Air Services

Finland

(Type inventory last updated December 2024)

Ilmavoimat / Finnish Air Force (FAF)

Founded initially as the Army Corps of Aviation on 6th March 1918,

the Finnish Air Force is the aviation branch of the Finnish Defence Forces.

COMBAT

F/A-18C Hornet

HN-449 Bodo 2012

HN-448 Danish Airshow Karup 2014

HN-447 Danish Airshow Karup 2014

HN-444 @ Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary Air show 2018

HN-416 @ Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary Air show 2018

TRANSPORT

EADS CASA C-295M

CC-3 - Radom airshow 2013

CC-3 - RIAT 2017

CC-2 @ Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary Air show 2018

Pilatus PC-12NG

PI-01 - Bodo Airshow 2012

PI-01 @ Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary Air show 2018

PI-04 @ Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary Air show 2018

Learjet 35

LJ-1 @ Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary Air show 2018

LJ-3 @ Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary Air show 2018

TRAINERS

Hawk T51

HW-334 - Radom Airshow 2013

HW-340 - Radom Airshow 2013

HW-368 @ Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary Air show 2018

HW-365 @ Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary Air show 2018

Grob G 115E

GO-27 @ Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary Air show 2018

Also

F/A-18D Hornet

Demonstration Team

Midnight Hawks

Russia 100th Centenary Airshow, Moscow 2012

Radom Airshow 2013

The history of the Midnight Hawks dates before WWII, when the Finnish Air Force Academy used Gloster Gamecocks and other aircraft for display flying. The tradition of formation flying continued after the war and it became a trademark of the Finnish Air Force Training Air Wing's annual Midnight Sun Airshow. Formation flying had been part of the normal training syllabus and no special team names or aircraft had been used. There had been several nicknames for the teams, often based on the name of the team leader, but no official team name was used until 1997. Standard trainer aircraft were used. Saab Safir and Fouga Magister were used between 1960 and 1980 and then the Valmet Vinka and BAe Hawk Mk 51 from the beginning of the 1980s .

Malmi 80th Anniversary Air show 2016

RIAT 2017

Recently retired

Valmet L-70 Vinka

(Retired 1st September 2022)

VN-10 - Malmi 80th Anniversary Airshow 2016

VN-16 - Malmi 80th Anniversary Airshow 2016

Maavoimat / Finnish Army Aviation

NHIndustries NH-90TTH

NH-213 - Malmi 80th Anniversary Air show 2016

MD Helicopters MD500D/E

HH-7 - Malmi 80th Anniversary Air show 2016

HH-12 - @ Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary Air show 2018

HH-7 @ Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary Air show 2018

Rajavartiolaitos / Finnish Border Guard

Founded in 1919, the Finnish Border Guard is the national security agency responsible for enforcing the security of Finland's borders. Whilst also having police and investigative powers in immigration violations, the Border Guard has both maritime and inland SAR duties, operating SAR helicopters often in assistance of local fire and rescue departments and other authorities.