Châteaudun Air Base
Airport in Châteaudun, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Châteaudun Air Base (French: Base aérienne 279 Châteaudun) (ICAO: LFOC) was a French Air Force (French: Armée de l'Air base, between 1934 and 2014. The base was located approximately 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) southeast of Châteaudun and about 112 kilometres (70 mi) southwest of Paris. It is currently an airfield attached to Orléans – Bricy Air Base.
Châteaudun Air Base Base aérienne 279 Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-39 | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Government of France | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Armée de l'air | ||||||||||||||
Location | Châteaudun, France | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 433 ft / 132 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°03′29″N 001°22′35″E | ||||||||||||||
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Source:World Aero Data [usurped] |
The base is primarily used for aircraft storage and ferrying them to other squadrons of the Air Force. Entrepot de l'Armee de l'Air 601 was assigned to perform this mission. Each French Air Force squadron stores some of its planes for a while thereby artificially prolong the life of the fleet and better material management. The EAA also has the task of storing new aircraft to be used in times of war. To fulfil its mission, the EAA has the Group Maintenance, repair and storage of aircraft (GERS).
A SAN Jodel D.140 Mousquetaire training aircraft is assigned to the base for courier duties.