Lyon – Mont Verdun Air Base (Base Aérienne 942) is located to the northwest of
Lyon. It is a center for air defense operations transferred to the site from the now-deactivated headquarters of the
French Air Force at
Taverny Air Base – BA921 near Paris, with an underground alternate strategic command center[1] hardened against chemical and nuclear attack.[2][3][4]
The location includes the South Sector Operations Center of the Commandement de la Défense Aérienne et des Opérations Aériennes (CDAOA or Air Defense and Operations Command), which is connected to
NATO's
Air Command and Control System (ACCS).[1][5]
^Norris, Robert S.; Burrows, Andrew S.; Fieldhouse, Richard W. (1994). Nuclear Weapons Databook Volume V: British, French, and Chinese Nuclear Weapons. Westview Press. p. 236.
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^Young, Thomas-Durrell, ed. (1997). Command in NATO After the Cold War: Alliance, National and Multinational. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College. p. 116.