Mont-de-Marsan_Air_Base

Mont-de-Marsan Air Base

Mont-de-Marsan Air Base

Airport in Mont-de-Marsan, Landes

Mont-de-Marsan Air Base (French: Base aérienne 118 Mont-de-Marsan) (ICAO: LFBM) is a front-line French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) (ALAE) fighter base located approximately 2 km north of Mont-de-Marsan, in the Landes department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. The airport is at an elevation of 203 feet (62 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 09/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,603 metres (11,821 ft) in length.

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The Air Base is home to two squadrons of Dassault Rafale, the most advanced French fighter aircraft. The base includes Centre d'Essais des Matériels Aéronautiques - CEMA (the French air force military experimentation and trials organisation), an air defense radar command reporting centre, and an air defence control training site.

The base is named after Colonel Constantin Rozanoff.

The airbase was formerly home to France's first operational squadron of nuclear bombers, the Dassault Mirage IVA.

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References

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    "Mont-de-Marsan (BA 118) Air Base - France".
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    "Base aérienne 118". Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
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    "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.
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