Sabre Mk 5 of No. 416 Squadron at Grostenquin, 1953
IATA: none
ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type
Military Airfield Military training facility (Polygone)
Owner
Government of Canada 1952–1964 Government of France (1964–present)
Operator
RCAF (1952–1964) French Air Force (1979–present)
Location
Grostenquin, France
Runways
Direction
Length
Surface
ft
m
15/33
2,830
asphalt/concrete
RCAF Station Grostenquin, also known as 2 (Fighter) Wing or 2 Wing, was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) station located five km north of the town of Grostenquin in the Moselle department, Lorraine, northeastern France. It was one of four RCAF wings, consisting of three fighter squadrons each, established in Europe in the early 1950s at the beginning of the Cold War. The other three wings were located at RCAF Station Marville (1 Wing) in France, and RCAF Station Zweibrücken (3 Wing) and RCAF Station Baden-Soellingen (4 Wing) in the former West Germany.
These wings were components of the RCAF's No. 1 Air Division, part of the Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force (4 ATAF). They functioned as Canada's western European air defence commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
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RCAFStationGrostenquin, also known as 2 (Fighter) Wing or 2 Wing, was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) station located five km north of the town of...
France (RCAFStation Marville and RCAFStationGrostenquin), and two were located in West Germany (RCAFStation Zweibrücken and RCAFStation Baden-Soellingen)...
Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) base, RCAFStationGrostenquin, was located here from 1952–1964. After the departure of the RCAF, the airport was closed...
went to 2 Wing RCAF Station Grostenquin near Grostenquin, France in September 1952. The squadron was located at Grostenquin until deactivation in September...
of three fighter squadrons each. RCAFStationGrostenquin was closed in 1964 and its units transferred to RCAFStation Marville. In 1967 Marville was closed...
Their son, Jean-Claude Lavigne, was born in 1954 at RCAFStationGrostenquin near Grostenquin, Lorraine. When Jean-Claude was a child, the family moved...
RCAF Station Grostenquin in 1957 where it replaced No. 416 Squadron which flew Sabres. The squadron was again disbanded in 1962 when the RCAF's CF-100s were...
presence. The squadron was located at Grostenquin, France. By 1957, the squadron was relocated to Canada at RCAF St Hubert near Montreal as an air defence...
were in France (RCAFStation Marville (No. 1 Wing) and RCAFStationGrostenquin (No. 2 Wing)) and two were in West Germany (RCAFStation Zweibrücken (No...
non-nuclear armed units in France were repositioned to Marville, and RCAFStationGrostenquin closed in 1964. In March 1966, the Government of France announced...
This is a list of stations operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), or stations where RCAF units existed, from 1924 until unification into the...
RAF, RCAF or with other Allied air forces. While the BCATP initially delayed the deployment of RCAF units overseas, by war's end, there were 48 RCAF squadrons...
perform a sweep on an airfield during an exercise at the former RCAFStationGrostenquin, France in 2020 Active 1950–1952; 1952–1963; 1975–1995; 2004–present...
but later moved to Marville, France. Other RCAF wings quickly followed, with bases established at Grostenquin (No. 2 Fighter Wing), France; Zweibrücken...
produced until 1958 and used primarily by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) until replaced with the Canadair CF-104 in 1962. Several other air forces...
Communications Squadron as a communications center, supporting RCAFStationGrostenquin. A microwave antenna was erected on Block 2. By 1970, Kerfent was...
Communications Squadron as a communications center, supporting RCAFStationGrostenquin. A microwave antenna was erected on Block 2. By 1970, Kerfent was...
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