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The maintenance of overseas military bases enable the French Armed Forces to conduct expeditionary warfare, and often tend to be located in areas of strategic or diplomatic importance. In the French terminology, the "prepositioned forces" consist of the "sovereignty forces" based in the Overseas France and the "forces of presence" based abroad.
Air Base name Base Aerienne French title Notes Dijon Air Base: BA 102 Base aérienne 102 Dijon – Longvic "Capitaine Georges Guynemer" to close under 2015 budget [1] > Cambrai - Épinoy Air Base: BA 103 Base aérienne 103 Cambrai – Épinoy "Commandant René Mouchotte" closed in 2013 Évreux-Fauville Air Base: BA 105
Military installations of France in other countries (9 P) P. Prisoner-of-war camps in France (1 C, 1 P) T. Military training establishments of France (5 C, 8 P)
While the overall number of overseas military bases has fallen since 1945, the United States, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Russia and France still possess or utilize a substantial number of them. Smaller numbers of overseas military bases are operated by China, Iran, India, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.
Today, French military doctrine is based on the concepts of national independence, nuclear deterrence (see Force de dissuasion), and military self-sufficiency. France is a charter member of NATO, and has worked actively with its allies to adapt NATO—internally and externally—to the post-Cold War environment. In December 1995, France ...
France was a founding member of NATO which came into existence on 24 August 1949. The first non French NATO tenant in France was the 1630th Air Base Squadron of the USAF Military Air Transport Service, activated in June 1950 at Paris - Orly Air Base. On 28 February 1958 the official name of Orly Air Base was changed to Orly Airport and most ...
Flying activity in France is carried out by a network of bases, platforms and French air and space defence radar systems. It is supported by bases, which are supervised and maintained by staff, operational centres, warehouses, workshops, and schools. Both in France and abroad, bases have similar infrastructure to provide standardised support.
Pages in category "Military installations of France in other countries" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .