Évreux-Fauville Air Base
| Base Aérienne 105 Évreux (BA 105) Évreux-Fauville Air Base Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-28  |
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| Part of Armée de l'Air | |
| Located near: Évreux, Eure, France | |
| Coordinates | 49°01′43″N 001°13′11″E / 49.02861°N 1.21972°E |
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| Built | 1920s |
| In use | 1955-Present |
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| Elevation AMSL | 461 ft / 141 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°01′43″N 001°13′11″E / 49.02861°N 1.21972°ECoordinates: 49°01′43″N 001°13′11″E / 49.02861°N 1.21972°E | ||||||||||
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Évreux-Fauville Air Base (Base aérienne 105 Évreux or BA 105) (IATA: EVX, ICAO: LFOE) is a French Air Force base located about 2 miles (3 km) east of the town of Évreux in the Eure département, on the north side of the Route nationale 13 (N13) Highway.
During the Cold War, Évreux-Fauville was a front-line base for the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) as part of NATO's Allied Forces Central Europe.
In 1967, the US forces withdrew and the French air force began again using the base, initially flying the Nord 2501 Noratlas. At present, the base is home of two French tactical transport squadrons flying mostly Transall C-160 transportation planes.
The origins of Évreux Air Base go back to the 1920s, when a civil aerodrome was built to accommodate sport flying. In the 1930s concrete runways were constructed along with several hangars. During the Phony War period of 1939/40, the French Air Force maintained Dewoitine D.510 fighters and Potez 630 bombers. In addition, American built Curtis P-36 Hawk, Martin A-22 Maryland and Douglas DB-7 light bombers provided by President Roosevelt's "cash and carry" program were stationed at Évreux.
With the fall of France, the Luftwaffe took up residence at Évreux, flying Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Junkers Ju 88 aircraft during the Battle of Britain. During the war, the Germans improved the runways and other facilities. Later, they stationed Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighters on the base. Évreux was heavily bombed and attacked by Allied fighters and bombers, especially those of the U.S. Army Eighth and Ninth Air Forces. By July 1944, within a month of the Normandy invasion of 6 June, the runways and taxiways were useless, pockmarked with bomb craters and debris.
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