RNoAF Patch Royal Norwegian Air Force 135 Air Wing C 130 FP Afghanistan

RNoAF Patch 135 Air Wing Luftving FP Force Protection Squadron Royal Norwegian Air Force Luftforsvaret Transport C 130 Hercules Gardermoen Air Station 2006 Kabul Afghanistan Embroidered on twill merrowed edge 88mm three and seven sixteenth inches diameter.

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History 

135 Luftving 2002

C 130H Hercules

Due to the increased NATO tasking the RNoAF underwent a major reorganisation including the introduction of a Wing level command structure based on 132 Norwegian Wing formed under the RAF during WWII. 135 Air Wing Luftving was activated at Gardermoen Air Station in August 2002 to control RNoAF units based at Gardermoen Air Station. The wing was assigned the RNoAF C 130H Hercules transport 335 Squadron and the Gardermoen Air Station base services including Gardermoen Base Group Operations Aircraft Maintenance Air Logistics Base Defence and the Ground Based Air Defence GBAD Battalion equipped with Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System NASAMS and NASAMS 2 batteries.

135 Luftving was assigned to the Luftkommando Sor Norge Southern Air Command. RNoAF Air Commands were reduced from four to two on 15 January 1963 with Luftkommando Nord Norge retained and Luftkommando Trøndelag Trondelag Air Command Luftkommando Østlandet Eastern Air Command and Luftkommando Vestlandet Western Air Command disbanded and a new Luftkommando Sor Norge Southern Air Command activated. Air Stations were reallocated to the two Air Commands with Luftkommando Nord Norge retained responsibilty for Andoya AS Bardufoss AS Bodo MAS and Banak AS and was assigned Rygge AS from Luftkommando Østlandet. Luftkommando Sor Norge Southern Air Command took over Orland AS and Værnes AS from Luftkommando Trøndelag Trondelag Air Command Gardermoen AS from Luftkommando Østlandet Eastern Air Command Sola AS from Luftkommando Vestlandet western Air Command on 15 January 1963.

RNoAF established Wings at all its Air Stations using number series running from 131 with 131 Air Wing at Sørreisa 132 Air Wing at Bodo Main AS 133 Air Wing at Andøya Air Station 134 Air Wing at Sola Air Station 137 Air Wing at Rygge Air Station and 139 Air Wing at Bardufoss Air Station.

RNoAF activated the Forsvarets Logistikk Organisasjon FLO Armed Forces Logistic Organisation in 2002 to deal with procurement distribution and control of supply maintenance transport warehouse terminal and workshop operation services for the Wings.

135 Luftving provides transport and logistical support for deployments around the world and has deployed assets to Afghanistan in support of ISAF NATO. 135 Wing Air Station facilities were upgraded designed to handle the complex logistics of the RNoAF and had one of the most advanced C 130 installations in Europe.

C 130J 30 Super Hercules

335 Squadron began transitioning to C 130J 30 Super Hercules with the first aircraft delivered in November 2008. The transition to C 130J 30 Super Hercules completed with the fourth and last aircraft delivered in June 2010.

C 130J 30 Super Hercules Falcon DA 20 EW

717 Skvadron equipped with Falcon DA 20 aircraft for electronic warfare and VIP transport together with the Armed Forces Centre for Electronic Warfare Forsvarets Elektroniske Krigføringssenter FEKS was assigned to 135 Air Wing at Gardermoen Air Station from the disbanding 137 Luftving at Rygge Air Station on 5 August 2014.

135 Air Wing was disbanded in August 2018 when 134 Air Wing was reactivated and assigned responsibility for both Rygge Air Station and Gardermoen Air Station.

This patch dates from 2006.