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'''List of [[French Air and Space Force]] bases'''.
== Active bases ==
=== [[Metropolitan France]] ===
[[File:Bases-aeriennes-france.jpg|550px|thumb|left|Air bases in Metropolitan France]]{{clear}}
==== Northern region (RAN: ''Région Aérienne Nord'') ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- align=center
! align=center style="text-align: center;" | Air Base name
!  class="unsortable" |Base Aerienne
!  class="unsortable" |French title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Dijon Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->BA 102
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 102 [[Dijon]] – [[Longvic]] "Capitaine [[Georges Guynemer]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->to close under 2015 budget<ref name=francetvinfo>{{cite web|title=Défense : Le Drian détaille les 7 500 postes supprimés dans l'armée|url=http://www.francetvinfo.fr/france/defense-un-regiment-d-artillerie-dissous-et-l-hopital-du-val-de-grace-transforme-en-pole-de-recherche_720211.html|website=francetvinfo.fr|accessdate=22 August 2015|location=Paris|language=French|date=15 October 2012}}</ref>>
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Cambrai - Épinoy Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->BA 103
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 103 [[Cambrai]] – [[Épinoy]] "Commandant [[:fr:René Mouchotte|René Mouchotte]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->closed in 2013
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Évreux-Fauville Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->BA 105
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 105 [[Évreux]] – [[Fauville]] "Commandant [[Jules Viot]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Vélizy – Villacoublay Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->BA 107
|<!-- French title -->  ''Base aérienne 107 [[Vélizy]] – [[Villacoublay]] "Sous-lieutenant [[:fr:René Dorme|René Dorme]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Creil Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->BA 110
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 110 [[Creil]] "Lieutenant-colonel [[Guy de la Horie]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Saint-Dizier – Robinson Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->BA 113
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 113 [[Saint-Dizier]] – Robinson "Commandant [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Luxeuil - Saint-Sauveur Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->BA 116
|<!-- French title --> ''Base aérienne 116 [[Luxeuil-les-Bains|Luxeuil]] – [[Saint-Sauveur, Haute-Saône|Saint-Sauveur]] "Lieutenant-colonel [[Tony Papin]]"''
|<!-- Notes  -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Paris Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 117
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 117 Paris "Capitaine [[Georges Guynemer]]"''
|<!-- Notes  -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Orléans – Bricy Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 123
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 123 [[Orléans]] – [[Bricy]] "Commandant [[Charles Paoli]]"''
|<!-- Notes  -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Metz-Frescaty Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 128
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 128 [[Metz]] – [[Frescaty]] "Lieutenant-colonel [[:fr:Jean Dagnaux|Jean Dagnaux]]"''
|<!-- Notes  -->closed in August 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forgottenairfields.com/airfield-metz-frescaty-1548.html|title=Metz-Frescaty|website=forgottenairfields.com|accessdate=27 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Nancy – Ochey Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 133
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 133 [[Nancy, France|Nancy]] – [[Ochey]] "Commandant [[Henri Jeandet]]"''
|<!-- Notes  -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Châteaudun Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 279
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 279 [[Châteaudun]] "[[:fr:Marcel Beau|Lieutenant Beau]]"''
|<!-- Notes  -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Avord Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 702
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 702 [[Avord]] "Capitaine [[:fr:Georges Madon|Georges Madon]]"''
|<!-- Notes  -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Tours - Saint-Symphorien Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 705
|<!-- French title --> ''Base aérienne 705 [[Tours]] – Saint-Symphorien "Commandants [[Jean Tulasne|Jean]] et [[François Tulasne]]"''
|<!-- Notes  -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Drachenbronn Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 901
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 901 [[Drachenbronn-Birlenbach|Drachenbronn]] "[[Capitaine de Laubier]]"''
|<!-- Notes  -->  to become an outstation of Nancy<ref name=francetvinfo/>
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Taverny Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 921
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 921 [[Taverny]] "[[Frères Mahé]]"''
|<!-- Notes  -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Romorantin - Pruniers Air Detachment]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->DA 273
|<!-- French title -->''Détachement Air 273 [[Romorantin-Lanthenay|Romorantin]] – [[Pruniers]] "Lieutenant-colonel [[:fr:Georges Mailfert|Georges Mailfert]]"''
|<!-- Notes  -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Doullens Air Detachment]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->DA 922
|<!-- French title -->''Détachement Air 922 [[Doullens]] "Capitaine [[René Doumer]]"''
|<!-- Notes  -->
|}
==== Southern region (RAS: ''Région Aérienne Sud'') ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- align=center
! align=center style="text-align: center;" | Air Base name
!  class="unsortable" |Base Aerienne
!  class="unsortable" |French title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Toulouse-Francazal Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 101
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 101 [[Toulouse]] – [[Francazal]] "Général [[:fr:Lionel de Marmier|Lionel de Marmier]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 106
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 106 [[Bordeaux]] – [[Mérignac, Gironde|Mérignac]] "Capitaine [[Michel Croci]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Orange-Caritat Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 115
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 115 [[Orange, Vaucluse|Orange]] – [[Caritat]] "[[Capitaine de Seyne]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Mont-de-Marsan Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 118
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 118 [[Mont-de-Marsan]] "Colonel [[Constantin Rozanoff]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Cazaux Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->  BA 120
|<!-- French title --> ''Base aérienne 120 [[Cazaux]] "[[Commandant Marzac]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Istres-Le Tubé Air Base|Istres – Le Tubé Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 125
|<!-- French title --> ''Base aérienne 125 [[Istres]] – [[Le Tubé]] "Sous-lieutenant [[Charles Monier]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name --> [[Solenzara Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 126
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 126 [[Sari-Solenzara|Solenzara]] "[[Capitaine Preziosi]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Ambérieu-en-Bugey Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 278
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 278 [[Ambérieu-en-Bugey]] "Colonel [[Albert Chambonnet]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name --> [[Salon-de-Provence Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 701
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 701 [[Salon-de-Provence]] "[[Général Pineau]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 709
|<!-- French title --> ''Base aérienne 709 [[Cognac, France|Cognac]] – [[Châteaubernard]] "[[Commandant Ménard]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[École de formation des sous-officiers de l'Armée de l'air|Rochefort - Saint-Agnant Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->[[Base aérienne 721 Rochefort|BA 721]]
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 721 [[Rochefort, Charente-Maritime|Rochefort]] – [[Saint-Agnant, Charente-Maritime|Saint-Agnant]] "[[Adjudant Gémot]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Grenoble - Montbonnot Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 749
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 749 [[Grenoble]] – [[Montbonnot]]''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Lyon – Mont Verdun Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 942
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 942 [[Lyon]] – [[Mont Verdun]] "Capitaine Jean Robert"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Nice Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->BA 943
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 943 [[Nice]] "[[Capitaine Auber]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[:fr:Détachement air 204 Bordeaux-Beauséjour]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->DA 204
|<!-- French title -->  ''Détachement air 204 [[Bordeaux]] – [[Beauséjour, Gironde|Beauséjour]]''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name --> [[Varennes-sur-Allier Air Detachment]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> DA 277
|<!-- French title -->''Détachement air 277 [[Varennes-sur-Allier]] "Capitaine Rousseau"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[École d'enseignement technique de l'Armée de l'air|Saintes - Thénac Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> [[EETAA 722]]
|<!-- French title -->''Ecole d'enseignement technique de l'armée de l'air 722 [[Saintes, Charente-Maritime|Saintes]] – [[Thénac, Charente-Maritime|Thénac]] "Capitaine [[Albert Raffin]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|}
=== [[French overseas departments and territories]] ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- align=center
! align=center style="text-align: center;" | Air Base name
!  class="unsortable" |Base Aerienne
! class="unsortable" | French title
! Location
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Saint-Denis Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->  BA 181
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 181 [[Saint-Denis, Réunion|Saint-Denis]] "Lieutenant [[Roland Garros (aviator)|Roland Garros]]"''
|<!--Location-->[[Réunion]]
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Tahiti - Faa'a Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->  BA 190
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 190 [[Tahiti]] – [[Faa'a]] "[[Sergent Julien-Allain]]"''
|<!--Location-->[[French Polynesia]]
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Lamentin Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->  BA 365
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 365 [[Le Lamentin|Lamentin]]''
|<!--Location-->[[Martinique]]
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Cayenne - Rochambeau Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->  BA 367
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 367 [[Cayenne]] – [[Rochambeau, French Guiana|Rochambeau]] "[[Capitaine Massé]]"''
|<!--Location-->[[French Guiana]]
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Nouméa Air Detachment]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->  DA 376
|<!-- French title -->''Détachement air 376 [[Nouméa]]''
|<!--Location-->[[New Caledonia]]
|<!-- Notes -->
|}
=== Foreign countries ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- align=center
! align=center style="text-align: center;" | Air Base name
!  class="unsortable" |Base Aerienne
! class="unsortable" | French title
! Location
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Al Dhafra Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 104
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 104 Al Dhafra''
|<!--Location-->[[Abu Dhabi]]
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Dakar-Ouakam Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 160
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 160 [[Dakar]] – [[Ouakam]]''
|<!--Location-->[[Senegal]]
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Djibouti Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 188
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 188 [[Djibouti]] "Colonel Massart"''
|<!--Location-->[[Djibouti]]
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->''Eléments français d'assistance opérationnelle à [[N'Djamena]]''
|<!--Base Aerienne -->BA 172
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 172 "Fort-Lamy"''
|<!--Location-->[[Chad]]
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->''Eléments air à [[Libreville]]''
|<!--Base Aerienne -->
|<!-- French title -->
|<!--Location-->[[Gabon]]
|<!-- Notes -->
|}
== Inactive bases ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- align=center
! align=center style="text-align: center;" | Air Base name
!  class="unsortable" |Base Aerienne
! class="unsortable" | French title
! Location
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Reims – Champagne Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->BA 112
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 112 [[Reims]] – [[Champagne (province)|Champagne]] "Commandant [[Edmond Marin la Meslée]]"''
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Aix-en-Provence Aerodrome|Aix - Les Milles Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->  BA 114
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 114 [[Aix-en-Provence|Aix]] – [[Les Milles]]''
|<!--Location-->
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Chartres – Champhol Aerodrome|Chartres Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->BA 122
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 122 [[Chartres]]''
|<!--Location-->
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[:fr:Base aérienne 124 Strasbourg-Entzheim|Strasbourg - Entzheim Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 124
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 124 [[Strasbourg]] – [[Entzheim]]''
|<!--Location-->
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[:de:Flugplatz Bremgarten|Bremgarten Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 136
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 136 [[Bremgarten, Hartheim am Rhein|Bremgarten]]''
|<!--Location-->[[West Germany]]
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Toul-Rosières Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 136
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 136 [[Toul]] – [[Rosières-en-Haye|Rosières]]''
|<!--Location-->
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->Batna
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 143
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 143 Batna''
|<!--Location--> French Algeria
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name --> Sétif Ain Arnat
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 144
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 144 Sétif Ain Arnat ou Base Alat 101''
|<!--Location--> French Algeria
|<!-- Notes --> Transferred to [[Algerian Armed Forces]] control 1962. Now [[Ain Arnat Airport]].
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Colomb-Béchar]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 145
|<!-- French title -->''[[:fr:Base aérienne 145 Colomb-Béchar]]''
|<!--Location--> [[Colomb-Béchar]], French Algeria
|<!-- Notes --> Disestablished March 1967. Now [[Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi Airport]]
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Berlin Tegel Airport]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 165
|<!-- French title --> ''Base aérienne 165 [[Berlin-Tegel]]''
|<!--Location--> [[Germany]]
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Apt - Saint-Christol Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->BA 200
|<!-- French title -->Base aérienne 200 [[Apt, Vaucluse|Apt]] – [[Saint-Christol, Vaucluse|Saint-Christol]]
|<!--Location-->
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[:fr:Base aérienne 203 Bordeaux-Cenon|Bordeaux - Cenon Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 203
|<!-- French title --> ''Base aérienne 203 [[Bordeaux]] – [[Cenon]]''
|<!--Location-->
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Limoges - Romanet Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 274
|<!-- French title --> ''Base aérienne 274 [[Limoges]] – [[Romanet]]''
|<!--Location-->
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Toul - Thouvenot Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 551
|<!-- French title --> ''Base aérienne 551 [[Toul]] – [[Thouvenot]]''
|<!--Location-->
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Compiègne Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 552
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 552 [[Compiègne]]''
|<!--Location-->
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Nîmes Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne --> BA 726
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 726 [[Nîmes]]''
|<!--Location-->
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Contrexéville Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->BA 902
|<!-- French title -->''Base aérienne 902 [[Contrexéville]]''
|<!--Location-->
|<!-- Notes -->
|-
|<!-- Air Base name -->[[Canadian Forces Base Lahr|Lahr–Hugsweier Air Base]]
|<!--Base Aerienne -->BA 139
|<!-- French title -->''Base Aérienne 139 Lahr–Hugsweier''
|<!--Location-->[[West Germany]]
|<!-- Notes -->
|}
== See also ==
* [[List of airports in France]]
*[[List of British Army installations]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
*{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.senat.fr/rap/a05-102-6/a05-102-616.html List of air bases], appendix of the budget bill for 2006, [[French Senate]]
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