Laon-Couvron Air Base is a former French and United States Air Force base in France. It is located in the Aisne département of France, less than one mile southeast of the village of Couvron and 6 miles northwest of Laon; on the southwest side of the Autoroute des Anglais
1 Mile (1.6 km) east of the village of Couvron-et-Aumencourt.
The AUF1 Argenta, with a 155mm main gun like those equipping the 1er RAMa
Douglas A/B-26C-35-DT Invader Serial 44-35549 of the 180th LBS
Martin B-57B-MA Serial 52-1560 of the 71st Light Bomber Squadron – 1957. This aircraft was also one of the "Black Knights" aerial acrobatic team. After its withdrawal from France in 1958, this aircraft was eventually assigned to the 8th Tactical Bomb Squadron at Phan Rang Air Base South Vietnam and flew combat bombing missions into the late 1960s.
Republic RF-84F-25-RE Thunderflashes of the 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing flying over the coast of Morocco near Nouasseur Air Base - 1958. Identified serials are 51-17011, 52-7318, 52-7343 and 52-7295. All of these aircraft were sold to the German Air Force. 17011 was later sold to the Greek Air Force and 7381 to the Italian Air Force. 17011 is now on permanent display at the Hellenic AF Museum, Dekelia AB, Athens.
Advanced landing grounds (ALGs) were temporary advance airfields constructed by the Allies during World War II during the liberation of Europe. They were built in the UK prior to the invasion and thereafter in northwest Europe from 6 June 1944 to V-E Day, 7 May 1945.
Photo of the runway at Advanced Landing Ground A-43 (St Marceau, France) being constructed by IX Engineering Command, August 1944
A USAAF Engineer clearing out the wreckage of a destroyed Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft at an ALG, with a Lockheed P-38 Lightning flying overhead on landing approach
IX Engineering Command putting down a Pierced Steel Planking (PSP) Runway at an Advanced Landing Ground under construction
A Spitfire Mark IX of No. 443 Squadron RCAF taxies to dispersal at B-2 Bazenville, alongside a field where French farmers are gathering in the wheat
