Orange-Caritat Air Base

Airport in Vaucluse, France

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 & C^[3]
• Escadron d'Hélicoptères 5/67 Alpilles - Eurocopter Fennec^[3]
• Centre d'Instruction des Equipages d'Hélicoptères 341 Colonel Alexis Santini - Fennec^[3]
• 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]}

References

1. Airport data chart Orange Air base
2. "Airport information for LFMO". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006.
3. "Chiffres clés de l'Armée de l'air - L'Armée de l'air en chiffres : 2019-2020 (FR)". French Air and Space Force. Retrieved November 3, 2020.

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