{"id":2766,"date":"2015-08-25T09:45:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T09:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=2766"},"modified":"2015-08-25T09:45:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T09:45:29","slug":"the-finnish-air-force-during-the-cold-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/the-finnish-air-force-during-the-cold-war\/","title":{"rendered":"The Finnish Air Force during the Cold War"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Air Force with an interesting history during the Cold War is the Finnish Air Force. Finland hat a lot of restrictions after the Nazi years – to still have a working air force it purchased dual use two seater jets as trainers – as the numbers of fighters was limited.
\nFinland also tried to balance its purchases between east, west and domestic producers. This led to a diverse inventory of Soviet (MiG-15, MiG-21), British, Swedish, French and Finnish aircraft. After unofficial talks with their Sweden, the Swedes began storing surplus Saab 35 Drakens, to be transferred to Finland in the event of a war with the Soviet Union.
\nThe Soviet-built MiG-21bis was operated as long as 1998 – when the F-18 Hornet fleet was ready.<\/p>\n