  the royal norwegian air force (rnoaf) () is the air force of norway. it was established as a separate arm of the norwegian armed forces on 10 november 1944. the rnoaf's peace force is approximately 1,430 employees (officers, enlisted staff and civilians). 600 personnel also serve their draft period in the rnoaf. after mobilization the rnoaf would consist of approximately 5,500 personnel. the infrastructure of the rnoaf includes seven airbases (at andÃ¸ya, bardufoss, bodÃ¸, gardermoen, rygge, sola and Ãrland), two control and reporting centres (at sÃ¸rreisa and mÃ¥gerÃ¸) and three training centres (at kjevik in kristiansand and persaunet in trondheim) and at knm hh/madlaleiren (stavanger). ==history== ===conception=== military flights started on 1 june 1912. the first plane, hnoms start, was bought with money donated by the public and piloted by hans dons, second in command of the submarine hnoms kobben (a-1).official norwegian defence
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