Royal Norwegian Air Force

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air force military branch

The Royal Norwegian Air Force is the air warfare branch of Norway’s armed forces, responsible for defending the country’s airspace and supporting national and NATO operations.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Royal Norwegian Air Force canonical 43
Norwegian Air Force 2
Royal Norwegian Air Force maritime squadrons 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air force ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
aircraftFighter Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II ⓘ
aircraftHelicopter Bell 412 ⓘ
NH90 helicopter ⓘ
surface form: NHIndustries NH90

AW101 helicopter ⓘ
surface form: SAR Queen (AW101)
aircraftMaritimePatrol Boeing P-8 Poseidon ⓘ
surface form: Boeing P-8A Poseidon
aircraftTrainer Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet ⓘ
aircraftTransport Lockheed C-130 Hercules ⓘ
surface form: Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules
allegiance Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
branchColor light blue ⓘ
commanderTitle Chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country Norway ⓘ
emblem roundel of the Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
garrison Rygge Air Station ⓘ
governingBody Ministry of Defence (Norway) ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian Ministry of Defence
hasPredecessor Norwegian Army Air Service ⓘ
Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service ⓘ
headquartersLocation Rygge Air Station ⓘ
inception 1944 ⓘ
language Norwegian ⓘ
legalStatus state military organization ⓘ
memberOf NATO ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
motto For Norges sikkerhet i lufta ⓘ
nativeName Forsvaret ⓘ
surface form: Luftforsvaret
notableOperation NATO air policing ⓘ
surface form: NATO air policing in Iceland

NATO air policing ⓘ
surface form: NATO air policing in the Baltics

Operation Unified Protector in Libya ⓘ
surface form: Operation Unified Protector
operatesIn Arctic region ⓘ
High North ⓘ
Norwegian airspace ⓘ
partOf Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
primaryMission defense of Norwegian airspace ⓘ
role NATO operations support ⓘ
air warfare ⓘ
airspace defense ⓘ
support to ground forces ⓘ
support to naval forces ⓘ
secondaryMission international operations ⓘ
search and rescue support ⓘ
surveillance and reconnaissance ⓘ
serviceNumberApproximate several thousand personnel ⓘ
uses airborne early warning and control ⓘ
ground-based air defense ⓘ
integrated air defense system ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mauser BK-27 27 mm cannon → usedBy → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Mauser BK-27
Ministry of Defence (Norway) → oversees → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Norwegian Armed Forces → hasPart → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Caproni Ca.313 → operator → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Boeing P-8 Poseidon → usedBy → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II → operator → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Baltic Air Policing → participant → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norwegian Air Force
NH90 helicopter → primaryUsers → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: NH90
Lynx helicopter → usedBy → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Westland Lynx
AW101 helicopter → primaryUsers → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Lockheed P-3 Orion → operator → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
F-35 Lightning II → operator → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Forsvaret → hasPart → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Norwegian Defence Act → appliesTo → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation → cooperatesWith → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Major General (Royal Norwegian Air Force) → serviceBranch → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Major General (Royal Norwegian Air Force) → usedBy → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter → primaryUsers → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
F-5 Freedom Fighter → usedBy → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes → usedBy → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Caproni Ca.310 → usedBy → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Bjørn Kjos → militaryBranch → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Rygge → airBaseUsedBy → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Westland Sea King → usedBy → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
H-34 Choctaw → usedBy → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Chief of Defence of Norway → hasAuthorityOver → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen → militaryBranch → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
T-33 Shooting Star → usedBy → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Bardufoss → usedBy → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Bardufoss Airport
Bardufoss → operatedBy → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Bardufoss Air Station
Bodø Airport → militaryUser → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force → appliesTo → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force → headOf → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force → highestRankIn → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force → isProfessionalHeadOf → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Norwegian airspace → militaryProtectionBy → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Norwegian Army Air Service → mergedInto → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Norwegian Army Air Service → successor → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Rygge Air Station → operator → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Rygge Air Station → partOf → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Rygge Air Station → garrison → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Norwegian Air Force units
Rygge Air Station → hasPrimaryUser → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service → mergedInto → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service → successor → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Norwegian Air Force maritime squadrons
Quick Reaction Alert → usedBy → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
Gloster Gladiator → operator → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
IRIS-T missile → usedBy → Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: IRIS-T
this entity surface form: Norwegian Air Force