After the liberation of France in 1945 , the school was re-formed in Idar-Oberstein . At the same time , the Center for Ground Anti-Aircraft Forces was created in Nîmes , before becoming the School of Applied Ground-to-Air Artillery ( EAASA ) . At the end of 1952 , the School of Applied Artillery was reinstated in its town of origin : Châlons-sur-Marne In 1976 , the school moved to new buildings near Draguignan before joining the EAASA in 1983 . In 1995 , Arnaud Beltrame , who would sacrifice his life to safe a hostage in a terrorist attack in 2018 , graduated from the School of Applied Artillery
terrorist attack in 2018
Carcassonne and Trèbes attack
School of Applied Artillery