Solenzara Air Base

Ventiseri-Solenzara Air Base Base aérienne 126 Ventiseri-Solenzara
IATA: SOZ ICAO: LFKS
Summary
Airport type	Military
Location	Travo, France
Elevation AMSL	28 ft / 9 m
Coordinates	41°55′27.90″N 009°24′21.60″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 8,619 2,627
Source:World Aero Data [1]

Ventiseri-Solenzara AB

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Location of Ventiseri-Solenzara Air Base, France

Ventiseri-Solenzara Air Base (French: Base aérienne 126 Ventiseri-Solenzara) (IATA: SOZ, ICAO: LFKS) is a front-line French Air Force (French: Armée de l'Air (ALA) base located approximately 40km north-norhteast of Porto on Corsica.

Overview

Ventiseri-Solenzara Air Base is a NATO facility and the core of a developing tactical training center with a European Mindset. Located within European air space, its ambition is to give air forces, at an unbeatable price, the opportunity of a training frame, halfway between routine training and the advanced international exercises such as Red Flag or Maple Flag. In a European mindset, this tactical training center gives military forces opportunities of training, similar to the real rules of engagement met on actual field of operations.

World War II

During World War II air base was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force for fighter and reconnaissance units, as well as for command and control.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
• Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0892010975

External links

• Airport information for LFKS at Great Circle Mapper.
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