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French military air base in the Meuse region.
Location
Rouvres-en-Woëvre, France
Lieutenant Étienne Mantoux Air Base, designated LFQE, is a military airfield located near Rouvres-en-Woëvre in the Meuse department of northeastern France. It serves as an installation of the French Air and Space Force, situated in the historically significant Lorraine region.
The base is named in honor of Lieutenant Étienne Mantoux, a French economist and military officer who was killed near the end of World War II in 1945. Like many French military air bases, it does not handle commercial passenger traffic and is restricted to military and authorized aviation operations.
Notable facts
- ›Named after Lieutenant Étienne Mantoux, a French economist and officer killed in 1945.
- ›Located in the Meuse department of the Lorraine region in northeastern France.
- ›Operates exclusively as a military installation with no commercial passenger services.
- ›Designated ICAO code LFQE; no IATA code assigned.
- ›Situated in a region of significant historical military importance from both World Wars.
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