Royal Norwegian Air Force
|
Royal Norwegian Air Force Luftforsvaret |
|
|---|---|
Royal Norwegian Air Force emblem
|
|
| Founded | November 10, 1944 |
| Country | Norway |
| Size | 3,650 (doesn't include Air Home Guard) 123 aircraft |
| Part of | Norwegian Armed Forces |
| Motto(s) | For King, People and Fatherland |
| Commanders | |
| Commander in Chief | HM King Harald V |
| Inspector General of the Air Force | Major General Per Egil Rygg (11 April 2014 – present) |
| Insignia | |
| Roundel |  |
| Low Visibility Roundel |  |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Attack | Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon |
| Bomber | Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon |
| Electronic warfare |
Dassault Falcon 20 |
| Fighter | Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon |
| Helicopter | Westland Sea King, Bell 412, NH-90 |
| Patrol | Lockheed P-3 Orion |
| Trainer | SAAB Safari |
| Transport | C-130 Hercules |
The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) (Norwegian: Luftforsvaret) is the air force of Norway. It was established as a separate arm of the Norwegian armed forces on 10 November 1944. The RNoAF's peacetime establishment is approximately 1,430 employees (officers, enlisted staff and civilians). 600 personnel also serve their draft period in the RNoAF. After mobilization the RNoAF would consist of approximately 5,500 personnel.
The infrastructure of the RNoAF includes seven airbases (at Andøya, Bardufoss, Bodø, Gardermoen, Rygge, Sola and Ørland), two control and reporting centres (at Sørreisa and Mågerø) and three training centres (at Kjevik in Kristiansand and Persaunet in Trondheim) and at KNM HH/Madlaleiren (Stavanger).
Military flights started on 1 June 1912. The first plane, HNoMS Start, was bought with money donated by the public and piloted by Hans Dons, second in command of the submarine HNoMS Kobben (A-1). Up until 1940 most of the aircraft belonging to the Navy and Army air forces were domestic designs or built under license agreements, the main bomber/scout aircraft of the Army air force being the Dutch-origined Fokker C.V.
...
Wikipedia