The air base 702 Avord "captain Georges Madon" of the French Air Force is the second biggest(greatest) air base of France after the air base 125 Istres-Le Tubé. Today strong of a staff(size) about 2 400 officers, noncommissioned officers, servicemen of the row(rank), and civil staff, the air base 702 (BA 702) is the first "company" of the Dear. Tool of reactive and permanent fight, she establishes(constitutes) the heart of the base(basis) of defence of Bourges-Avord the command of which the basic commander(major) assures(insures). This day, the air base of refreshed Avord of 4 poles(centres) of skills: the vocation of air school, air surveillance, defence surface-to-air, nuclear deterrence. Created in 2006, this museum redraws the history(story) of the air base from 1912 to our days, from Blériot to Awacs.

Édifice militaire, enceinte urbaine

It is edging north of the secondary road 976 connecting(binding) Bourges in Nevers.