Finnish Defence Forces reported on 3 September 2012 that the United States has not delivered any of the AMRAAM anti-aircraft missiles they had ordered due to a mysterious engine malfunction in cold weather that the manufacturer, Raytheon, has not been able to determine the fault of.

* M04 Camouflage pattern used by Finnish Defence Forces

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The swallow-tailed national flag, which is also the naval ensign, is flown by the Finnish Defence Forces.

The presidential standard and the command signs of the Minister of Defence, Chief of Defence, and Commander of the Finnish Navy are flown only by the respective persons.

Also all persons who were transferred between years 1943 – 1943 to Finland from areas occupied by Germany and were subsequently returned to Soviet Union or who served in the Finnish Defence Forces during the Second World War qualify.

Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim () ( 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951 ) was the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War, Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defence Forces during World War II, Marshal of Finland, and a Finnish statesman.

In 1990, after the reunification of Germany, Koivisto unilaterally renounced the terms of Paris peace treaty which limited the strength and armament of the Finnish Defence Forces.

◦ Maintenance of army material for the Finnish Defence Forces.

In the Finnish Defence Forces, a squad is formed by three fire and maneuver teams ( taistelupari, literally " combat pair ") and a squad leader.

In Finland, the Elämän Sana (" the Word of life ") group, as the most " mainline " of the different branches of Laestadianism, has been prominent within the hierarchy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Two members have been elected bishops of Oulu, and one has served as Chaplain General ( head chaplain of the Finnish Defence Forces and the equivalent of a Major General ).

Press reports have noted that some Finnish Defence Forces conscripts were not mature enough to meet the demands of military life, and were required to interrupt or postpone military service for a year.

The President is the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces.

The Cross could be awarded to any soldier of the Finnish Defence Forces, regardless of rank.

The Finnish Defence Forces regional offices are responsible for the regional defence preparations and for the administration of conscription within the region.

Some major uses of Frutiger are in the corporate identity of Raytheon, the National Health Service in England, Telefónica O2, the British Royal Navy, the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Conservative Party of Canada, the Banco Bradesco in Brazil, the Finnish Defence Forces and on road signs in Switzerland.

The Finnish Defence Forces uses Frutiger as its official typeface

The Military bands are a part of the Finnish Defence Forces.

the Finnish Defence Forces.

Lappeenranta has numerous schools at almost all levels of education, including the Lappeenranta University of Technology, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, the Army Academy ( branch of the Finnish Defence Forces ), South Karelia Vocational College and South Karelia Adult Education Centre.

In practice, the everyday command and control is in the hands of Chief of Defence and the Commander of the Finnish Border Guard.

The economic administration of the Finnish Defence Force is the responsibility of Ministry of Defence.

Colonel Kari Renko, an engineer at the Finnish Air Force, was quoted by Helsingin Sanomat as saying about this failure, " The problem involves the rocket engines which have been in use for decades " and that Finland first was told of the problems by the Americans about two years ago.

* Finnish Air Force

A line of military trainer aircraft for the Finnish Air Force developed and manufactured by Valmet include the L-70 Vinka and L-90 Redigo.

* March 6 – The Finnish Air Force is founded.

Several thousand Estonians who had joined the Finnish army came back across the Gulf of Finland to join the newly formed Territorial Defense Force, assigned to defend Estonia against the Soviet advance.

* Midnight Hawks ( Finnish Air Force )

Apart from the Bundeswehr, Unimogs have been used by many different militaries, including the Argentinian, British, Belgian, Danish, Dutch, French, Irish, Indonesian Army, Portuguese, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Swiss, Chilean, Bolivian Naval Force, Mexican, Pakistani, Rhodesian and Singaporean armed forces.

* 1921 Valtion lentokonetehdas ( State Aircraft Factory ) starts building aeroplanes and powered ice sleighs in Suomenlinna for the Finnish Air Force.

| ref = The Great Book of Fighters and the Finnish Air Force Bf 109 Manual

On 15 April 2010 the Finnish Air Force halted training flights when damage was found from volcanic dust ingestion by the engines of one of its Boeing F-18 Hornet fighters.

However, these experiences proved of little use in the Winter war against Finland in 1939, where scores of inexperienced Soviet bomber and fighter pilots were shot down by a relatively small number of Finnish Air Force ( FAF ) pilots.

The airport is also the home of the Karelian Air Command and the 31st Squadron of the Finnish Air Force.

He then tried to join the Finnish Air Force ( which was fighting the Soviets in the Winter War ), but could not get his parents ' permission.

The Finnish Air Force ( FAF or FiAF ) (, ) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces.

As a separate branch of the military, the Finnish Air Force was founded on 4 May 1928, having existed officially since 6 March 1918 as the Army Corps of Aviation.

This aircraft, the first to arrive from Sweden, was flown via Haparanda on 25 February 1918 by Swedish pilots John-Allan Hygerth ( who on March 10 became the first commander of the Finnish Air Force ) and Per Svanbäck.

It was later given the Finnish Air Force designation F. 2 (" F " coming from the Swedish word " Flygmaskin ", meaning " aircraft ").

This aircraft is considered by some to be the first aircraft of the Finnish Air Force, since the Finnish Air Force did not officially exist during the Civil War, and it was only the Red side who flew a few aircraft with the help of some Russian pilots.

The Finnish Air Force is one of the oldest air forces of the world – the RAF was founded as the first independent branch on 1 April 1918 and the Swedish Flygvapnet in 1925.