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Toul-Rosières Air Base

Toul-Rosières Air Base
Base Aérienne 136 Toul-Rosières
Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-98
United States Air Forces in Europe.png  French-roundel.svg
Part of United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)
Armée de l'Air
Located near: Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Jaguar DF-SD-05-05511.JPEG
Armée de l'Air Jaguar A/E Fighter-Bomber
Coordinates 48°46′48″N 005°58′48″E / 48.78000°N 5.98000°E / 48.78000; 5.98000 (Toul-Rosières AB)
Site history
Built 1951
In use 1953-2004
Airfield information
Summary
Elevation AMSL 936 ft / 285 m
Coordinates 48°46′48″N 005°58′48″E / 48.78000°N 5.98000°E / 48.78000; 5.98000Coordinates: 48°46′48″N 005°58′48″E / 48.78000°N 5.98000°E / 48.78000; 5.98000
Map
LFSL is located in France
LFSL
LFSL
Location of Toul-Rosières Air Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 7,874 2,400 Concrete

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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