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Orange-Caritat Air Base
Airport in Vaucluse, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 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.
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It hosts:
- Escadron de Chasse 1/5 Vendée - Dassault Rafale[3]
- Escadron de Chasse 2/5 Île-de-France - Dassault Mirage 2000B[4]
- Escadron d'Hélicoptères 1/65 Alpilles - Eurocopter Fennec[4]
- Centre d'Instruction des Equipages d'Hélicoptères 341 Colonel Alexis Santini - Fennec[4]
- a permanent Dépôt atelier munitions spécialisées detachment; this is a headquarters unit responsible for all special ammunition storage in France.[citation needed]
- escadron de défense sol-air 10.950 the base air defense unit.[citation needed]
- etablissement logistique du commissariat de l’air de Portes-les –valence, a logistic unit.[citation needed]
- a guard detachment Fusiliers Commandos de l'Air responsible for ground defense and base security.[citation needed]
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