page_title: Quartier Général d'Aboville
section_title: United States Air Force tenure
hierarchical_section_title: Quartier Général d'Aboville / United States Air Force tenure
caption_attribution_description: F-84G 51-1231 137th/48th Fighter Bomber Wing - Chaumont Air Base, France 1953 Source: United States Air Force Historical Research Agency - Maxwell AFB, Alabama
context_page_description: Quartier Général d'Aboville, formerly Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base, is a French Army artillery base in France. It is located two miles southwest of the city of Chaumont, Haute-Marne, just to the west of the Route Nationale 67 highway about 0.5 miles north of Semoutiers-Montsaon in the Haute-Marne département of northeast France. During the early years of the Cold War, Chaumont-Semoutiers air base was used by United States Air Forces in Europe.
context_section_description: Construction of Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base started on 25 January 1951, with much effort being made to have minimal facilities ready by November. Various delays, however, pushed runway construction back to October. Minimum facilities were ready for USAF use by April 1952. The entire facility was a work in progress, however, until 1956.
  In May 1952, the 137th Fighter-Bomber Wing activated at Chaumont with the 125th, 127th, and 128th Fighter Squadrons flying the F-84G "Thunderjet". The squadrons were drawn from the Oklahoma, Kansas, and Georgia Air National Guards respectively.
  The aircraft arrived at Chaumont on 25 June, being the first USAF tactical air fighters to be based permanently in France, albeit working mostly in tents and temporary wooden buildings on their new base.
caption: Republic F-84G-20-RE Thunderjet Serial No 51-1231 137th/48th Fighter Bomber Wing - 1953.
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