM, CMG, CBE, AM), the wing flew a considerable number of sorties against strategic targets in Southwest Germany. Nancy Air Base is a pre-World War I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
