Luxeuil is a medium size air base located at 47°46′59"N 006°21′51"E, near Luxeuil-les-Bains

Luxeuil-les-Bains

Luxeuil-les-Bains is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.-History:Luxeuil was the Roman Luxovium and contained many fine buildings at the time of its destruction by the Huns under Attila in 451...

 in the Franche-Comté

Franche-Comté

Franche-Comté the former "Free County" of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France...

 region of France. It has two runways: 113/293 with a length of 2433m, and 038/218 with a length of 2315m.

The base is used exclusively by the Armée de l'air

French Air Force

The French Air Force , literally Army of the Air) is the air force of the French Armed Forces. It was formed in 1909 as the Service Aéronautique, a service arm of the French Army, then was made an independent military arm in 1933...

 and hosts two operational units:

• strike squadron 1/4 Dauphiné
• strike squadron 2/4 La Fayette

Both are equipped with the Mirage 2000N and can be deployed in conventional strike and nuclear deterrence missions, carrying the medium-range Air-Sol Moyenne Portée

Air-Sol Moyenne Portée

The Air-Sol Moyenne Portée is a French air-launched nuclear missile. Part of the Force de frappe, in French nuclear doctrine it is the last-resort "warning shot" prior to a full-scale employment of strategic nuclear weapons...

 ASMP mssiles for the latter.

The two units are supported by:

• DAMS (Dépôt atelier munitions spécialisées), Specialised Ammunition Storage, responsible for the nuclear strike alert facilities on the base.
• Tactical Instruction Centre 00.339 Aquitaine, in charge of directing the strike squadrons in their low-altitude all-weather mission.
• Air Defence squadron 04.950 Servance, responsible for anti aircraft defence.
• Fusiliers Commandos de l'Air
  Fusiliers Commandos de l'Air
  The Fusiliers Commandos de l'Air of France's Armée de l'Air are equivalent to the United Kingdom's RAF Regiment, Germany's Objektschutzregiment der Luftwaffe or the United States Air Force's United States Air Force Security Forces...
  
  , responsible for security and ground defence.

External links

• French Air Force link (French)
• Sqn 01.004 Dauphine (French)
• Sqn 02.004 La Fayette (French)
• Sqn 04.950 Servence (French)
• Fusiliers Commandos de l'air (French)