The Finnish Air Force (FAF or FiAF; Finnish: Ilmavoimat, lit. 'Air forces'; Swedish: Flygvapnet, lit. 'Air arm') is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. Its peacetime tasks are airspace surveillance, identification flights, and production of readiness formations for wartime conditions.[1] The Finnish Air Force was founded on 6 March 1918.
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The FinnishAirForce (FAF or FiAF; Finnish: Ilmavoimat, lit. 'Air forces'; Swedish: Flygvapnet, lit. 'Air arm') is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence...
Rosen gave Finland the second aircraft, a Thulin Typ D. Some considered that the FinnishAirForce did not officially exist during the Finnish Civil War...
military of Finland. The Finnish Defence Forces consist of the Finnish Army, the Finnish Navy, and the FinnishAirForce. In wartime, the Finnish Border Guard...
The FinnishAirForce UFO sighting (Porin seitsemän ilmapalloa, "The seven balloons of Pori") was a UFO observation on April 12, 1969 in Pori during military...
The FinnishAirForce Museum (Finnish: Suomen Ilmavoimamuseo), formerly the Aviation Museum of Central Finland (Finnish: Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo), is...
The FinnishAirForce Band (Finnish: Ilmavoimien soittokunta, AALTO) is the official representative band of the FinnishAirForce serving from its headquarters...
an arrestor wire, similar to that used on some aircraft carriers (FinnishAirForce uses F/A-18s, which can land on aircraft carriers). An aircraft carrier...
following is a list of military aircraft of Finland, both historical and currently in use by the Finnish Defence Forces. All helicopters were transferred...
Finnish Navy and List of active Finnish Navy ships; for FinnishAirForce aircraft, see List of military aircraft of Finland. The NHIndustries NH90 tactical...
academies, some of which are: The AirForce Academy, FinnishAirForce in Jyväskylä, Finland The Republic of China AirForce Academy of Taiwan, founded in...
stated that the Soviet AirForce was not bombing Finnish cities but rather dropping humanitarian aid to the starving Finnish population; the bombs were...
ground forces into Finland. However Finnish bombers did exist and provided support to Finnish ground troops. The FinnishAirForce caused far higher losses...
for the FinnishAirForce. X stands for export and S stands for Suomi (Finland in Finnish). The Saab 35XS was sold as part of larger Finnish-Swedish collaboration...
operated by the FinnishAirForce proved capable of engaging and destroying most types of Soviet fighter aircraft operating against Finland at that time...
traditions) Guard Jaeger Finnish Border Guard Dragoon Cavalryman (-2014) Army Academy Reserve Officer School Cadet School FinnishAirForce Armour Army Aviation...
Myrsky ("Storm") is a Finnish World War II fighter aircraft originally developed by Valtion lentokonetehdas for the FinnishAirForce. The models of the...
The Finnish Rapid Deployment Force (FRDF) (Finnish: Suomen Kansainvälinen Valmiusjoukko) is the spearhead international force of the Finnish Defence Forces...
"Military Air Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red AirForce", were one of the air forces...
Ilmavoimat (FinnishAirForce), and the top scoring non-German fighter pilot of all time. The top flying ace of the FinnishAirForce, he led all Finnish pilots...
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