Royal Norwegian Air Force
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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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Norwegian Air Force | 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 (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Norwegian Air Force
subject surface form:
NH90
subject surface form:
Mauser BK-27
subject surface form:
Westland Lynx