Orange-Caritat Air Base
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 | French Air Force (Armée de l'air) | ||||||||||
| 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 Force base equipped with one runway and named after Capitaine de Seyne. 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:
- 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.[clarification needed] The RDI to carry out all-weather air defense missions, and the B/C types for pilot transition and training purposes.* One of these Mirage 2000 units has been disbanded-probably EC02.005.
- EH05.067 equipped with AS355 Squirrell helicopters. This unit has re-located from Istres Le Tube.
- a permanent Dépôt atelier munitions spécialisées detachment; this is a headquarters unit responsible for all special ammunition storage 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.
References
External links
- Base aérienne 115 Orange, official website (in French)
- BA 115 at French Air 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