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Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base

{{Expand French|Base aérienne 709 Cognac-Châteaubernard|date=December 2009|topic=mil}}

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{{Infobox airport

| name = Cognac - Châteaubernard Air Base

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| nativename = Base aérienne 709 Cognac-Châteaubernard

| IATA = CNG

| ICAO = LFBG

| type = Military

| owner = Government of France

| operator = Armée de l'air et de l'espace

| location = Cognac / Châteaubernard

| elevation-f = 102

| elevation-m = 31

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 05/23

| r1-length-m = 2,423

| r1-length-f = 7,949

| r1-surface = Paved

| r2-number = 09/27

| r2-length-m = 1,875

| r2-length-f = 6,152

| r2-surface = Paved

| footnotes = Sources: French AIP{{AIP_FR|LFBG|name=Cognac Châteaubernard}}

| image = CNG AIRPORT AFB COGNAC FROM A319 F-GPME (35260942261).jpg

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Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base ({{langx|fr|Base aérienne 709 Cognac-Châteaubernard}} or BA 709) {{airport codes|CNG|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. 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.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.

Units

Accident

  • 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.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Mid-air collision Accident Convair CV-990-30A-5 Coronado EC-BJC, Monday 5 March 1973 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/330246 |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 EC-BII, Monday 5 March 1973 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/330245 |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}{{Cite web |title=Crash of a Douglas DC-9-32 in La Planche: 68 killed {{!}} Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-douglas-dc-9-32-la-planche-68-killed |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=www.baaa-acro.com}}

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160323153743/http://www.ba709.air.defense.gouv.fr/ Official site] {{in lang|fr}}
  • [http://www.defense.gouv.fr/air/decouverte/lorganisation/bases_aeriennes/metropole/region_aerienne_sud/ba_709_cognac BA 709 Cognac] at French Air Force site {{in lang|fr}}
  • [http://www.dircam.air.defense.gouv.fr/dia/PDF/MIAC4%20ENG/MIAC4_LFBG_ENG.pdf Airport Chart] at French Air Force site {{in lang|fr}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071008040101/http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/cognac-chateaubernard.php Aéroport de Cognac - Châteaubernard] page at Union des Aéroports Français {{in lang|fr}}
  • {{NWS-current|LFBG}}
  • {{ASN|CNG|CNG / LFBG: Cognac-Parvaud Airport}}

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