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	Finnish Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Finnish Air Force (Finnish: Ilmavoimat) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces.
		As a separate branch of the military, the Finnish Air Force is one of the oldest in the world, having existed since the year 1918.
		Finnish Air Force C3I Materiel Command at Tikkakoski
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Finnish_Air_Force (258 words)

	Finnish Defence Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Finnish Defence Forces are under the command of the Chief of Defence, who is directly subordinate to the President of the Republic in matters related to the military command.
		These Finnish Jäger troops arrived in February 1918 in the white capital city of Vaasa and formed the core of the White Army in the Finnish Civil War.
		According to the Finnish law the maximum simultaneous strength of the peacekeeping forces is limited to 2000 soldiers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Finnish_Defence_Forces (1057 words)

	Puolustusvoimat - Försvarsmakten - The Finnish Defence Forces
		Finnish Air Force in multinational exercise in Norway
		The Finnish Air Force is a participant in the three-week Weapons Instructor Meeting 2005 (WIM-05) air exercise staged by the Royal Netherlands Air Force in Örland Air Force Base in Norway between 24 October and 4 November.
		The Finnish Air Force has contributed to the air combat phase of flight training in the Netherlands in 2003 and to both the tactical and night flying phase in 2003 and 2004 in Norway.
	www.ilmavoimat.fi /index_en.php (2831 words)

	Finnish Air Force History
		Their advance achieved initial success, forcing the withdrawal of Finnish forces along the Isthmus, but in July 1944 the Finns were able to stabilize the front at the Vuoksi River and further attempts by the Soviet forces to advance beyond this line were repelled.
		Again the Finnish fighter force was stronger in the end of the war than it had been in the beginning of that.
		Centralized control allows the Air Force Commander to use the force flexibly on a national scale, while a decentralized operational system gives each Air Command Commander the ability to defend his respective airspace with the fighter wing, air surveillance network, control centers and a system of air bases.
	www.sci.fi /~fta/FAFhist.htm (3330 words)

	Night Fighter Training
		The Finnish Air Force had, as the first in the world, begun to train in the loose, broad section and finger four formations as early as 1935.
		All of the Finnish students had received instrument training, and training in flying at night and in clouds, which had been conducted at home, but especially the younger pilots in the fighter squadrons had not flown many instrument sorties after their basic and advanced flying courses, so this type of training was quite welcome.
		The instructors, all having night air combat experience, had a positive and objective attitude and were quick to recognize the rapid advances made by the talented Finnish pilots.
	home.sci.fi /~fta/nightftr.htm (6022 words)

	AllRefer.com - Finland - Air Force \| Finnish Information Resource
		The peacetime missions of the air force (Ilmavoimat) were the patrolling of Finnish air space and the surveillance, identification, and interception of intruding aircraft.
		The protection of Finnish air space in the event of East-West hostilities was considered a highly salient aspect of the air force role.
		The possibility that Finnish air space would be violated on the flight paths of bombers and cruise missiles of NATO and Warsaw Pact forces was an issue of intense concern.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/finland/finland171.html (822 words)

	Fire and Ice: History
		The Finnish Air Force was quite small and had few modern planes.
		The plane was originally designed for use by the Royal Air Force (Britain) in 1927 as the Bulldog M I. The main version of these type aircraft acquired by Finland was the M IVA and which was equipped with two 7.7mm Vickers machine guns.
		The Finns received three versions of these for use by their Air Force and it was really the only true bomber the Finns had in service.
	www.wfyi.org /fireandice/history/weaponry_finnish_mf.htm (519 words)

	Aviation Wings and Badges of WW2 - Finnish Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		By the spring of 1941, the Finnish military was cooperating with the German high command in planning for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, scheduled for June 1941.
		At the onset of the Winter War, the Finnish Air Force was made up of approximately 300 aircraft in 28 squadrons of which 114 were combat-ready.
		Ironically, more Finnish bombers were lost to German antiaircraft fire in the final months of the conflict than were lost in the previous 3 years of war against the Soviets.
	www.ww2wings.com /wings/finland/finlandmain.shtml (2364 words)

	The Finnish Air Defense in the Winter War
		The Finnish Air Defense was consisted of the Air Force, the Antiaircraft Forces and the Air Surveillance troops.
		As FAF couldn't afford a war of attrition, the Finnish fighters were mainly reserved to defend the home front and the bombers to pinpoint attacks in generally small formations.
		The FAF consumed approximately 2 100 tons of aviation fuel (the biggest consumption was in February nearly 830 000 liters), 850 000 rounds and 208 tons of bombs.
	www.winterwar.com /forces/FINairdefence.htm (1927 words)

	Backwoods Landing Strip - Finnish Air Force Aircraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It is important to understand that the blue swastika emblem of the early Finnish Air Force has nothing to do with the Nazi Germany.
		The blue swastika was the symbol of good fortune used by the Swedish Count Eric von Rosen who during the Finnish Civil War presented to the Finnish White Army its first aircraft on March 6th, 1918.
		The swastika was painted on the upper side and under side of the wings of the Thulin Parasol he brought from Sweden.
	www.sci.fi /~ambush/faf/faf.html (164 words)

	WW II ACE STORIES
		In 1955 a delegation of four Soviet officers arrived to visit the FAF air base in Pori, which was commanded by Col.lt. Joppe Karhunen.
		General Oesch (commanding the front) and Col. Lorenz (commander of the air force units at hand) sent their thanks to Virtanen and his crew.
		The Finnish escort fighters were able to prevent all enemy fighters from attacking the PE-215.
	www.elknet.pl /acestory/virtanen/virtanen.htm (1387 words)

	The Finnish Air Force: Notes to Myself
		On 25 June 1941 the Soviets attempted to neutralize the Finnish Air Force with airfield attacks by 150 unescorted bombers.
		Attrition forced LeLv 24 to consolidate from 4 flights of 8 aircraft to 3 flights of 8 on 11 February 1943.
		Finnish production of 15 Mk II (not a typo) delayed by Winter War and deliveries didn't commence until 15 Jun 41 and were finished in 7 months.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/2072/Finnaf.html (2764 words)

	Team Spotlight - Midnight Hawks
		When the Finnish Air Force operated MiG-21F-13 fighters, all pilots learned to fly in the diamond formation, as it was an important part of the flight-training syllabus.
		The Finnish Air Force is well known for its very experienced pilots, which once fought evenly against a much stronger and bigger enemy.
		Finnish Air Force uses its Hawk fleet in a much harder operational environment than originally designed for, so the stress of high-G flying starts to show in the wing.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~garys/teamspot/mdnthwks (1820 words)

	Finnish UFO Hoax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Reported encounter of a UFO and a Finnish Air Force Hornet fighter plane in Lapland is a hoax.
		The checking from the Air Force staff from Tikkakoski made sure, that non Hornet-pilot with that name is in the Finnish Air Force.
		Finnish Air Force's the staff information service major Kalevi Reiman says he has seen the story in the Internet.
	www.ufoinfo.com /news/finnish_hoax.html (888 words)

	Brewster Buffalo in squadron service, Finnish Air Force
		Last flights of Brewsters in Finnish Air Force were flown by BW-377 and BW-382 were in 14th of September 1948.
		According to many Finnish pilots and Soviet POW's, the Soviet mission pre-planning was usually very comprehensive and clever, but the Soviet flight commanders, while some of them were very good pilots, weren't very clever tacticians, thus the advantage gained by good planning was usually lost.
		Finnish pilots weren't just trained to hit airplanes, they were taught to hit specific parts of airplanes.
	www.warbirdforum.com /faf2con.htm (1808 words)

	FINLAND - BALTIC LINK 2000
		Finnish pilots are using two F-18C Hornets in operations and one is for reserve.
		Satakunta Air Command is responsible for the airspace of Southwest Finland.
		Karelia Air Command is responsible for the airspace of Southeast Finland.
	www.mil.se /pfp/baltlink/pafi.html (485 words)

	Bombers of the Finnish Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Air Force received its first Kotka (the prototype, Kotka I) on 17 Nov, 1930.
		The aircraft were handed over to the Finnish crews on 17 Jan, 1940 and 10 aircraft arrived on 21 Jan. One had disappeared on the transfer flight and another damaged in Sweden.
		The aircraft were delivered to the Finnish crews in Brjansk on 13 Oct. 3 of the Il-4s arrived on 21 Oct as one was destroyed during the transfer flight on 14 Oct at Sjeschtschinskaya, near Riga, Latvia.
	www.saunalahti.fi /~ambush/faf/bombers.html (2210 words)

	index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Finnish Air Force has used the plane since 1980 in basic training before the pilots get their hands on the stick of BAe Hawk Mk 51 jet trainer.
		FAF Learjet 35 A/S. The Finnish Air Force special mission Learjets were designated Learjet 35 A/S, where S stands for Suomi (Finland).
		The Finnish Air Force used DC-3's in transporting and paratrooper dropping between 1960 and 1984.
	www.flightsimnetwork.com /mmniemi/fingen3.htm (531 words)

	Finnish Air Arms
		Several aircraft were presented to the Finnish White Army, for use during the 1919-1920 civil war by Swedish pilots and Finnish observers.
		A Peace Treaty limiting the size of the air force was signed on 10 Feb 1947.
		The air force is organised into three air-defence wings, each with a fighter squadron assigned to one of three air defence areas.
	www.aeroflight.co.uk /waf/finland/finaf2.htm (277 words)

	Brewster Buffalo in squadron service, Finnish Air Force
		But in fact, when the Karelian Isthmus was recaptured by the Finnish Army in 1941, the Ground Forces found 42 unaccounted Soviet planes clearly shoot down by the Finnish Air Force.
		Finnish Defence Forces had been covertly participating in it, such as flying recon flights and mining with submarines.
		Nevertheless, the Brewsters had quite total air superiority over their combat area, which was Eastern Karelia, even the new Hurricanes were no match for experienced pilots.
	www.warbirdforum.com /faf2.htm (1424 words)

	Håkans Aviation page - Polikarpov fighters in Finnish Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		These fell in Finnish hands during the Winter War and the Continuation War and was repaired and used against the former owner.
		The last flight of the I-152s in Finnish Air Force service was on 12 March 1945 when IH-4 and IH-5 were flown to the depot.
		One of the Finnish I-153s (IT-13) was hit by bullets in the engine during the dogfight and the aircraft was forced to land on ice on the Soviet side near Peninsaari.
	www.bahnhof.se /~surfcity/polikarpov_finland.htm (2978 words)

	Finnish Air Force F-18 Hornet Walkaround
		These photos were taken by Vesa Halme except for the ejection seat photos, which are official Finnish Air Force photos.
		There are some photos of the Swiss Air Force F-18 Hornet mixed in as well to show details of the plane, since the Finnish and Swiss Hornets are externally very similar.
		Finnish Air Force calls the Hornet F-18 instead of F/A-18, as their mission is primarily air defense.
	www.vmhalme.pp.fi /hornet_finnaf (1242 words)

	Finnish Air Force Camouflage and Markings 1939-1945 Book Review by Steven Eisenman (Mushroom Model Magazine Special)
		Or, maybe it was because the Finnish Trade Consul in New York would leave a bottle of Finlandia Vodka in the back of my car as payment for driving him into the City with me during a subway strike.
		This monograph, in both Finnish and English, presents a concise description of the markings and camouflage of the Finnish Air Force during the War.
		Unlike the authors’ monograph on the Finnish Air Force published by Squadron/Signal, this volume does not deal with the history of the period.
	misc.kitreview.com /bookreviews/finnishairforcebookreviewse_1.htm (651 words)

	The Finnish Defence Forces: Presentation of equipment
		Air Force pilot training entered a new era in 1980 with the introduction of the Finnish early trainer, the Vinka, and the new jet trainer, the Hawk.
		Training pilots on jet aircraft is an essential intermediate stage in moving from the early trainer to a full-fledged fighter.
		However, the Hawk trainers used by the Finnish Air Force are not suitable for interception.
	www.mil.fi /maavoimat/kalustoesittely/00112_en.dsp (154 words)

	Review: Finnish Air Force 1939-1945, by Karlevi Keskinen and Kari Stenman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The battles waged by the Finnish air force against the considerable might of Soviet air service are well known among modelers and historians.
		The air service that this small Scandinavian nation could muster was almost entirely equipped with obsolescent fighters and bombers obtained from foreign sources.
		Finnish Air Force 1939-1945 is thus a very welcome addition to the literature on this subject.
	worldatwar.net /chandelle/v3/v3n2/revw-finn.html (312 words)

	MiG-21 in Finnish Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The MiG-21 was a remarkable aircraft in the Finnish Air Force.
		It took Finnish Air Force to Mach 2 speeds and to the world wide frontline in jet fighters.
		The author, Jyrki Laukkanen, was in a chance to fly the MiGs in the air force since 1970 to the end of their service.
	www.apali.fi /uk/mig21_uk.html (198 words)

	Finnish Aces - Aeromaster 48002
		The more I read on this forgotten corner of the war, the more the Finnish people impressed me. I had to do one of their aircraft.
		Still, Finnish schemes aren't too hard - light blue, dark green, and fl, some with yellow stripes, for the early aircraft.
		They had the swastika as their insignia before the Nazi's existed - it was part of the family crest of the Swedish Count Rosen, who donated the first aircraft to the Finnish air force.
	airmodeller.tripod.com /decals/finace.htm (517 words)

	Finland celebrates 10 years with Hornet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Finnish air force marked a decade of flying the American F/A-18 Hornet during a ceremony Nov. 7 on an air base near Tampere, Finland.
		We have raised the fire power and effectiveness of the air force to an entirely new level," said Maj. Gen.
		Heikki Lyytinen, commander in chief of the Finnish Air Force.
	www.dcmilitary.com /navy/tester/10_48/national_news/38655-1.html (641 words)

	Finnish Air Force 85 years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Quality is our strength is the motto of the Finnish Air Force which has recently faced new challenges both nationally and internationally.
		The Air Force was to lead the main military exercise of the Finnish Defence Forces in 2002.
		A year earlier, the Air Force was both hosting and air exercise in Finland and visiting air exercises abroad.
	www.apali.fi /uk/iv85_uk.html (107 words)

	FAF: FAF: Finnish Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Finnish Air Force, the third oldest still existing air force, today, was founded 6th March 1918, as the Swedish Count Erich von Rosen presented the White Army its first airplane, a Thulin (Morane-Saulnier L) Parasol fighter aircraft, to be used against the Reds in the Finnish Civil War.
		Finnish Air Force had in all 120 license-built Hansa's in use during 1922-1936.
		During World War II the Finnish Air Force achieved an impressive fighting record in spite of being hampered by the small number of multiple (often obsolete) aircraft types.
	www.hkkk.fi /~yrjola/war/faf/faf.html (242 words)

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