Air Base 115 Orange-Caritat ( or ''BA 115'', ) is a

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(''Armée de l'air et de l'espace'') base in

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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

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, a '' commune'' in the

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department of the

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region in

. It hosts: * Escadron de Chasse 1/5 Vendée -

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* Escadron de Chasse 2/5 Île-de-France -

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B * Escadron d'Hélicoptères 1/65 Alpilles -

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* Centre d'Instruction des Equipages d'Hélicoptères 341 Colonel Alexis Santini - Fennec * a permanent Dépôt atelier munitions spécialisées detachment; this is a headquarters unit responsible for all

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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

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responsible for ground defense and base security.

References

External links

Base aérienne 115 Orange
official website
BA 115
at

website
Escadron de Chasse 01.005 Vendée

Escadron de Chasse 02.005 IIe de France

Photos of Orange-Caritat Air Base
* * {{authority control French Air and Space Force bases Vaucluse Military airbases established in 1939