were required to control base access, guard equipment, munitions and supplies stored on the facility, as well as prevent vandalism. By 1959 due to the reduction of NATO/USAF tactical fighter and bomb wings in France, the need for these DOBs was virtually eliminated. Three were transferred to the U. S. Army to reduce the cost of maintaining them and the other was turned over to the French Government. Base Descriptions Luneville-Chenevieres AB Luneville-Chenevieres Air Base is located in the Meurthe-et-Moselle Département about 8 miles southeast of Lunéville; 190 miles east of Paris Currently the former base is under French Army control. It was renamed Quartier La Salle and has been used for equipment storage and as a communications facility. Vatry AB Vatry Air Base is located in the Marne Département along the Route nationale 14 (N14), about 14 miles southwest of Châlons-en-Champagne; 100 miles east of Paris. Currently the former NATO base is being developed as an international cargo and transport facility (Aeroport de Vatry). Very little remains of the old USAF base. Vouziers-Sechault AB Vouziers-Sechault Air Base is located in the Ardennes Département about 15 miles north-northwest of Sainte-Menehould; 117 miles east-northeast of Paris. Currently the former base is a reserve French Air and Space Force facility. Vitry-Brienne AB Vitry-Brienne Air Base is located in the Aube Département, approximately 17 miles northwest of Bar-sur-Aube; 117 miles southeast of Paris. In 1970 it was purchased by the Brienne Chamber of Commerce and later sold to private developers. It has been used by various groups for sport aviation, sky diving and soaring. In addition, an aviation museum has been established in the old USAF hangars. Emergency Airfields An additional 10 airfields were developed by the French government mostly from World War II USAAF Ninth Air Force Advanced Landing Grounds (ALG) as unmanned 'bare bones' airfields, consisting of a runway with minimal facilities intended for use by all NATO air forces to disperse their aircraft in case of war. They were: Cambrai - Épinoy Air Base (ALG A-75/B-72) (BA 126 Cambrai-Épinoy) Cambrai-Niergnies Air Base (ALG A-74) Saint Simon-Clastres Air Base (ALG A-71) Laon-Athies Air Base (ALG A-69) Saint Nazaire-Montoir Air Base Beauvais-Tillé Air Base* (ALG A-61) Saint Quentin-Estres Air Base (ALG A-72) Nancy-Ochey Air Base (ALG A-96) (BA 133 Nancy-Ochey) Metz-Frescaty Air Base (ALG Y-34) (BA 128 Metz-Frescaty) Épinal-Mirecourt Air Base .* Note: NATO construction never performed. See also RAAF Bare Bases