To install click the Add extension button. That's it.

The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. You could also do it yourself at any point in time.

How to transfigure the Wikipedia

Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? We have created a browser extension. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology.

Try it — you can delete it anytime.

Install in 5 seconds
4,5
Kelly Slayton
Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea!
Alexander Grigorievskiy
I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like.
Live Statistics
English Articles
Improved in 24 Hours
Added in 24 Hours
Languages
Recent
Show all languages
What we do. Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques; in live mode. Quite the same Wikipedia. Just better.
Great Wikipedia has got greater.
.
Leo
Newton
Brights
Milds

Eskadrille 721

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Squadron 721
Eskadrille 721
Founded1 October 1950; 73 years ago (1950-10-01)
Country Denmark
Branch Royal Danish Air Force
TypeAir Transport
Part ofAir Transport Wing Aalborg
Garrison/HQFlyvestation Aalborg
Motto(s)Fortis, Firmus Undique (Strong, Reliable, Everywhere)
Aircraft flown
TrainerSaab T-17 Supporter
TransportLockheed C-130J Super Hercules
Bombardier CL-604 Challenger

Eskadrille 721 of the Royal Danish Air Force is the sole squadron in 'Air Transport Wing Aalborg' of the Danish Defence. It provides tactical transport for all parts of the Danish state.

History

Eskadrille 721 (721 Squadron) was formed on 1 October 1950, when the Royal Danish Air Force (Flyvevåbnet) was formed by merging the Marinens Flyvevæsen (Danish Naval Air Service) and Hærens Flyvertropper (Danish Army Air Corps), with Eskadrille 721 incorporating the aircraft of the 1st and 2nd Luftflotille of the Naval Air Service, together with the Greenland flight of the Army Air Corps, with the role of transport (including support for operations in Greenland, together with Search and Rescue operations.[1]

Present activity

Since 2004 the air wing is located at Flyvestation Aalborg, in the Northern part of Jutland peninsula.[2]

The main role for the air wing is to provide tactical transport capacity with its C-130's. The Challengers provide both VIP-transportation for the Royal Court of Denmark and other government officials, and has the option to be equipped with airborne radar for surveillance. The Challenger 604 is tasked with assisting in surveillance missions around Greenland and the Faroe Islands and in that capacity one aircraft has been permanently stationed in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland since 2021.[3][4]

Current equipment

Currently Eskadrille 721 operates:

See also

References

  1. ^ Nikolajsen 1970, p.18.
  2. ^ "Eskadrille 721 – Flyvevåbnets transporteskadrille". forsvaret.dk. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. ^ "THE SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICE IN GREENLAND SAR - GREENLAND" (PDF). RESCUE COUNCIL FOR SHIPPING AND AVIATION. June 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ^ Augustesen, Søren (12 December 2022). "Viking Warriors: What does the future hold for the Royal Danish Air Force". Key Aero.
  5. ^ Augustesen 2015, p. 82.
  • Augustesen, Sören. "Denmark's Challengers". Air International, April 2015, Vol. 88, No. 4. pp. 82–85.
  • Nikolajsen, O. "Arctic Specialists: History of No.721 Squadron, Royal Danish Air Force". Air Pictorial, January 1970, Vol. 32, No. 1. pp. 16–18.

External links

This page was last edited on 15 March 2024, at 16:27
Basis of this page is in Wikipedia. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported License. Non-text media are available under their specified licenses. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. WIKI 2 is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wikimedia Foundation.
Contact WIKI 2
Introduction
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy