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List of French Air and Space Force bases.
Air Base name | Base Aerienne | French title | Notes |
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Dijon Air Base | BA 102 | Base aérienne 102 Dijon – Longvic "Capitaine Georges Guynemer" | to close under 2015 budget [1] > |
Cambrai - Épinoy Air Base | BA 103 | Base aérienne 103 Cambrai – Épinoy "Commandant René Mouchotte" | closed in 2013 |
Évreux-Fauville Air Base | BA 105 | Base aérienne 105 Évreux – Fauville "Commandant Jules Viot" | |
Vélizy – Villacoublay Air Base | BA 107 | Base aérienne 107 Vélizy – Villacoublay "Sous-lieutenant René Dorme" | |
Creil Air Base | BA 110 | Base aérienne 110 Creil "Lieutenant-colonel Guy de la Horie" | |
Saint-Dizier – Robinson Air Base | BA 113 | Base aérienne 113 Saint-Dizier – Robinson "Commandant Antoine de Saint-Exupéry" | |
Luxeuil - Saint-Sauveur Air Base | BA 116 | Base aérienne 116 Luxeuil – Saint-Sauveur "Lieutenant-colonel Tony Papin" | |
Paris Air Base | BA 117 | Base aérienne 117 Paris "Capitaine Georges Guynemer" | |
Orléans – Bricy Air Base | BA 123 | Base aérienne 123 Orléans – Bricy "Commandant Charles Paoli" | |
Metz-Frescaty Air Base | BA 128 | Base aérienne 128 Metz – Frescaty "Lieutenant-colonel Jean Dagnaux" | closed in August 2012 [2] |
Nancy – Ochey Air Base | BA 133 | Base aérienne 133 Nancy – Ochey "Commandant Henri Jeandet" | |
Châteaudun Air Base | BA 279 | Base aérienne 279 Châteaudun "Lieutenant Beau" | |
Avord Air Base | BA 702 | Base aérienne 702 Avord "Capitaine Georges Madon" | |
Tours - Saint-Symphorien Air Base | BA 705 | Base aérienne 705 Tours – Saint-Symphorien "Commandants Jean et François Tulasne" | |
Drachenbronn Air Base | BA 901 | Base aérienne 901 Drachenbronn "Capitaine de Laubier" | to become an outstation of Nancy [1] |
Taverny Air Base | BA 921 | Base aérienne 921 Taverny "Frères Mahé" | |
Romorantin - Pruniers Air Detachment | DA 273 | Détachement Air 273 Romorantin – Pruniers "Lieutenant-colonel Georges Mailfert" | |
Doullens Air Detachment | DA 922 | Détachement Air 922 Doullens "Capitaine René Doumer" |
Air Base name | Base Aerienne | French title | Location | Notes |
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Saint-Denis Air Base | BA 181 | Base aérienne 181 Saint-Denis "Lieutenant Roland Garros" | Réunion | |
Tahiti - Faa'a Air Base | BA 190 | Base aérienne 190 Tahiti – Faa'a "Sergent Julien-Allain" | French Polynesia | |
Lamentin Air Base | BA 365 | Base aérienne 365 Lamentin | Martinique | |
Cayenne - Rochambeau Air Base | BA 367 | Base aérienne 367 Cayenne – Rochambeau "Capitaine Massé" | French Guiana | |
Nouméa Air Detachment | DA 376 | Détachement air 376 Nouméa | New Caledonia |
Air Base name | Base Aerienne | French title | Location | Notes |
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Al Dhafra Air Base | BA 104 | Base aérienne 104 Al Dhafra | Abu Dhabi | |
Dakar-Ouakam Air Base | BA 160 | Base aérienne 160 Dakar – Ouakam | Senegal | |
Djibouti Air Base | BA 188 | Base aérienne 188 Djibouti "Colonel Massart" | Djibouti | |
Eléments français d'assistance opérationnelle à N'Djamena | BA 172 | Base aérienne 172 "Fort-Lamy" | Chad | |
Eléments air à Libreville | Gabon |
Air Base name | Base Aerienne | French title | Location | Notes |
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Reims – Champagne Air Base | BA 112 | Base aérienne 112 Reims – Champagne "Commandant Edmond Marin la Meslée" | ||
Aix - Les Milles Air Base | BA 114 | Base aérienne 114 Aix – Les Milles | ||
Chartres Air Base | BA 122 | Base aérienne 122 Chartres | ||
Strasbourg - Entzheim Air Base | BA 124 | Base aérienne 124 Strasbourg – Entzheim | ||
Bremgarten Air Base | BA 136 | Base aérienne 136 Bremgarten | West Germany | |
Toul-Rosières Air Base | BA 136 | Base aérienne 136 Toul – Rosières | ||
Batna | BA 143 | Base aérienne 143 Batna | French Algeria | |
Sétif Ain Arnat | BA 144 | Base aérienne 144 Sétif Ain Arnat ou Base Alat 101 | French Algeria | Transferred to Algerian Armed Forces control 1962. Now Ain Arnat Airport. |
Colomb-Béchar | BA 145 | fr:Base aérienne 145 Colomb-Béchar | Colomb-Béchar, French Algeria | Disestablished March 1967. Now Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport |
Berlin Tegel Airport | BA 165 | Base aérienne 165 Berlin-Tegel | Germany | |
Apt - Saint-Christol Air Base | BA 200 | Base aérienne 200 Apt – Saint-Christol | ||
Bordeaux - Cenon Air Base | BA 203 | Base aérienne 203 Bordeaux – Cenon | ||
Limoges - Romanet Air Base | BA 274 | Base aérienne 274 Limoges – Romanet | ||
Toul - Thouvenot Air Base | BA 551 | Base aérienne 551 Toul – Thouvenot | ||
Compiègne Air Base | BA 552 | Base aérienne 552 Compiègne | ||
Nîmes Air Base | BA 726 | Base aérienne 726 Nîmes | ||
Contrexéville Air Base | BA 902 | Base aérienne 902 Contrexéville | ||
Lahr–Hugsweier Air Base | BA 139 | Base Aérienne 139 Lahr–Hugsweier | West Germany |
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