Finnish Air Force

Finnish Air Force
Ilmavoimat (Finnish) Flygvapnet (Swedish)
Badge of the Finnish Air Force
Founded	6 March 1918; 106 years ago (1918-03-06)
Country	Finland
Branch	Air force
Role	Aerial warfare
Size	3,100 active personnel 38,000 reserve personnel
Part of	Finnish Defence Forces
Motto(s)	Latin: Qualitas Potentia Nostra (English: "Quality is our Strength")
Total aircraft	159
Engagements	Finnish Civil War Winter War Continuation War Lapland War
Website	Finnish Air Force.fi
Commanders
Commander	Major-General Juha-Pekka Keränen
Notable commanders	Arne Somersalo Jarl Lundqvist Jarmo Lindberg
Insignia
Roundel
Aircraft flown
Electronic warfare	CASA C-295M
Fighter	Boeing F/A-18C Hornet
Trainer	BAE Hawk 50/51/60 Grob G 115E Boeing F/A-18D Hornet
Transport	Learjet 35-A/S CASA C-295M

The Finnish Air Force (FAF or FiAF; Finnish: Ilmavoimat, lit. 'Air forces'; Swedish: Flygvapnet, lit. 'Air arm') is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. Its peacetime tasks are airspace surveillance, identification flights, and production of readiness formations for wartime conditions.^[1] The Finnish Air Force was founded on 6 March 1918.