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Ilmavoimat and Maavoimat

Jyväskylä (EFJY) Tikkakoski
RWY 12/30 POS 62°24'03"N 025°40'22"E ELEV 459 ft Show Reports Google Maps
Wing	Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Badge
Training Air Wing	HävLLv 41 / 1&2 Flight	Hawk Mk51/51A Hawk Mk66	Air Force Academy

	HävLLv 41 / 3 Flight	Grob G115E	Air Force Academy

Hawk Mk.51A HW-343 with empty R-60 missile racks and a small Vinten recce pod on its centerline station.

Jyrki Laukkanen

F/A-18C HN-410 leads HN-414 over the seemingly vast endless Finnish country-side.

Jyrki Laukkanen

Rovaniemi (EFRO)
RWY 03/21, 12/30 (gravel) POS 66°33'45"N 025°49'37"E ELEV 645 ft Show Reports Google Maps
Wing	Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Badge
Lapin Lennosto	HävLLv 11	F/A-18C/D

Rajavartiolaitos - Border Guard	Air Patrol Squadron Rovaniemi Base	AB412EP/SP AW119Ke

First of the ordered F-35s will be based at Rovaniemi.

Tampere/Pirkkala (EFTP)
RWY 06/24 POS 61°24'59"N 023°36'54"E ELEV 390 ft Show Reports Google Maps
Wing	Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Badge
Aircraft and Weapon Systems Training Wing	IlmaStK	various aircraft	Test Unit

Satakunnan Lennosto	TukiLLv / 1 Flight	C295M

	TukiLLv / 2 Flight	Lj35A

	TukiLLv / 3 Flight	C295M (ELINT/SIGINT)

	TukiLLv / 4 Flight	PC-12/47E

IlmaStK (IlmataiSteluKeskus) = Air Combat Centre

C295M CC-2 seen in suport of a Finnish contribution to a Frisian Flag exercise at Leeuwarden in the Netherlands.

Niels Quist

Pilatus PC-12/47E PI-01 is one of six in use that superseded the Piper PA31 Navajo.

Kjell Linthout

Utti (EFUT)
RWY 07/25 POS 60°53'47"N 026°56'17"E ELEV 339ft Show Reports Google Maps
Wing	Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Name	Badge
Helikopteripataljoona	1.HK/HekoP	NH90-TTH

	2.HK/HekoP	H500D MD500E

HK = Helikopterikomppannia HekoP = Helikopteripataljoona Helikopteripataljoona is part of the Finnish Army - Maavoimat

NH90-TTH NH-214.

Ian French

MD500E HH-11 waiting for a new mission at Utti.

Jan Jǿrgensen

Helsinki/Vantaa (EFHK)

RWY 04L/22R, 04R/22L, 15/33, HEL POS 60°19'02"N 024°57'48"E ELEV 179 ft
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Aircraft Type(s)

Rajavartiolaitos - Border Guard

Air Patrol Squadron Helsinki Base

AW119Ke
H215

Border Guard HQ is located in Helsinki.