Toul-Rosieres Air Base
Overview
- For the United States Army Air Service World War I airfield, see: Toul-Croix De Metz AirfieldToul-Croix De Metz AirfieldToul-Croix De Metz Airfield is a former military airfield which is located approximately 1 mile northeast of Toul ; 160 miles east of Paris....
Toul-Rosières Air Base is a reserve French Air Force
French Air Force
The French Air Force , literally Army of the Air) is the air force of the French Armed Forces. It was formed in 1909 as the Service Aéronautique, a service arm of the French Army, then was made an independent military arm in 1933...
base. It is located in the Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle is a department in the Lorraine region of France, named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers.- History :Meurthe-et-Moselle was created in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War from the parts of the former departments of Moselle and Meurthe which remained French...
département of France, 10 miles northeast of the city of Toul
Toul
Toul is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-Geography:Toul is located between Commercy and Nancy, and situated between the Moselle River and the Canal de la Marne au Rhin....
, on the west side of the Route nationale 411 (N411) Highway about one mile southeast of Rosières-en-Haye
Rosières-en-Haye
Rosières-en-Haye is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.-See also:* Toul-Rosières Air Base* Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department*Parc naturel régional de Lorraine...
.
Toul Air Base was used by American fighter and bomber aircraft during World War II.
