Luxeuil Air Base
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| Luxeuil Air Base Base aérienne 116 Luxeuil Saint-Sauveur |
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| IATA: none - ICAO: LFSX | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Operator | Ministère de la Défense | ||
| Serves | Luxeuil-les-Bains | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 913 ft (278 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 04/22 | 7596 | 2315 | Asphalt |
| 11/29 | 7982 | 2433 | Asphalt |
Luxeuil Air Base (French: Base aérienne 116 Luxeuil Saint-Sauveur or BA 116) (ICAO: LFSX) is a medium size air base located at , near Luxeuil-les-Bains in the Franche-Comté region of France. It has 2 runways 113/293 with a length of 2433m and 038/218 with a length of 2315m.
The base is used only by the French Air Force hosting a few operational and supporting units. These are the strike sqns 1/4 Dauphiné and 2/4 La Fayette both equipped with the Mirage 2000N. They are to be deployed in a conventional strike and in a nuclear deterrence mission. For that reason they can be armed with mediumrange ASMP mssiles.
The DAMS (Dépôt atelier munitions spécialisées or Special Weapon Storage) unit is responsible for the hardened nuclear strike alert facilities on the base.
The Tactical Instruction Centre 00.339 Aquitaine is the support unit in charge to instruct the strike sqns in their mission of allweather penetration at very low level.
The AD sqn 04.950 Servance is responsible for the base air defence.
[edit] External links
- French Air Force link
- Official BA116 site
- Airport Chart for LFSXPDF
- World Aero Data airport information for LFSX
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