page_title: Allied Forces South Norway
section_title: Commander Air Forces South Norway
hierarchical_section_title: Allied Forces South Norway / Structure 1989 / Commander Air Forces South Norway
caption_attribution_description: English: Ground crewmen of the 363rd Tactical Fighter Wing perform a post-flight check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during Exercise Coronet Gauntlet '83 at Rygge Air Station, Norway
context_page_description: Allied Forces South Norway was a NATO command tasked with the defense of Southern Norway. SONOR's area of responsibility included all of Norway with the adjacent sea territory excluding the three northernmost counties of Norway, which were under Allied Forces North Norway.
context_section_description: Commander Air Forces South Norway (AIRSONOR), commanded by a Norwegian major general:
  Control and Reporting Centre Mågerø managed by the 130th Air Wing
  Rygge Air Station
  137th Air Wing
  332nd Fighter/Bomber Squadron with 18x F-16A/B
  336th Fighter/Bomber Squadron with 18x NF-5A
  720th Helicopter Squadron with 12x UH-1B
  Search and Rescue Detachment from the 330th Helicopter Squadron with 2x Sea King Mk43
  Ørland Air Station
  138th Air Wing
  338th Fighter/Bomber Squadron with 18x F-16A
  330th Helicopter Squadron with 2x Sea King Mk43, detachments at Rygge, Sola, Bodø and Banak
  Norwegian Adapted Hawk Air-defense Battery with 3x Hawk launchers and 3x 40mm L/70 radar-guided anti-aircraft guns
  Gardermoen Air Station
  135th Air Wing
  335th Transport Squadron, with 6x C-130H and 3x Falcon 20ECM electronic countermeasures aircraft
  Sola Air Station
  Search and Rescue Detachment from the 330th Helicopter Squadron with 2x Sea King Mk43
  Værnes Air Station
  Flight School with 16x MFI-17 Supporter
  Norwegian Adapted Hawk Air-defense Battery with 3x Hawk launchers and 3x 40mm L/70 radar-guided anti-aircraft guns
  Kjeller Air Station, main maintenance facility of the Royal Norwegian Air Force
  Flesland Air Station, a US Air Force forward operating base without assigned squadrons in peacetime
  4x MIM-14 Nike Hercules batteries at Rygge Air Station, Gardermoen Air Station and in Hamnås and Oslo with 32x launchers each to defend Oslo
caption: A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 363rd Tactical Fighter Wing at Rygge Air Station during Exercise Coronet Gauntlet '83.
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