Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Finnish Air Force (Finnish: Ilmavoimat) is one of the braches of the Finnish Defence Forces. Organisation The Air Force is organised into three commands, each of which operates a fighter squadron: Lapland Air Command (Fighter Squadron 11) Karelia Air Command (Fighter Squadron 31) Satakunta Air Command (Fighter Squadron 21) The three commands are part of the Defence Forces' Readiness formations. Equipment F-18 C/D Hornet, fighter interceptors (63) Hawk Mk51/51A, trainers (51). The hawks can also be fitted with air-to-air missiles and ground attack munitions Learjet 35A/S (3) Valmet L-70 Vinka, trainers (28) Fokker F.27, transportation aircraft (3) Valmet L-90 TP Redigo, liaison aircraft (9) Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain, liaison aircraft (6) Piper PA-28 Arrow, liaison aircraft (7) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.