Évreux-Fauville Air Base

Évreux-Fauville Air Base (Base aérienne 105 Évreux or BA 105) (<a href="/facts/IATA_airport_code/ogq7w5UQ">IATA</a>: EVX, <a href="/facts/ICAO_airport_code/KAU1V4MX">ICAO</a>: LFOE) is a <a href="/facts/French_Air_and_Space_Force/F3Wz5T6q">French Air and Space Force</a> base located about 2 miles (3 km) east of the town of <a href="/facts/%25C3%2589vreux/LQx4lMry">Évreux</a> in the <a href="/facts/Eure/jxBUjP0J">Eure</a> <a href="/facts/D%25C3%25A9partement/KVnaWaqQ">département</a>, on the north side of the Route nationale 13 (N13) Highway.
During the <a href="/facts/Cold_War/spJdJQ3q">Cold War</a>, Évreux-Fauville was a front-line base for the <a href="/facts/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe/z0Aez7n9">United States Air Forces in Europe</a> (USAFE) as part of <a href="/facts/NATO/dCeTddMY">NATO</a>'s <a href="/facts/Allied_Forces_Central_Europe/3uzEIg9C">Allied Forces Central Europe</a>.
In 1967, the US forces withdrew and the French air force began again using the base, initially flying the <a href="/facts/Nord_Noratlas/2CkTafzY">Nord Noratlas</a>. At present, the base is home of two French tactical transport squadrons flying mostly <a href="/facts/Transall_C-160/B2mXPfe2">Transall C-160</a> transportation planes.

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Évreux-Fauville Air Base