Orange-Caritat Air Base

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Orange Air Base (BA 115) Base aérienne 115 Orange-Caritat "Capitaine de Seyne"
IATA: XOG - ICAO: LFMO
Summary
Airport type		Military
Operator		French Air Force
Serves		Orange, Vaucluse
Elevation AMSL		197 ft (60 m)
Coordinates		44°08′24″N, 004°52′07″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
15/33	7,909	2,411	Concrete

[edit] Orange Air Base

Orange Caritat (French: Base aérienne 115 Orange-Caritat "Capitaine de Seyne" or BA 115) (IATA: XOG, ICAO: LFMO) is a tiny French Air Force base equipped with one runway and named after Capitaine de Seyne. Its location is 5 km east of Orange, a commune of the département of Vaucluse 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.