Toul-Rosières Air Base
| Toul-Rosières Air Base Base Aérienne 136 Toul-Rosières Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-98  
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| Part of United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Armée de l'Air |
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| Located near: Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France | |
Armée de l'Air Jaguar A/E Fighter-Bomber
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| Coordinates | 48°46′48″N 005°58′48″E / 48.78000°N 5.98000°E |
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| Built | 1951 |
| In use | 1953-2004 |
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| Elevation AMSL | 936 ft / 285 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°46′48″N 005°58′48″E / 48.78000°N 5.98000°ECoordinates: 48°46′48″N 005°58′48″E / 48.78000°N 5.98000°E | ||||||||||
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Toul-Rosières Air Base (French: Base aérienne 136 Toul-Rosières) (ICAO: LFSL) is a reserve former French Air Force base. It is located in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département of France, 10 miles northeast of the city of Toul, on the west side of the Route nationale 411 (N411) Highway about one mile southeast of Rosières-en-Haye.
Toul Air Base was used by American fighter and bomber aircraft during World War II. During the Cold War, Toul-Rosières Air Base was a front-line NATO base for both the French Air Force and the United States Air Force.
During World War II, the area around Toul Air Base was cleared of Germans by the United States Third Army in early September 1944. Almost immediately, the United States Army Air Forces IX Engineering Command 850th Engineer Aviation Battalion moved in to construct a fully equipped airfield. A 5000' Pierced Steel Planking runway was laid down, in addition to taxiways, dispersed parking areas, and a support station and maintenance area. "Rosieres En Haye Airfield, or Advanced Landing Ground A-98 was declared operationally ready and turned over to Ninth Air Force on 21 November 1944.
The 354th Fighter Group, flying P-47 Thunderbolts arrived shortly afterwards and remained until April 1945. The Luftwaffe bombed the airfield several times during the winter nights of 1944/45.
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