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Air Force Home Guard

Air Force Home Guard

Part of the Danish Home Guard

The Air Force Home Guard (Danish: Flyverhjemmeværnet), is part of the Danish Home Guard. Its mission is to support the Royal Danish Air Force, the police and other national authorities in their emergency management by securing airports, performing aerial environmental patrols of national waters.

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Aircraft

The Air Force Home Guard operates two leased Britten-Norman Defender BN2A-21 aircraft flown by volunteer civilian pilots.[1][2] The Defenders entered service in February 2016.[3]

Organization

The Air Force Home Guard is commanded by a full-service air force colonel. The commander is supported by a small staff of full-service personnel.

Municipalities with airfields or in the vicinity of airports have "air force home guard squadrons" – (100–150 riflemen), commanded by volunteer captains.

Squadrons

The Flying Home Guard consists of 28 squadrons and two divisions:[4]

  • HVE: Hjemmeværnseskadrille (Home Guard Squadron)
  • STHVE: Stabshjemmeværnseskadrille (Staff Home Guard Squadron)
  • FSD: Flyverhjemmeværnsdeling (Aircraft Home Defense Division)
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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Flyverhjemmeværnet kan arbejde fra luften" [The Air Force can work from the air]. Defence Command Denmark (Press release) (in Danish). 8 June 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Hjemmeværnets nye fly skal aflaste og supplere helikopterne" [The Home Guard's new aircraft must relieve and supplement the helicopters]. Krigeren (in Danish). 28 February 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Flere fly til overvågningsopgaver" [More aircraft for surveillance tasks]. Defence Command Denmark (Press release) (in Danish). 24 February 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Flyverhjemmeværnet" [The Air Force Home Guard]. Defence Command Denmark (in Danish). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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