Orange-Caritat Air Base

Orange Air Base (BA 115) Base aérienne 115 Orange-Caritat "Capitaine de Seyne"
IATA: XOG – ICAO: LFMO
Summary
Airport type		Military
Owner		Government of France
Operator		Armée de l'air
Location		Orange, Vaucluse
Elevation AMSL		197 ft / 60 m
Coordinates		44°08′24″N 004°52′07″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
14/32	7,897	2,407	Concrete

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.

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. Data current as of October 2006.