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History of the 115 Air Base
In July 1939, the air base is inaugurated by
Edouard Daladier, President of the Council and
Deputy of Orange. From 1942 to 1944, the site
was occupied by German forces before being
almost destroyed during the Liberation battles.
In 1945, creation of the 5th fighter wing. In
March 1946, the annex of the Marignane test
flights moves there. From 1949 to 1951, the 5th
fighter wing is in Indochina where it takes part
to the battles of the Colonial Road #4 and the
Delta in Tonkin. Once restored in 1950, the 115
air base welcomes fighter wing 1/5 Vendée and
its first air craft, the Vampire, upon its return
from Indochina. In 1953, the fighter wing 3/5
Comtat Venaissin is created and equipped with
Vampires. Then, from 1956 to 1962, these air
crafts are joined by the Mystère II, Mystère IV
A and the Super Mystère B2. Pilots take part
in the operations during the Algerian War.
Three squadrons of T6G based in Betna and
Mecheria operate in the Aures and in Southern
A Mirage 2000 above the Provence landscapes with
the Mont Ventoux in the background.
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A Fennec of the helicopter squadron 05/067
Alpilles flying in the azure blue skies.
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Oran. From 1961 to 1966, the school and the
Tout-temps 2/30 Normandie-Niemen fighter
wing move to Fouga. In 1965, creation of the
strategic bomber squadron 2/93 Cévennes,
later known as the 3/91 Cévennes equipped
with Mirage IV A. Other key dates have paced
the history of the base, such as the creation in
2008 of the Aeronautic Engineering Support
Squadron. Then, in 2011, the transfer and
assignment of the 05.067Alpilles helicopter
squadron and the 00.341 Maurienne Training
Centre for Helicopter Crews. The same year,
the Fennec 70.560 control unit and continued
airworthiness was created. 2015 marks the
creation of the CPOCAA 24.566 following the
merger of the Dijon EFCA 08.566 and Saintes
CFME 00.325. The latter fills the installations
freed by the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment in
the quartier Geille in Orange.