Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine
The Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine ("fighter Squadron 3/30 Lorraine") is a fighter Squadron of the French Air and Space Force ("Armée de l'air et de l'espace") located at BA 118 Mont-de-Marsan Air Base which flies the Dassault Rafale C. History. This Escadron is heir to the . On June 27, 1944, the Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine was designated again 3/33 "Lorraine". On June 18, 1996, the Escadron 3/33 "Lorraine" was awarded the Fourragere at the colors of the Order of Liberation by the President of France Jacques Chirac. The 3/33 "Lorraine", placed  in a dormant phase on August 2005, was reactivated under the designation of 3/30 "Lorraine" on October 2010 on Aerial Base 104 Al Dhafra (Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport) in the United Arab Emirates to fly the Rafale and the Mirage 2000-5, then only the Dassault Rafale from March 2011. On December 15, 2015 a Rafale B dropped a SCALP missile for the first time during Opération Chammal over Iraq. On June 24, 2016, the 3/30 Lorraine was integrated into the 30 Escadre de Chasse and replaced the 1/7 Provence on Saint-Dizier – Robinson Air Base. Only the traditions were  transferred, not the personnel nor the aircraft. Accordingly, the aircraft were progressively repainted with the colors of the 3/30. The Escadron was transferred to BA 118 Mont-de-Marsan Air Base during the course of the following weeks. Escadrilles. The Escadron is formed of three escadrilles Until dissolution in 2005 : Since reactivation in 2010: Locations. From 1961 until 2005, the escadron was successively equipped with Vautour IIN, then Mirage F1, has been deployed on Reims – Champagne Air Base. The latter was reactivated in 2010 on Al Dhafra Air Base, in the United Arab Emirates. In 2016, the Escadron was transferred  temporary to Saint-Dizier – Robinson Air Base on June 24, 2016 before joining Mont-de-Marsan Air Base.