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Vitry-Brienne Air Base (or Brienne-le-Château Air Base - 10) is a former US dispersed operating base (DOB), used by US Air Force in Europe then by US Army, from 1955 to 1965.
Originally thought as a main USAF base, Brienne living area is more developped than it is on others US DOB's in France. For the same reason, Vitry-Brienne was the only DOB equiped with a firing-in butt to adjust fighters guns' accuracy. It is located north of the north-eastern dispersal, away from buildings of the living area.
Looking at these different aerial pictures and this map, one can notice that unlike the others marguerites, the north-eastern dispersal was never equiped with any central hangar, contrary to Jerome McAuliffe's theory (US Air Force in France 1950 - 1967).
However, a third hangar was indeed built, around the mid-sixties, next to the south-eastern dispersal main hangar. This bulding was quickly removed. It does not appear on the firefighters map. Only marks on the ground remain, visible on aerial pictures.
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