- Source: Orange-Caritat Air Base
Air Base 115 Orange-Caritat (French: Base aérienne 115 Orange-Caritat "Capitaine de Seyne" or BA 115, ICAO: LFMO) is a French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) base in Vaucluse, France. It is equipped with one runway and was named after Maurice de Seynes, a French-Soviet aircraft pilot. 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:
Escadron de Chasse 2/5 Île-de-France - Dassault Mirage 2000B
Escadron d'Hélicoptères 1/65 Alpilles - Eurocopter Fennec
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 special ammunition storage 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 responsible for ground defense and base security.
References
External links
Base aérienne 115 Orange, official website (in French)
BA 115 at French Air and Space 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
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