Bardufoss Air Station
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| Coordinates | 69°03′22″N 018°32′25″E / 69.05611°N 18.54028°E | ||||||||||
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  Bardufoss Location in Norway | |||||||||||
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Bardufoss Air Station (
Fridtjof Nansen class frigates when they arrive.[1]
The air station is co-located on the same site as the commercial
Norwegian Aviation College (NAC) is located at the airport, and there is also a flying club (Bardufoss Flyklubb) and a parachute jumping club. Norwegian Air Shuttle currently operates three daily flights with Boeing 737 aircraft from Bardufoss Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
.
History
The first plane to land at the air station was a
Norwegian Campaign. After the Allied withdrawal from Norway, the airbase was taken over by the Germans and mostly used as a base for fighters, bombers and reconnaissance planes operating against the Murmansk convoys
. Fighters from Bardufoss also had the task of providing aerial support for naval operations in the area.
When British
B-17 Flying Fortress
over Germany.
The 339 Squadron was moved to Bardufoss in 1964 while the 337 Squadron arrived in 1983.
The Royal Norwegian Air Force Flight Training School was moved to Bardufoss from
Trondheim Airport, Værnes
in 2003.
2024: The Air Force uses the Underground hangar at the air station, after 40 years, to receive F-35 fighter jets.[4]
Squadrons
Two squadrons of helicopters are stationed on this airfield: 337 operating Lynx MK 86 (since 1983) and 339 with Bell 412SP (since 1964).
The 337 Squadron operates six
NH-90's
.
The 339 Squadron operates twelve
Rygge Air Station
.
In addition, the RNoAF Flight Training School is located here. The school operates the Saab Safari.
UK
Royal Marine units have used Bardufoss as a training base for many years. It is also used as a base for cold weather training for Royal Air Force, British Army and Royal Navy helicopter crews. During the Cold War
, training was especially concentrated during the winter with repair parties during the Norwegian summer. These operations were given the title of "Clockwork".
References
- Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ [https://web.archive.org/web/20180928130414/http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/tirpitz.html Archived 2018-09-28 at the Wayback Machine The Sinking of the Battleship Tirpitz Bomber Command Museum of Canada
- ^ "Tirpitz, November 12, 1944". Royal Air Force Bomber Command 60th Anniversary. UK Crown. Archived from the original on July 6, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
- ^ "Fjellanlegget på Bardufoss øker beredskapen". Forsvaret. Retrieved 2024-06-15.