Danish Air Force

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History

The Danish armed forces received 38 Supermarine Spitfire H. F. Mk. IXE [link] and 3 P.R.Mk. XI in 1947-48 [link] which were operated by units of The Danish Army Air Corps and The Danish Navy Flying Service. Four additional airframes were acquired for ground instruction.

The two services were merged in 1950 to form the Royal Danish Air Force (Flyvevaabnet) [link] and the Spitfires continued in service until 1956 when the last serviceable examples were retired and all but two scrapped.

One survived for a number of years in a children's playground and the one surviving instructional airframe was later restored to depict the number '401' Spitfire Mk. IX. This airplane is now preserved at Dansk Veteranflysamling at Stauning Airport in Jutland. [link]

Equipment

The Danish Air Force currently operates a number of F-16 fighter planes, C-130 Hercules transport planes and various patrol planes and helicopters.

Ranks

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Løjtnant

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