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Air Base Karup is the main air base of the Royal Danish Air Force. It is situated 3 km west of Karup in mid- Jutland . The air base covers 3000 hectares of land of which only a third is inside the operational area marked by a 17 km long fence, Midtjyllands Airport share its runway's .
After the war, the Royal Danish Air Force took control of the field which is still its main base. At the request of some middle- and west-Jutland politicians, the airport was opened on 1 November 1965 when the first direct connection between Karup and Copenhagen was opened. In 1968 the airport's first terminal was built.
Squadron 724 (Danish: Eskadrille 724) is a Royal Danish Air Force helicopter squadron, based at Karup Air Base in central Jutland. The squadron was officially established on 7 August 2003, following the disbandment and reorganization of the Danish army's Royal Danish Army Air Corps (Hærens Flyvetjeneste, HFT).
The air force received six F-84E Thunderjet and 238 F-84G Thunderjet as military aid from the US, and formed five new squadrons (726 to 730) at Karup Air Base from 1952 to 1954. The rapid expansion caused problems as neither two-seaters nor flight simulators were available, causing 89 crashed F-84s and 40 pilot casualties.
3 Air Force Bases. 4 Army Bases. Toggle the table of contents. List of Danish Military Installations. Add languages. ... Karup Air Base, Karup; Skrydstrup Air Base ...
At the same time, all the Danish helicopter units were also to move physically from Værløse Air Station and Vandel Air Station to Karup Air Station. The total number of helicopters in the air force would have been 8 Sikorsky S-61A , 13 Eurocopter AS550C2 Fennec , 16 Hughes H-500C Cayuse and 8 Westland Lynx Mk.90B as well as 14 AgustaWestland ...
In 1989 the Royal Danish Air Force consisted of the following units: Royal Danish Air Force, in Karup, commanded by a Danish lieutenant general [2] [3] Flyveskolen (Basic Flying School), Avnø Air Base, T-17 Supporter; Air Force Materiel Command, Karup Air Force Depot Service; Air Force Maintenance Service; Air Force Ammunition Arsenal
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