Orange-Caritat Air Base

Orange-Caritat Air Base (BA 115)

*Base aérienne 115 Orange-Caritat "Capitaine de Seyne"*
Orange-Caritat Air Base (BA 115); Base aérienne 115 Orange-Caritat "Capitaine de Seyne"
	IATA: none; ICAO: LFMO;
Summary
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.com
Map
	LFMO Location in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur in France
Runways
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Air Base 115 Orange-Caritat (Template:Lang-fr or BA 115, ICAO: LFMO) is a small 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. 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.

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