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The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) ( of Norway . It was established as separate arm of the Norwegian armed forces on November 10 1944 . The RNoAF has a peacetime strength of about 5,850; after Mobilization , the total number of personnel would be around 17,000. The infrastructure of the RNoAF includes seven Airbase s (at Andøya , Bardufoss , Bodø , Gardermoen , Rygge , Sola and Ørland ), two control and reporting centres (at Sørreisa and Mågerø ) and two training centres (at Kjevik , Kristiansand , and at Kuhaugen , Trondheim ). HISTORY Pre-war Military flights started in 1912. The first plane, '' HNoMS Start '', was bought with money donated by the public and piloted by an Officer from 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 . Build-up for WWII In the late 30s, as war seemed imminent, more modern aircraft was bought from abroad, including twelve Gloster Gladiator fighters from the UK, and six Heinkel He 115 . Considerable orders for aircraft were placed with U.S. companies during the months prior to the invasion of Norway on April 9 , 1940 . The most important of the US orders were two orders for comparatively modern Curtiss P-36 Hawk Monoplane fighters. The first was for 24 Hawk 75A-6 (with 1200 Hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830-SC3-G Twin Wasp engines), 19 of which were delivered before the invasion. Of these 19, though, none were operational when the attack came. A number were still in their shipping crates in Oslo harbour, while others stood at the Kjeller aircraft factory, flight ready, but none combat ready. Some of the Kjeller aircraft had not been fitted with machine guns, and those that had been fitted still lacked Gun Sight s. The five 75A-6s that were still in the US were sent to the Little Norway training base of the exiled Royal Norwegian Air Force near Toronto . All 19 Norwegian P-36s that were captured by the German invaders were later sold by the German authorities to the Finnish Air Force , which was to use them to good effect during the Continuation War . The other order for P-36s was for 36 Hawk 75A-8 (with 1200 hp Wright R-1820 -95 Cyclone 9 engines), none of which were delivered in time for the invasion. The 30 completed machines were, like the 75A-6s, diverted to Little Norway. There they were used for training Norwegian pilots until the USAAF took over the aircraft and used them under the designation P36G Also ordered prior to the invasion were 24 Northrop N-3PB Float Plane s built in on Norwegian specifications for a Patrol Bomber . The order was made on March 12 1940 in an effort to replace the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service's obsolete MF.11 biplane patrol aircraft. None of the type were delivered by the 9th of April and when they became operational with the 330 (Norwegian) Squadron in May 1941 they were stationed at Reykjavík , Iceland performing Anti-submarine and Convoy escort duties. first used in 1945.]] World War II The unequal situation led to the rapid defeat of the Norwegian air forces, even though seven Gladiators from ''Jagervingen'' (the fighter wing) defended Fornebu Airport against the attacking German forces with some success - claiming two Me 110 heavy fighters, two He 111 bombers and one Junkers Ju 52 transport. ''Jagervingen'' lost two Gladiators to ground Strafing while they were rearming on Fornebu and one in the air, shot down by Future ''Experte'' Helmut Lent , injuring the sergeant pilot. After the withdrawal of allied forces, the Norwegian Government gave up fighting in Norway and evacuated to Great Britain on June 10 , 1940 . Only aircraft of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service had the range to fly all the way from their last remaining bases in Northern Norway to the UK. Included amongst the Norwegian aircraft that reached the British Isles were four German made Heinkel He 115 seaplane bombers, six of which were bought before the war and two more were captured from the Germans during the Norwegian Campaign . One He 115 also escaped to Finland before the surrender of mainland Norway, as did three M.F. 11 s; landing on Lake Salmijärvi in Petsamo . A captured Arado Ar 196 originating from the German Heavy Cruiser ''Admiral Hipper'' was also flown to Britain for testing. For the Army Air Service aircraft the only option for escape was Finland, where the planes would be interned but at least not fall into the hands of the Germans. In all two Fokker C.Vs and one De Havilland Tiger Moth made it across the border and onto Finnish airfields just before the capitulation of mainland Norway. All navy and army aircraft that fled to Finland were pressed into service with the Finnish Air Force . The Army and Navy air services established themselves in Britain under the command of the and RAF No. 332 (Norwegian) Squadron . Both planes and running costs were financed by the exiled Norwegian government. In the autumn of 1940, a Norwegian training center known as " Little Norway " was established in RCAF Station Borden Outside Of Toronto , Canada . The Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) was established by a Royal Decree on November 1 , 1944 , thereby merging the Army and Navy air forces. No. 331 (Norwegian) Squadron defended London from 1941 and was the highest scoring fighter Squadron in South England during the war. Up until May 8 , 1945 , 335 persons had lost their lives while taking part in the efforts of the RNoAF. Post-war air force After the war the Spitfire remained in service with the RNoAF into the fifties. In 1947, the Surveillance and Control Division acquired its first radar system, and around the same time the RNoAF got its first Jet Fighter s in the form of De Havilland Vampire s. | ||
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Search_and_rescue" class="copylinks">SAR helicopter |
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