Finnish Air Force

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The Finnish Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Finland’s Defence Forces, responsible for protecting the country’s airspace and conducting air operations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf air force
military branch
airBase Kauhava Air Base
Pirkkala Air Base
Rissala Air Base
Rovaniemi Air Base
Tikkakoski Air Base
allegiance Finland
surface form: Republic of Finland
alliance NATO
branchColor blue
white
commanderTitle Commander of the Finnish Air Force
conflict Continuation War
Finnish Civil War
Lapland War
Winter War
country Finland
dateFounded 1918-03-06
employer Finnish military personnel
futureAircraft Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
surface form: F-35A Lightning II
garrisonCountry Finland
hasUnit Air Force Academy
Karelian Air Command
Lapland Air Command
Satakunta Air Command
headquartersLocation Tikkakoski
headquartersMunicipality Tikkakoski
surface form: Jyväskylä
motto Ilmassa voitto
mottoLanguage Finnish language
surface form: Finnish
mottoTranslation Victory in the air
nativeName Ilmavoimat
operatesIn Finnish airspace
partOf Finnish Defence Forces
previousAllegiance League of Nations
United Nations
role aerial warfare
air operations
airspace protection
symbol roundel of the Finnish Air Force
trainingRole air operations training
pilot training
typeOfEquipment fighter aircraft
trainer aircraft
transport aircraft
usesAircraft BAE Systems Hawk T1
surface form: BAE Hawk

CASA C-295
F/A-18 Hornet
surface form: F/A-18C Hornet

F/A-18 Hornet
surface form: F/A-18D Hornet

Learjet 35
NH90 helicopter
surface form: NH90

Cessna 208 Caravan
surface form: Pilatus PC-12

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Rovaniemi Airport sharedWith Finnish Air Force
Finnish Air Force garrison operatedBy Finnish Air Force
subject surface form: Finnish Air Force garrison at Tikkakoski
Finnish Air Force Academy operatedBy Finnish Air Force
Finnish Air Force Academy serviceBranch Finnish Air Force
KAU former operator Finnish Air Force
subject surface form: Kauhava Air Base
EFKA operatedBy Finnish Air Force
Valmet L-70 Vinka primaryUser Finnish Air Force
Valmet L-70 Vinka operator Finnish Air Force
VL Pyry operator Finnish Air Force
VL Pyry primaryUser Finnish Air Force
VL Viima primaryUser Finnish Air Force
VL Viima usedBy Finnish Air Force
Tampere–Pirkkala Airport militaryUser Finnish Air Force
EFTP usedBy Finnish Air Force
SATL partOf Finnish Air Force
subject surface form: Satakunta Air Command
SATL militaryBranch Finnish Air Force
subject surface form: Satakunta Air Command
SATL service Finnish Air Force
subject surface form: Satakunta Air Command
Finnish Air Force Headquarters partOf Finnish Air Force
Satakunnan lennosto serviceBranch Finnish Air Force
Rolls-Royce Kestrel V12 engine usedBy Finnish Air Force
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Kestrel
this entity surface form: Finnish Air Force (via aircraft imports)
Finnish Air Force Training Air Wing partOf Finnish Air Force
Finnish Air Force Training Air Wing studentType Finnish Air Force
this entity surface form: Finnish Air Force pilots
Letov Š-328 usedBy Finnish Air Force
Valtion Lentokonetehdas mainClient Finnish Air Force
Fishbed usedByCountry Finnish Air Force
Runway 17/35 associatedWith Finnish Air Force
Bristol Mercury radial engine usedBy Finnish Air Force
subject surface form: Bristol Mercury
Jyväskylä Airport sharesFacilitiesWith Finnish Air Force
Albatros C.III operator Finnish Air Force
this entity surface form: Finnish Air Force (postwar)
Dragon usedBy Finnish Air Force
subject surface form: Saab 35 Draken
Gloster Gauntlet usedBy Finnish Air Force
Gloster Gladiator operator Finnish Air Force
Fw 44 Stieglitz trainer aircraft usedBy Finnish Air Force
subject surface form: Fw 44 Stieglitz
Fw 58 series operator Finnish Air Force
Polikarpov I-15 usedBy Finnish Air Force
Tupolev SB usedBy Finnish Air Force