Salon-de-Provence Air Base
Salon-de-Provence Air Base Base aérienne 701 Salon-de-Provence Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) Y-16 |
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of France | ||||||||||
| Operator | Armée de l'air | ||||||||||
| Location | Salon-de-Provence | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 194 ft / 59 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°36′23″N 005°06′33″E / 43.60639°N 5.10917°ECoordinates: 43°36′23″N 005°06′33″E / 43.60639°N 5.10917°E | ||||||||||
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 Salon-de-Provence Air Base
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Source: Aerodrome chart at Direction de la Circulation Aerienne Militaire (DIRCAM)
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Salon-de-Provence Air Base (French: Base aérienne 701 Salon-de-Provence or BA 701) (ICAO: LFMY) is a base of the French Air Force located 4 km (2.5 mi) southSalon-de-Provence in southern France.
It hosts the training facilities for the officers of the air force:
It hosts the demonstration formations of the French Air Force, including the Patrouille de France.
In addition, it hosts a school of the French Navy: the school of Naval Aviation (EAN).
Salon-de-Provence Air Base is a pre-World War II airfield, which was used by the Armée de l'Air during the early part of the war. It was briefly a base for RAF Bomber Command Wellingtons, which were sent to Salon from England, for raids on the Italian port of Genoa, as a part of Operation Haddock. After the 1940 Battle of France and the June Armistice with Nazi Germany, it became part of the limited (French: Armée de l'Air de Vichy) air force of the Vichy Government. Known Vichy units at Salon-de-Provence were:
On 11 November 1942, Salon-de-Provence Air Base was seized by Nazi forces as part of Case Anton, the occupation of Vichy and the Luftwaffe took control of the base. Under German control, the base became a bomber airfield for anti-shipping operations over the Mediterranean against American Convoys, and later, attacking Allied forces on Corsica and Sardinia after their capture from Italian forces (Regio Esercito) during 1943. Known units assigned were:
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