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RCAF Station Grostenquin, also known as 2 (Fighter) Wing or 2 Wing, was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) station located five km north of the town of Grostenquin in the Moselle department, Lorraine, northeastern France. It was one of four RCAF wings, consisting of three fighter squadrons each, established in Europe in the early 1950s at the beginning of the Cold War. The other three wings were located at RCAF Station Marville (1 Wing) in France, and RCAF Station Zweibrücken (3 Wing) and RCAF Station Baden-Soellingen (4 Wing) in the former West Germany.

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  • Die Base aérienne Grostenquin war ein Militärflugplatz der Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in Frankreich. Die Basis liegt in der Region Grand Est im Département Moselle im Norden der Gemeindegebiete von Grostenquin und der Nachbargemeinde Bistroff, etwa zehn Kilometer östlich von Faulquemont. Sie dient heute nach wie vor dem Militär, der Flugplatz wurde jedoch bereits Ende der 1960er Jahre geschlossen. (de)
  • La base aérienne de Grostenquin est une ancienne base construite dans le cadre de l'OTAN en France et occupée par le 2(Fighter) Wing ou 2 Wing (2e Escadre de Chasse). La base est à proximité du village de Grostenquin dans le département de la Moselle, occupée par des unités de la Force aérienne du Canada de 1952 à 1964.Elle est aujourd'hui utilisée par l'Armée de l'air française comme site du Polygone de Guerre Électronique (PGE). (fr)
  • RCAF Station Grostenquin, also known as 2 (Fighter) Wing or 2 Wing, was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) station located five km north of the town of Grostenquin in the Moselle department, Lorraine, northeastern France. It was one of four RCAF wings, consisting of three fighter squadrons each, established in Europe in the early 1950s at the beginning of the Cold War. The other three wings were located at RCAF Station Marville (1 Wing) in France, and RCAF Station Zweibrücken (3 Wing) and RCAF Station Baden-Soellingen (4 Wing) in the former West Germany. These wings were components of the RCAF's No. 1 Air Division, part of the Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force (4 ATAF). They functioned as Canada's western European air defence commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). (en)
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  • Sabre Mk 5 of No. 416 Squadron at Grostenquin, 1953 (en)
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  • Die Base aérienne Grostenquin war ein Militärflugplatz der Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in Frankreich. Die Basis liegt in der Region Grand Est im Département Moselle im Norden der Gemeindegebiete von Grostenquin und der Nachbargemeinde Bistroff, etwa zehn Kilometer östlich von Faulquemont. Sie dient heute nach wie vor dem Militär, der Flugplatz wurde jedoch bereits Ende der 1960er Jahre geschlossen. (de)
  • La base aérienne de Grostenquin est une ancienne base construite dans le cadre de l'OTAN en France et occupée par le 2(Fighter) Wing ou 2 Wing (2e Escadre de Chasse). La base est à proximité du village de Grostenquin dans le département de la Moselle, occupée par des unités de la Force aérienne du Canada de 1952 à 1964.Elle est aujourd'hui utilisée par l'Armée de l'air française comme site du Polygone de Guerre Électronique (PGE). (fr)
  • RCAF Station Grostenquin, also known as 2 (Fighter) Wing or 2 Wing, was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) station located five km north of the town of Grostenquin in the Moselle department, Lorraine, northeastern France. It was one of four RCAF wings, consisting of three fighter squadrons each, established in Europe in the early 1950s at the beginning of the Cold War. The other three wings were located at RCAF Station Marville (1 Wing) in France, and RCAF Station Zweibrücken (3 Wing) and RCAF Station Baden-Soellingen (4 Wing) in the former West Germany. (en)
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  • Militärflugplatz Grostenquin (de)
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