Metz-Frescaty Air Base
Metz-Frescaty Air Base Base aérienne 128 (Advanced Landing Ground Y-34) |
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Socata TBM 700 high performance single engine turboprop utility aircraft
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of France | ||||||||||
| Operator | Armée de l'air | ||||||||||
| Location | Metz, France | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 629 ft / 192 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°04′18″N 006°07′54″E / 49.07167°N 6.13167°ECoordinates: 49°04′18″N 006°07′54″E / 49.07167°N 6.13167°E | ||||||||||
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Metz-Frescaty Air Base (French: Base aérienne 128 Metz-Frescaty) (IATA: MZM, ICAO: LFSF) is a front-line French Air Force French: Armée de l'Air (ALA) base. The base is located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south-southwest of Metz (Département de la Moselle,Lorraine) ; about 174 miles (280 km) east of Paris.
A military restructuring plan announced in July 2008 was to close BA 128 in 2011. The plans are to close the base and place it in reserve status (Base Interarmes).
Metz-Frescaty is primarily a command and control base.
Following the defeat of France in the 1871 Franco-Prussian War, Metz and much of the Moselle were annexed by Germany as part of the Treaty of Frankfurt, and Metz became a "Garrison City" of the Imperial German Army (Reichsheer). In the early 20th century, the German army began building a Zeppelin field to the south-west of the city, at the present site of the airfield.
During World War I, in addition to the Zeppelins, the Luftstreitkräfte (Imperial German Army Air Service) began stationing airplanes at the airfield, which were later used in combat over the Western Front during the war. It became the target of French and British aircraft later in the war, starting about 1915 with the development of bomber and fighter combat aircraft. It also was the target for long-range artillery attacks.
Following the armistice with Germany ending the First World War, the French army entered Metz in November 1918, and the airfield came under the control of the French Air Force (Aéronautique Militaire).
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