In the last weekend of June 2015 the French Air Force organized a Meeting de l’Air at its Luxeuil – St Sauveur airbase (BA 116).
Since July 2011 BA116 Luxeuil-Saint Saveur (BA stands for Base Aerienne, or Airbase in English) is the home of Groupe de Chasse 1/2 “Cicognes” (Storches), that is currently equipped with Mirage 2000-5F air defense aircraft. Groupe de Chasse (Fighter Group) 1/2 consist of 3 Escadrilles: SPA3 (“Cigognes de Guynemer:), SPA26 (“Cicogners de Saint-Galmier”)and SPA103 (“Cicognes de Fonck”); they all carry, in line with the BA number of Luxeuil, a 116- registration and have a picture of a storch (each escadrille/flight has the storch in a different flight mode) on their fins.
The airshow was the third and last to be organized in France (the others being Solenzara and Tours). Both the static and the airshow featured some interesting species, including a number of attractive warbirds; these are presented in a separate gallery.
Frank visited Luxeuil on Saturday 27 June 2015; here’s a selection of his photos shot that day.
- program
- A-10A Thunderbolt II USAF 82-0648 (FK)
- Alphajet FAF (FK)
- AS350 Ecureuil Gendarmerie (FK)
- C-160R Transall FAF (FK)
- Casa 295M Polish AF (FK)
- EC725 Caracal FAF 2626/SD (FK)
- F/A-18C Hornert Swiss AF (FK)
- Frecce Tricolore 3 (FK)
- Frecce 10 (FK)
- L-410 Turbolet Slovak AF (FK)
- MIG 29AS Slovak AF (FK)
- Mil MI-25 Hind Poland
- Mirage 2000-5F 52/116-EH of SPA3 GC1/2 (FK)
- Mirage 2000-5F 78/116-EC (FK)
- Mirage 2000B 525/115-AM (FK)
- Mirage 2000N 354/125_BJ (FK)
- PC-7 3H-FC Austrian AF (FK)
- PC-7 3H-FD Austria (FK)
- PC-7 L-09 KLu (FK)
- Rafale 119/113-IX (FK)
- Rafale French Navy (FK)
- SA342 Gazelle Frewnch Army (FK)
- Siai-Marchetti SF260 Belgium (FK)
- Socata Epsilon (FK)
- Socata TB-30 Epsilon 116 (FK)
- Suchoi SU-22M Polish AF (FK)
- SU-22M Polish AF
- Tornado Luftwaffe (FK)
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