Air Base 115 Orange-Caritat (french: Base aérienne 115 Orange-Caritat "Capitaine de Seyne" or ''BA 115'', ) is a
French Air and Space Force
The French Air and Space Force (AAE) (french: Armée de l'air et de l'espace, ) is the air and space force of the French Armed Forces. It was the first military aviation force in history, formed in 1909 as the , a service arm of the French Army; ...
(Armée de l'air et de l'espace) base in
Vaucluse
Vaucluse (; oc, Vauclusa, label= Provençal or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019.[France
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. It is equipped with one runway and was named after Maurice de Seynes, a French-Soviet aircraft pilot. It is located east of
Orange
Orange most often refers to:
*Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis''
** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
*Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum
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, a ''
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
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'' in the
Vaucluse
Vaucluse (; oc, Vauclusa, label= Provençal or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019.[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; or , ; commonly shortened to PACA; en, Provence-Alps-French Riviera, italic=yes; also branded as Région Sud) is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, the far southeastern on the mainland. Its pref ...]
region in
France
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.
It hosts:
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Escadron de Chasse 2/5 Île-de-France
Escadron de Chasse 2/5 Île-de-France (Fighter Squadron 2/5 Île-de-France) is a French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) fighter squadron currently stationed at BA 115 Orange-Caritat Air Base and equipped with the Dassault ...
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Dassault Mirage 2000
The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a French multirole, single-engine, fourth-generation jet fighter manufactured by Dassault Aviation. It was designed in the late 1970s as a lightweight fighter to replace the Mirage III for the French Air Force (''Arm ...
B & C
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Escadron d'Hélicoptères 5/67 Alpilles
Escadron d'Hélicoptères 5/67 Alpilles is a French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) Helicopter squadron located at BA 115 Orange-Caritat Air Base, Vaucluse, France which operates the Eurocopter Fennec.
During the December 201 ...
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Eurocopter Fennec
The Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) AS550 Fennec (now H125M) and AS555 Fennec 2 are lightweight, multipurpose military helicopters manufactured by Eurocopter Group (now Airbus Helicopters). Based on the AS350 Ecureuil and AS355 Ecureuil ...
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- Fennec
* a permanent
Dépôt atelier munitions spécialisées detachment; this is a headquarters unit responsible for all
special ammunition storage {{unreferenced, date=November 2014
Weapon storage areas (WSA), also known as special ammunition storage (SAS), were extremely well guarded and well defended locations where NATO nuclear weapons were stored during the Cold War era.
In most situatio ...
in France.
* 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
The ''Fusiliers Commandos de l'Air'' ( French for "Fusilier commandos of the Air (force)") of the French Air and Space Force are equivalent to the United Kingdom's RAF Regiment, German Air Force Regiment or the United States Air Force Security ...
responsible for ground defense and base security.
References
External links
Base aérienne 115 Orange official website
BA 115at
French Air and Space Force
The French Air and Space Force (AAE) (french: Armée de l'air et de l'espace, ) is the air and space force of the French Armed Forces. It was the first military aviation force in history, formed in 1909 as the , a service arm of the French Army; ...
website
Escadron de Chasse 01.005 Vendée
Escadron de Chasse 02.005 IIe de France
Photos of Orange-Caritat Air Base
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French Air and Space Force bases
Vaucluse
Military airbases established in 1939