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45°39′30″N 000°19′03″W / 45.65833°N 0.31750°W
Cognac - Châteaubernard Air Base  Base aérienne 709 Cognac-Châteaubernard | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Government of France | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Armée de l'air et de l'espace | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Cognac / Châteaubernard | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 102 ft / 31 m | ||||||||||||||
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Sources: French AIP[1] | |||||||||||||||
Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base (French: Base aérienne 709 Cognac-Châteaubernard or BA 709) (IATA: CNG, ICAO: LFBG) is a base of the French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) located in Châteaubernard, 2.8 kilometres south of Cognac.[1] Both locations are communes of the Charente département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine région of France. The base is home to the Ecole de Pilotage de l'Armee de l'Air, the air force initial pilot training school.
It was used by the German Luftwaffe in World War II. The Luftwaffe's operations included anti-submarine Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condors as late as July 1944.[2]
Units
edit- Escadron de Drones 1/33 Belfort with the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper[3]
- Escadron de Drones 2/33 Savoie with the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper[3]
- Escadron de Transformation Opérationnelle Drones 3/33 Moselle
- École de Pilotage de l’Armée de l’Air 315 Général Jarry with Pilatus PC-21 and the Grob G 120[3]
- Escadron D'Instruction en Vol 1/13 Artois[3]
- Escadron D'Instruction en Vol 2/12 Picardie[3]
Accident
edit- On 5 March 1973, Spantax Flight 400, a Convair 990 Coronado, flying from Spain to the United Kingdom with 107 occupants onboard collided mid-air with Iberia Flight 504, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 which was also flying from Spain to the United Kingdom with 68 occupants onboard. The Iberia DC-9 crashed killing all 68 people onboard that aircraft whereas the Spantax CV-990 performed a successful emergency landing at Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base saving all 107 people onboard that aircraft.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b LFBG – Cognac Châteaubernard. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 20 March 2025.
- ^ Robin Olds, Fighter Pilot," (St. Martin's Press, New York, 2010) p. 57. He tells of a Condor being shot down by his P-38 squadron as it took off.
- ^ a b c d e "Chiffres clés de l'Armée de l'air - L'Armée de l'air en chiffres : 2019-2020 (FR)". French Air and Space Force. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "Mid-air collision Accident Convair CV-990-30A-5 Coronado EC-BJC, Monday 5 March 1973". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "Accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 EC-BII, Monday 5 March 1973". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
- ^ "Crash of a Douglas DC-9-32 in La Planche: 68 killed | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives". www.baaa-acro.com. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
External links
edit- Official site (in French)
- BA 709 Cognac at French Air Force site (in French)
- Airport Chart at French Air Force site (in French)
- Aéroport de Cognac - Châteaubernard page at Union des Aéroports Français (in French)
- Current weather for LFBG at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for CNG / LFBG: Cognac-Parvaud Airport at Aviation Safety Network