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Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details Boeing C-17 Globemaster III United States Heavy transport: 3: 3: 2009: Finland is a partner in NATO's Strategic Airlift Capability and has access to 100 flight hours from the C-17s every year (3.2%).
This is a list of weapons used by the Finnish Army, for past equipment, see here. For equipment or ships of the Finnish Navy, see List of equipment of the Finnish Navy and List of active Finnish Navy ships; for Finnish Air Force aircraft, see List of military aircraft of Finland.
The Finnish Air Force did not bomb any civilian targets during either war. [11] Overflying Soviet towns and bases was also forbidden, as to avoid any unneeded provocations and to spare equipment. The Finnish Air Force shot down 1,621 Soviet aircraft while losing 210 of its own aircraft during the Continuation War. [12]
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress [link opens in PDF] Thursday of plans to conduct a Foreign Military Sale of $170 million worth of equipment and support services to ...
The Satakunta Air Wing (Finnish: Satakunnan Lennosto, abbr. SatLsto; Swedish: Satakunta flygflottilj) is a peace-time Finnish Air Force unit. Its headquarters are not located in the present-day province of Satakunta, but in historical Satakunta and in the present-day province of Pirkanmaa, at the Tampere-Pirkkala Airport in Pirkkala.
Patria's history begins in 1921 with the establishment of the Finnish Air Force Aircraft Factory at Suomenlinna. The operations begin with licensed manufacturing of the German Hansa-Brandenburg aircraft, with the total production volume between 1922 and 1926 amounting to 120 aircraft. Patria's centenary issue describes the company's history. [7]
Hornet in Finnish Air Force livery. The HX Fighter Program is a fighter jet procurement program of the Finnish Ministry of Defence, aiming to acquire multirole fighters for Finland to replace the current Hornet fighters. If completed, the acquisition will be the most expensive state purchase ever made by Finland. [1]
List of former equipment of the Finnish Army; M. M61 gas mask; S. Sanomalaite M/90