Luxeuil Air Base

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Luxeuil Air Base Base aérienne 116 Luxeuil Saint-Sauveur
IATA: none - ICAO: LFSX
Summary
Airport type		Military
Operator		Ministère de la Défense
Serves		Luxeuil-les-Bains
Elevation AMSL		913 ft (278 m)
Coordinates		47°46′59″N, 006°21′51″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
04/22	7596	2315	Asphalt
11/29	7982	2433	Asphalt

[edit] Luxeuil Air Base

Luxeuil (French: Base aérienne 116 Luxeuil Saint-Sauveur or BA 116) (ICAO: LFSX) is a medium size air base located at 47°46′59″N, 006°21′51″E, near Luxeuil-les-Bains in the Franche-Comté region of France. It has 2 runways 113/293 with a length of 2433m and 038/218 with a length of 2315m.

The base is used by the Armée de l'air (French Air Force) only and hosts some operational and units:

• strike squadron 1/4 Dauphiné
• strike squadron 2/4 La Fayette

Both are equipped with the Mirage 2000N and are to be deployed in a conventional strike and in a nuclear deterrence mission. For the last reason they can be armed with mediumrange Air-Sol Moyenne Portée ASMP mssiles.

Supporting units on the base are:

• DAMS (Dépôt atelier munitions spécialisées) or Special Ammunition Storage. This unit is responsible for the hardened nuclear strike alert facilities on the base.
• Tactical Instruction Centre 00.339 Aquitaine. This is the unit in charge to instruct the strike squadrons in their mission of allweather penetration at very low level.
• Air Defence squadron 04.950 Servance. The unit is responsible for the base air defences.
• Guard detachment fusiliers commandos de l'air. This unit is responsible for the base security and ground defences.

[edit] External links

• French Air Force link (French)
• Sqn 01.004 Dauphine (French)
• Sqn 02.004 La Fayette (French)
• Sqn 04.950 Servence (French)
• Airport Chart for LFSXPDF
• Airport information for LFSX at World Aero Data
• Fusiliers Commandos de l'air (French)