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339 Squadron / 339 Skvadron

Bardufoss Air Station in Tromsø operates 339 Squadron helicopter of type Bell 412SP. The main task is to provide tactical transport support to the Army. This includes air mobile operations, insertion and extraction of oppklaringsenheter and medical evacuation. To support Defence operations along the border with Russia, 339 Squadron has a helicopter based in Kirkenes. A machine is also dedicated to emergency ambulance and is on-the-clock emergency response at the main base at Bardufoss.

Support for HSTYs (Army) operations is the primary mission of the 339 squadron. As HSTY has conducted a profound restructuring developed new concepts, and in these days takes place in the inner loop tries Troms for "light" work forces with tactical helicopter mobility. There are great expectations for this new concept, and the squadron is excited about how the tactical helicopter operations are anchored in the future concept.

International operations are a part of everyday life for 339 Squadron and the department has repeatedly served in the UN and NATO missions. Between 1993 and 1996 flying personnel and helicopters from 339 Squadron of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in civil war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina. "Norair" was composed of 720 Squadron and 330 Squadron and stationed in Tuzla in the north of the country. In 1978 and 1979, the squadron of the UNIFIL forces in Lebanon, and Bosnia in the former Yugoslavia was an operational area in the period 1993 to 1996. Twice, the personnel from 339 Squadron have been in Kosovo, in 2001 and from 2004 to 2005.

339 Squadron [ Jagerskvadron Jager Squadron ] was established in 1956 at Gardermoen Air Station scheduled with fighters of the type F-86k Sabre. In September 1963, the department closed down as a fighter squadron, but in January the following year re-emerged Squadron at Bardufoss Air Station with the helicopter of type Bell UH-1B. Transportation support to the army's main task was Bell UH-1B operated by the squadron until the phasing in of Bell 412SP during the period 1987 to 1988.