The Air Base
The Air Base
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Base Aérienne 105 Évreux-Fauville (BA 105Base aérienne 105 Évreux-Fauville) is a military airfield of the French Air Force (Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace). The airfield is located in the Eure department in Normandy on the territory of three municipalities – Fauville, Gauciel and Huest – about five kilometers east of the town of Évreux.
BA 105Base aérienne 105 Évreux-Fauville was named after Major (Commandant) Jules Louis Viot, a French pilot who was killed during an aerial engagement in French Indochina in 1947.
The air base is home to several different wings and squadrons:
- 64e escadre de transport
- L'escadre aérienne de commandement et de conduite projetable
- Le groupe aérien mixte 56 „Vaucluse“
- La 62e escadre „Franche-Comté“
- Escadron électronique aéroporté 1/54 „Dunkerque“