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awarded the name "Niémen" after the Battle of the Neman River in 1944. The group flew to
Morocco in March 1947, trading Vulture 11s for the first of the Mirage F1Cs. The EC 02/30 unit departed North Africa on 13 March 1962. In December 1973, the base turned to
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Fighter
Squadron 02/030 Normandie – Niémen was merged with The Fighter Squadron 01/030 Normandie – Niémen in 2007. The French Government announced in July 2008 that all flying activities at the base would cease one year later. General
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January 1943, Commandant Jean Tulasne took command of the group. Between 22 March 1943 and 9 May 1945 the unit destroyed 273 enemy aircraft. It received awards from both France and the Soviet Union: the French
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and the Soviet Union governments. There were initially 12 fighter pilots serving the German-Russian front, but the group was officially declared Groupe de Chasse GC 3 Normandie on 1 September 1942 with
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in June 1941. The unit was created for cooperation between the
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The air base hosted a meteorological station maintained by
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294:Base aérienne d'opérations 132 Colmar-Meyenheim
288:borders. From 1963, when it was opened, it was
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496:3/13 "Auvergne" Fighter Squadron (1972–1994)
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508:1/13 "Artois" Fighter Squadron (Until 2009)
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1321:"RC 01/030 Normandie - Niémen"
1233:List of French Air Force bases
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1429:"climate of Colmar 1981-2010"
421:Air Force equipment and units
347:was formed six months after
39:Mirage F1-CT on base in 2005
16:Airport in Meyenheim, France
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671:Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
302:Régiment de marche du Tchad
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527:Marseille Provence Airport
400:Reims – Champagne Air Base
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375:Order of the Red Banner
513:Meteorological station
199:Location within France
502:(1957 – 23 June 1995)
330:T-33 trainer aircraft
1323:. Touchdown Aviation
1319:Touchdown Aviation.
601:Record high °C (°F)
262:Quartier Colonel Dio
27:Quartier Colonel Dio
23:Colonel Dio barracks
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881:Record low °C (°F)
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392:Jean-Paul Paloméros
298:Strasbourg-Entzheim
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153:47.9225°N 7.3997°E
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519:Météo-France
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351:invaded the
349:Nazi Germany
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80:Airport type
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457:Mirage IIIE
451:Mirage IIIB
445:Mirage IIIC
415:French Army
384:Air Defense
357:Free French
326:F-86 Sabres
280:, near the
266:French Army
156: /
131:Coordinates
1479:Categories
1370:2010-08-09
1349:2010-08-09
1327:2010-08-09
1288:2010-08-09
1244:References
362:Commandant
308:, east of
276:region of
141:47°55′21″N
531:Perpignan
523:Marignane
481:Mirage F1
475:Mirage F1
471:(1972–94)
469:Mirage 5F
465:(1966–67)
459:(1965–77)
447:(1962–65)
441:(1957–62)
435:F86 Sabre
411:Vincennes
272:, in the
270:Meyenheim
251:concrete
222:Direction
144:7°23′59″E
104:Meyenheim
1441:June 15,
1366:. Dna.fr
1341:Michel.
1297:cite web
1227:See also
1116:Average
1020:(23.91)
951:Average
946:(−12.6)
891:(−12.6)
666:(105.6)
641:(105.6)
636:(101.7)
631:(101.5)
539:Chartres
429:Aircraft
229:Surface
106:, France
100:Location
88:Operator
83:Military
1015:(1.88)
1010:(1.58)
1005:(2.24)
1000:(2.28)
995:(2.24)
990:(2.63)
985:(2.53)
980:(2.92)
975:(1.76)
970:(1.47)
965:(1.13)
960:(1.25)
941:(−2.2)
931:(18.3)
926:(30.2)
921:(37.8)
916:(39.2)
911:(35.8)
906:(26.4)
901:(18.9)
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626:(94.5)
621:(85.5)
616:(81.1)
611:(72.9)
606:(65.3)
343:01/030
316:History
226:Length
210:Runways
75:Summary
1206:1,799
1197:116.9
1194:170.7
1191:223.6
1188:239.2
1185:225.5
1182:201.5
1179:180.2
1176:144.7
1067:103.9
936:(8.4)
896:(3.2)
557:Month
543:Évreux
394:, the
306:Colmar
282:German
278:France
274:Alsace
248:7,972
245:2,430
242:01/19
1432:(PDF)
1203:57.5
1200:70.5
1173:97.0
1170:71.8
1159:78.4
1111:25.7
1043:11.2
1018:607.3
944:−24.8
939:−19.0
934:−13.1
894:−16.0
889:−24.8
884:−22.0
596:Year
488:Units
324:with
286:Swiss
264:is a
111:Built
1465:2015
1443:2022
1415:2015
1393:2015
1303:link
1120:(%)
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1105:2.7
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1084:1.1
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963:28.8
958:31.7
929:−7.6
924:−1.0
904:−3.1
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854:10.2
849:13.7
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