of Air Force Staff, led the ceremony for dissolution of the base. The closure of the base was part of a restructuring of the air force. Six Mirage F1Bs and about twelve F1CTs were planned to relocate to Reims – Champagne Air Base. The last stage in the base's Air Force history came on 16 June 2010 when the base banner of BAO 132 was furled and transferred to the Service historique de la Défense/Armée de l'air (Defence Historical Service/Air Force) at Vincennes. On 1 July 2010 at midnight, the base became French Army barracks Quartier Colonel Dio. Air Force equipment and units Several different aircraft and units were stationed at the base. Aircraft F86 Sabre and T-33 (1957–62) Mirage IIIC (1962–65) Mirage IIIB (1965–66, 1986–94) Mirage IIIE (1965–77) F-100 Super Sabre (1966–67) Mirage 5F (1972–94) Mirage F1CT (1992–2009) Mirage F1B (2005–2009) Units 3/11 "Corsica" Fighter Squadron (1966–67) 3/13 "Auvergne" Fighter Squadron (1972–1994) 13th Fighter Wing (1957 – 23 June 1995) 2/13 "Alps" Fighter Squadron (Until 27 June 2008) 1/13 "Artois" Fighter Squadron (Until 2009) Meteorological station The air base hosted a meteorological station maintained by Météo-France; the station was the sixth-driest in France (after Marignane–Marseille Provence Airport, Perpignan, Clermont-Ferrand, Chartres and Évreux) of the French meteorological service network. See also List of French Air Force bases Colmar, Alsace References French Army installations Military installations established in 2010 21st-century architecture in France