with TOW anti-tank missiles 8x T-17 Supporter, liaison and observation Royal Danish Air Force The Royal Danish Air Force Command was headquartered at Karup Air Base and tasked to train, maintain and prepare the army for war. However operational control in peacetime rested with the Tactical Air Command. In wartime the air force's commander would have become the commander of Allied Air Forces Baltic Approaches (AIRBALTAP). AIRBALTAP commanded all flying units, flying reinforcements, all ground-based radar systems and stations, all air defence units and airfields in its sector. In war the entire Royal Danish Air Force would have come under AIRBALTAP. In 1989 the Royal Danish Air Force consisted of the following units: Royal Danish Air Force, in Karup, commanded by a Danish lieutenant general Flyveskolen (Basic Flying School), Avnø Air Base, T-17 Supporter Air Force Materiel Command, Karup Air Force Depot Service Air Force Maintenance Service Air Force Ammunition Arsenal Tactical Air Command, Karup Aalborg Air Base Eskadrille 723, F-16A Eskadrille 726, F-16A Karup Air Base Eskadrille 725, F-35 Draken, TF-35 Draken Eskadrille 729, Reconnaissance, RF-35 Draken, TF-35 Draken Tirstrup Air Base Co-located Operating Base to be reinforced by U.S. Air Force / Royal Air Force squadrons Vandel Air Base Co-located Operating Base to be reinforced by U.S. Air Force / Royal Air Force squadrons Skrydstrup Air Base Eskadrille 727, F-16A Eskadrille 730, F-16A Værløse Air Base Eskadrille 721, Transport, C-130H Hercules, Gulfstream III Eskadrille 722, Search and rescue, S-61A helicopters Air Defence Command East, Skalstrup Air Station Eskadrille 541, Stevns Fort, with 1x I-Hawk battery (6x launchers) Eskadrille 542, Kongelund Fort near Aflangshagen Air Station, with 1x I-Hawk battery (6x launchers) Eskadrille 543, Sigerslev Air Station, with 1x I-Hawk battery (6x launchers) Eskadrille 544, Tune near Skalstrup Air Station, with 1x I-Hawk battery (6x launchers) Air Defence Command West, Karup Eskadrille 531, Odense, with 1x I-Hawk battery (6x launchers) Eskadrille 532, Odense, with 1x I-Hawk battery (6x launchers) Eskadrille 533, Skrydstrup Air Base, with 1x I-Hawk battery (6x launchers) Eskadrille 534, Karup Air Base, with 1x I-Hawk battery (6x launchers) Royal Danish Air Force Inventory 1989 The inventory of the RDAF in 1989 consisted of the following aircraft: 70x F-16A/B Falcon, fighter (last 12x delivered in 1989) 16x F-35 Draken, fighter 18x RF-35 Draken, reconnaissance 9x TF-35 Draken, training 3x C-130H Hercules, transport 3x Gulfstream III, VIP 8x S-61A Search and Rescue helicopters 20x T-17 Supporter, training and