1 July 1952 | Air Force formed from amalgamation of Army and Navy air arms | |
1952 | First jet aircraft delivered – Vampire T.55 | |
1954 | First helicopters received – UH-19 |
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Royal Danish Air Force
1 October 1950 | Air Force formed from amalgamation of Army and Navy air arms | |
1950 | First jet aircraft delivered – Meteor F.4 | |
1952 | First helicopters received – Bell 47 | |
1970 | Unified Defence High Command established | |
2003 | Army aviation unit merged into the Air Force |
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Finnish Air Force
6 March 1918 | Finnish Flying Corps established | |
1920 | Finnish Air Force created | |
1953 | First jet aircraft delivered – Vampire | |
1961 | First helicopters received – SM-1 (Mi-2) |
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Armed Forces of Malta
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October 1971 | First Maltese personnel go to West Germany for helicopter training | |
May 1972 | Helicopter Flight of The Malta Land Force (MLF) established | |
19 April 1973 | Renamed the Helicopter Flight of the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) | |
April 1979 | Helicopter Flight moves to Luqa Airport | |
1 April 1980 | Helicopter Flight Malta Task Force | |
August 1980 | Libyan assistance withdrawn | |
11 May 1988 | Reverted to previous title | |
February 1992 | First fixed-wing aircraft received | |
22 July 1992 | Renamed Air Squadron, Armed Forces of Malta | |
31 October 2006 | Renamed Air Wing, Armed Forces of Malta |
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of the French Air Force
August 1933 | French Air Force (Armee de l’Air) formed | |
2 July 1934 | French Air Force independent of the Army | |
May 1940 | Start of the Battle of France | |
22 June 1940 | French Air Force grounded following surrender | |
3 July 1940 | Vichy Air Force formed under German control | |
August 1940 | Free French Air Force formed by the Allies | |
1 September 1942 | French-manned Normandie-Niemen Fighter Regiment formed in USSR | |
1 December 1942 | Germany disbands the Vichy Air Force | |
May 1945 | Former Vichy and Free French air arms merged to reform the Armee de l’Air | |
1948 | First operational jet aircraft delivered – Vampire | |
1951 | First helicopters received – Alouette I |
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Cyprus Air Command
of the Cyprus Air Command
16 August 1960 | Cyprus becomes independent | |
1962 | First military aircraft delivered | |
December 1963 | Cyprus Air Command (ADK) formed | |
June 1964 | Cypriot National Guard formed | |
1968 | Cyprus Police separates from ADK | |
1974 | ADK disbanded after Turkish invasion | |
1982 | National Guard Air Wing re-established | |
1986 | New aircraft ordered | |
1996 | Air Wing renamed Cyprus Air Force | |
May 2002 | Single Aircraft & Helicopter Squadron split into two Squadrons | |
?? | Cyprus Air Force reverts to Cyprus Air Command title |
Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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of the Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1992 | Bosniak Army Air Wing established | |
December 1995 | No-fly Zone over Bosnia enforced | |
May 1996 | Air Force re-established | |
1 January 2006 | Integration with Bosnian Serb air arm commenced |
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Republika Srpska Air Force
9 January 1992 | Independent state of Republika Srpska declared | |
27 May 1992 | Bosnian Serb Air Force officially established | |
1992-1995 | Combat and Medvac operations during civil war | |
December 1995 | No-fly Zone over Bosnia enforced | |
March 1996 | Air Force re-organised | |
1 June 2004 | Air Force downgraded to regiment status | |
1 January 2006 | Integration with Bosniak air arm commenced | |
18 September 2007 | Joint Bosnian Air Force and Air Defence created |
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Republic of Singapore Air Force
1961 | Singapore Armed Forces established as a ground force | |
1965 | Singapore gains independence | |
January 1968 | Britain announces a planned withdrawal of forces from Singapore | |
September 1968 | Singapore Air Defence Command (SADC) first established | |
1968 | Pilot training commences with leased civil aircraft | |
May 1969 | First SADC aircraft – a Cessna 172K – arrives | |
1969 | First helicopter arrives – Alouette III | |
1970 | First jet aircraft – BAC Strikemaster | |
1970 | First combat aircraft – Hawker Hunter arrives | |
October 1971 | Britain withdraws its forces from Singapore | |
1 April 1975 | SADC renamed Republic of Singapore Air Force |
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Swiss Air Force
1900 | First Swiss military observation balloon unit created | |
31 July 1914 | Swiss military air arm established (Fliegertruppe) | |
August 1914 | Unable to buy aircraft from neighbouring countries, the Swiss government asks the first eight pilots called up to bring their own aeroplanes | |
1914-1918 | Swiss air arm carries out periodic reconnaissance flights to maintain neutrality | |
19 October 1936 | Air Force becomes an independent service (Schweizerische Flugwaffe) | |
11 September 1937 | First M.S.406H arrives in Thun | |
November 1938 | First Bf 109D delivered | |
September 1939 | Neutrality patrols established by fighter units | November 1939 | First Swiss produced M.S.406H (D3800) accepted. |
10 May 1940 | When France invaded, Swiss air space repeatedly violated by German aircraft. mainly bombers returning from France | |
11 June 1940 | Four Swiss Bf 109s shoot down two He 111s that had crossed the frontier | |
1946 | First jet aircraft delivered – Vampire F.1 | |
1946 | Air Force name changed to Swiss Air Force & Anti-Aircraft Command | |
1948 | Air Force receives the first 25 of 130 Mustangs bought from the USA | |
1952 | First helicopters received – Hiller 360 | |
January 1958 | Swiss Parliament approves order for 100 Hawker Hunter F Mk. 5 | |
June 1961 | Swiss Parliament authorises the purchase of 100 Mirage III from France | |
8 August 1964 | Official aerobatic team the Patrouille Suisse is first formed with 4 Hunters | |
1995 | Aerobatic team Patrouille Suisse switches from Hunter to F-5E Tiger II | |
1 Jan 1996 | Air Force name changed to present title |