Avord Air Base or BA 702 (), named after Captain Georges Madon, is a base of the

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(Armée de l'air et de l'espace) located north northwest of Avord in central France. Airbase 702 hosts about 2,500 personnel (French Air and Space Force military and some civilian). Because of its strategic location in the middle of France it is extremely suitable as a multi purpose base. It has a single runway 06/24, .

Units on the base

* Escadron de détection et de contrôle aéroportés 36 Berry which flies the Boeing E-3F ** Its role is to carry out airborne surveillance, and command, control and communications (C3) functions for both tactical and air defense forces. The French designation is E-3 SDA (Systeme de Detection Aeroporté). Additional units attached: mission support flight, training flight, technical flight support and logistic flight. *

École de L'Aviation de Transport 319 Capitaine Jean Dartiques École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * Éco ...

flying the Embraer EMB 121 Xingu * Escadron D'Instruction en Vol Fourchambault The base perimeter contains some maximum-security zones with: * A Special Ammunitions Storage (SAS) or dépôt atelier munitions spécialisées (DAMS). Storage of appx. 60 of FAF's stockpile of Air-Sol Moyenne Portée ASMP nuclear midrange air ground missiles. * Two hardened alert facilities. One is hosting for Dassault Mirage 2000N combat aircraft, normally home based at Istres Air Base (BA 125) or at Luxeuil - Saint-Sauveur Air Base (BA 116). These planes are detached here on a rotating cycles to comply to the French nuclear deterrence mission. The other facility hosts E-3F airplanes and

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tankers, normally home based at Istres, but detached to Avord AB to be used with some AWACS and strike missions. Other support units: * technical maintenance depot. * entrepôt de munition de l'armée de l'air Savigny-en-Septaine, a conventional ammo storage unit. * 1H.702 firefighting/rescue and nuclear decontamination unit. * 12.802 strategic telecom unit. * 02.950 air defense sqn (escadron de défense sol-air) Sancerre equipped with the Crotale and

MBDA MBDA is a European multinational corporation specialized in the design, development and manufacturing of Missile, missiles and related systems.Mistral short range air defense systems. * 1G.702 security squadron (escadron de protection) Fusiliers Commandos de l'Air responsible for security and base protection.

References

External links

Official site Base Aérienne 702 Capitaine Georges Madon
(French)
00.036 Berry
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