Cazaux Air Base is a French Air Force OverviewThe air base was created at the behest of Commandant Marzac. The site did not take the name of BA 120 until 1962, becoming the largest air base in France one hundred years after it was founded.The base is used mainly for training and integration of French fighter pilots and gunnery training over the Bay of Biscay.The Franco-Belgian Alphajet aerial fighter school is based at Cazaux. It is responsible for training future fighter pilots of the two nations.Since 1998, the base has hosted the No. 150 Squadron of the Singapore Air Force, equipped with A-4 Skyhawks, and since 15 November 2012, with Aermacchi M-346s to train pilots before assigning Singaporeans to operational units of F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-15 Eagle. By the end of March 2010, 120 pilots had been trained at the base.Approximately 2,600 military and civilian personnel work on the base.Units assigned The operational transition Squadron 1/8 "Saintonge" on Alphajet. Based in Cazaux since 1964. The operational transition Squadron AJeTS 2/8 "Nice" on Alphajet. Based in Cazaux since 1964. The Helicopter Squadron 1/67 "Pyrenees" on Puma and EC725 Caracal. Based in Cazaux since 1972. The Centre of Expertise in Embedded Arm (00 331 SEAC) which since 1 September 2009 replaces Experimentation Center and Shooting Instruction in Air (Ceita), which forms each year 200-250 French and foreign trainees Group Instruction Flight Safety (GISV) of the National Gendarmerie from 1 September 2010. A DGA test site in Flight (Formerly CEV Cazaux). Technicians Training Center Safety of Air Force (CFTSAA) 00/308 No. 150 Squadron of the Republic of Singapore Air Force.