Air Base 115 Orange-Caritat ( or BA 115, ) 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 east of Orange, a commune in the Vaucluse department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France.
It hosts: Escadron de Chasse 1/5 Vendée - Dassault Rafale Escadron de Chasse 2/5 Île-de-France - Dassault Mirage 2000B Escadron d'Hélicoptères 1/65 Alpilles - Eurocopter Fennec Centre d'Instruction des Equipages d'Hélicoptères 341 Colonel Alexis Santini - Fennec a permanent Dépôt atelier munitions spécialisées detachment; this is a headquarters unit responsible for all special ammunition storage in France. 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.
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External links , official website BA 115 at French Air and Space Force website Escadron de Chasse 01.005 Vendée Escadron de Chasse 02.005 IIe de France Photos of Orange-Caritat Air Base