Flying Regiment 4 (Finnish: Lentorykmentti 4 or LeR 4) was a bomber aircraft regiment of the Finnish Air Force. The regiment was formed on 1 January 1938...
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Flying Regiment 5 (Finnish: Lentorykmentti 5 or LeR 5) was a mixed fighter and bomber aircraft regiment of the Finnish Air Force during World War II. The...
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Flying Regiment 3 (Finnish: Lentorykmentti 3 or LeR 3) was a fighter aircraft regiment of the Finnish Air Force. The regiment took part in the Continuation...
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Flying Regiment 2 (Finnish: Lentorykmentti 2 or LentoR 2, renamed on May 5, 1942 into LeR 2) was fighter regiment of the Finnish Air Force during World...
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The Finnish Air Force (FAF or FiAF; Finnish: Ilmavoimat, lit. 'Air forces'; Swedish: Flygvapnet, lit. 'Air arm') is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence...
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Rosen gave Finland the second aircraft, a Thulin Typ D. Some considered that the Finnish Air Force did not officially exist during the Finnish Civil War...
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independent air force in the world after the Finnish Air Force (established 6 March 1918), by merging the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service...
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"Military Air Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red Air Force", were one of the air forces...
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The Albanian Air Force (Albanian: Forca Ajrore e Republikës së Shqipërisë - Air Force of the Republic of Albania) is the air force of Albania and one...
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squadron of the Finnish Air Force during World War II. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 2 during the Winter War and Flying Regiment 3 during the...
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The Romanian Air Force 57th Air Base "Captain Aviator Constantin Cantacuzino" (Romanian: Baza 57 Aeriană "Căpitan Aviator Constantin Cantacuzino"), also...
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appearances included the Turkish Air Force F-4 Phantom on static display, a flying display from the heavily upgraded Romanian Air Force MiG-21 LanceR-C, designed...
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The Estonian Air Force (Estonian: Õhuvägi, [ˈɤhuvæki] ) is the aviation branch of the Estonian Defence Forces. The air force traces its history to 1918...
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Gustaf Magnusson (category Finnish Air Force personnel)
Helsinki) was a Finnish major general, fighter ace and Mannerheim Cross Knight. He was the commander of the No. 24 Squadron and Flying Regiment 3 during World...
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Brewster F2A Buffalo (category World War II aircraft of Finland)
operated by the Finnish Air Force proved capable of engaging and destroying most types of Soviet fighter aircraft operating against Finland at that time...
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(485th Independent Helicopter Regiment) flying (Mil Mi-24 and Mil Mi-8). The construction of the airfield in the then Finnish village of Alakurtti began...
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (redirect from Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-4)
Egyptian Air Force Eritrea Eritrean Air Force Ethiopia Ethiopian Air Force Finland Finnish Air Force Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Air Force Germany...
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of the Finnish Air Force during World War II. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 2. During the Winter War, all Fokker D.XXIs - Finland's only modern...
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The Finnish Army (Finnish: Maavoimat, Swedish: Armén) is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Finnish Army is divided into six branches:...
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Jorma Sarvanto (category Finnish Air Force personnel)
1963) was a Finnish Air Force pilot and the foremost Finnish fighter ace of the Winter War. Sarvanto was born and raised in Turku, Finland. He attended...
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base in Egypt, eventually flying with the Royal Air Force in the Northern Africa initially and then with the Balkan Air Force in Italy and Yugoslavia,...
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1944) was a bomber squadron of the Finnish Air Force during World War II. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 4. 1st Flight (1. Lentue) 2nd Flight...
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This is a list of units of the Finnish Air Force during the Continuation War: Tiedustelulentolaivue 12 Hävittäjälentolaivue 32 Tiedustelulentolaivue 16...
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squadron of the Finnish Air Force during World War II. The squadron was part of Flying Regiment 1 during the Winter War and Flying Regiment 2 during the...
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During the war years the Engels Flying School sent to the front 14 regiments. Among them were three women's regiments (including the Night Witches), in...
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Joint terminal attack controller (section Finland)
Australian Air Force became the first foreign air force to receive JTAC accreditation from the United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM). No. 4 Squadron...
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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (category World War II aircraft of Finland)
Air Force Finland Finnish Air Force France French Air Force Indonesia Indonesian Air Force Empire of Japan Japanese Army Air Force – Captured P-40s...
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The history of the Royal Air Force, the air force of the United Kingdom, spans a century of British military aviation. The RAF was founded on 1 April 1918...
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military officials, and other aircraft from the Finnish Air Force can also be used. Helicopters of the Finnish Army or Coast Guard are used to provide transport...
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No. 41 Squadron (Finnish: Pommituslentolaivue 41 or PLe.Lv.41) was a bomber unit of the Finnish Air Force formed in 1946 and based at Luonetjärvi. The...
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