Karjalan lennosto(Finnish) Karelens flygflottilj(Swedish)
Distinctive unit insignia of the Karelia Air Command
Active
1918–
Country
Finland
Branch
Finnish Air Force
Size
20-30 F-18 Hornet fighters 500 active duty personnel, 250 conscripts[1]
Garrison/HQ
Rissala, Kuopio Airport
March
Sinivalkoinen marssi
Commanders
Current commander
Colonel Aki Puustinen
Insignia
Flag
Military unit
The Karelia Air Command (Finnish: Karjalan lennosto, abbr. KarLsto; Swedish: Karelens flygflottilj) is the peace-time Finnish Air Force unit responsible for the protection of the airspace of Eastern and South-Eastern Finland. In spite of its name, the headquarters of the air command is not located in the Finnish historical province of Karelia, but in historical Savonia and the present-day province of Northern Savonia, at Kuopio Airport in Siilinjärvi.
The wing consists of some 20 F-18 Hornets, belonging to the No. 31 Sqn and six radar stations. The unit has about 600 personnel, of whom 450 are commissioned officers, NCOs and professional enlisted men and the other 150 are conscripts. The Headquarters no 7 is also located at the air force base.
The unit was created in 1918 as the Lento-Osasto II. During World War II it was to encompose the Fighter Squadrons 24, 26 and 28. The unit was moved to Rissala after the wars, and the fighter wing was divided between Flying Regiments 2 and 3. Flying Regiment 2, was later equipped with Fouga Magisters and MiG-21s. The unit flew MiG-21s from 1960 until 1998, when it received its F-18 Hornets.
^"Karelia Air Command". ilmavoimat.fi. Finnish Air Force. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
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