Sola Air Station (IATA: SVG, ICAO: ENZV) (Norwegian: Sola flystasjon) in Sola municipality in Norway is operated by the Royal Norwegian Air Force. Air Wing 134 is stationed at Sola along with helicopter Squadron 330.
Also located at Sola is Stavanger Airport, Sola and an aviation museum. Near Sola, at Jåttå in Stavanger is NATOs Joint Warfare Center.
330 Squadron operates Westland Sea King search and rescue helicopters. The 12 helicopters are als...
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Sola Air Station (IATA: SVG, ICAO: ENZV) (Norwegian: Sola flystasjon) in Sola municipality in Norway is operated by the Royal Norwegian Air Force. Air Wing 134 is stationed at Sola along with helicopter Squadron 330.
Also located at Sola is Stavanger Airport, Sola and an aviation museum. Near Sola, at Jåttå in Stavanger is NATOs Joint Warfare Center.
330 Squadron operates Westland Sea King search and rescue helicopters. The 12 helicopters are also dispatched at Rygge Air Station, Ørland Main Air Station, Bodø Main Air Station and Banak Air Station. All five air stations have one helicopter on stand by at any given time.
Sola Air Station was founded at May 29, 1937 by King Haakon VII, and an air show with 42 planes marked the occasion. In 1939, it was decided to station military aircraft on the airfield (because of the tense situation unfolding in Europe at the time). August 5, 1939, the first Caproni Ca.310 bomber landed here.
On April 9, 1940, in reaction to the German invasion of...
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