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Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Base is a former (1951–1958) United States Air Force base in France. It is located in the Gironde département, 6 miles west of the city of Bordeaux. During the early years of the Cold War, Bordeaux-Mérignac was a front-line base for the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). ==Origins== Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Base originated in the 1920s, when a joint civilian/military air field was established there. The facility was a major hub for Air France, flying from Bordeaux to various destinations in Europe and North Africa. Military uses by the French Air Force was as a training center and also as a bomber base. During World War II the German Luftwaffe took control of the base and used it as a center for maritime reconnaissance. German unit was based in the base, patrolling the Atlantic and engaging RAF and USAF planes. Focke-Wulf Fw-200 "Condor" aircraft flew from the base roaming the Atlantic Ocean looking for Allied shipping. Junkers Ju-88 long range fighters also operated from the base, protecting submarines and Condors and fighting Allied antisubmarine planes. Fights over the Gulf of Biscay were not strange. The United States Army Air Forces 8th Air Force and the Royal Air Force attacked the base in 1943. Chuck Yeager was shot down in one of these missions over Bordeaux. After the war Air France resumed commercial operations out of Bordeaux and the reestablished French Air Force returned to use the facility. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Base」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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