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14-627: In September 2008, it was decided by the Ministry of the Environment that Flyvestation Værløse , a former air base - Denmark's first - situated 17 km from the City Hall square of Copenhagen and offered to the municipality to own, would be granted legally protected status from extensive real estate exploitation. This decision was appealed and The Environmental Board of Appeal (Natur- og Miljøklagenævnet) in 2009 overturned this decision. Before being given to

28-589: A grand total of 59 helicopters. International obligations didn't allow for the Danish air force to possess so many helicopters. Because of that the Naval Air Service was transformed into the Naval Air Squadron on 1 January 2004. A Danish navy helicopter foiled a pirate attack off Somali coast, 28 August 2010. Order of Battle on 31 December 2010, the day it was disbanded: Vaerlose (ICAO code: EKVL) Vaerlose

42-490: Is in the process of being replaced with a new helicopter. Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization has placed an order for the Sikorsky Seahawk MH60-R Eskadrille 724 Eskadrille 724 is a Royal Danish Air Force helicopter squadron, housed at Karup Air Base in central Jutland . It was official erected on 7 August 2003, when the Danish army's Royal Danish Army Air Corps (HFT)

56-842: Is located between Herning and Viborg in central Denmark. It is a dual civil-military airport. It was originally built by the Germans in WW2 as Fliegerhorst Grove , and taken over by the RDAF post war. Since 2004 it has been the main helicopter base for the Danish Defence . Runway data: Location: N56° 17' 50.85" E009° 07' 28.66", Elev: 170 ft (52 m), Rwy 04/22, Size: 2936 x 50 ft (895 x 15 m), Rwy 09/27, Size: 2789 x 197 ft (850 x 60 m), Rwy 09R/27L, Size: 9607 x 150 ft (2928 x 46 m), Rwy 09L/27R, Size: 9816 x 75 ft (2992 x 23 m), Rwy 14/32, Size: 2296 x 60 ft (700 x 18 m). The Westland Super Lynx

70-662: Is located northwest of Copenhagen , only about 20 km from the city centre. It was originally constructed as an army camp in 1910 and rebuild as a military airfield in the 1930s. After WW2 RDAF operations were resumed, principally with transport aircraft. It became the main base of the Naval Air Service in 1962. On 1 April 2004 the airfield was closed as a military base, due to military budget cuts, and handed over to civilian use in October 2008. Runway data: Location: N55° 46' 3" E012° 20' 36", Elev: 58 ft (18 m), Rwy 28/10, Size: 8061 x 150 ft (2457 x 46 m). Karup (ICAO: EKKA) Karup

84-459: The Danish air force. On 8 January 1951 Eskadrille 724 was established at Karup Air Base and in a matter of months equipped with 20 Gloster Meteor fighters. In June 1952 the squadron moved to Aalborg Air Base and in 1956 it was equipped with Hawker Hunter fighters. In 1958 it moved back to Karup Air Base, but already in 1959 it was moved again, this time to Skrydstrup Air base . With the Danish defence agreement on 26 April 1973, Eskadrille 724

98-630: The air force command along with the Army Air Corps ( Hærens Flyvetjeneste ), but for a political reason only the army units were transferred to the air force (as 724th Squadron ). At the same time, all the Danish helicopter units were also to move physically from Værløse Air Station and Vandel Air Station to Karup Air Station . The total number of helicopters in the air force would have been 8 Sikorsky S-61A , 13 Eurocopter AS550C2 Fennec , 16 Hughes H-500C Cayuse and 8 Westland Lynx Mk.90B as well as 14 AgustaWestland EH-101 Merlin under purchase -

112-595: The municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007 . Danish Naval Air Squadron#Bases The Danish Navy Air Squadron ( Danish : Søværnets Helikoptertjeneste ), was the aerial component of the Danish navy , from 1977 to December 31, 2010. Operationally it was directly under command of the Danish Naval Command , but maintenance of the eight Westland Lynx helicopters and training of personnel

126-409: The municipality to own, the Ministry of Defence sold some of the approximately 440 hectares of land to developers of private homes. Most of the former air base has since been made into an open air recreational area. A movie/media production company is located there. This offer (to own the former air base) was a consequence of the actions by the former mayor of Farum Municipality Peter Brixtofte , who

140-870: The south parallel to but outside the municipal border of Copenhagen Municipality but will not (for now) have a station (on another, parallel line) in Furesø municipality. It was established as a merger of the former municipalities of Farum in Frederiksborg County and Værløse in Copenhagen County on 1 January 2007 as a consequence of the Municipal Reform . The counties ( Danish plural amtskommuner , singular amtskommune , literally county municipality ) were abolished 1 January 2007 and replaced by regions , which are not municipalities. Population numbers as of 1 January 2021. Furesø's municipal council consists of 21 members, elected every four years. Below are

154-530: Was disbanded and transformed into Eskadrille 724. The name " Hærens Flyvetjeneste " was used onto August 2005. The squadron consist of 12 AS 550 Fennec . In the Danish Defence agreement 2005-09 , Eskadrille 724 is to be disbanded; the Fennec helicopter loses its anti-tank capability and will likely be used in a light transport- and observation unit. Until 12 September 2005 the squadron also operated 10 H-500 Cayuse helicopters. A previous Eskadrille 724 did exist in

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168-425: Was imprisoned in 2008. The last three stations, namely Hareskov , Værløse and the terminus Farum , of one S-train commuter train line from Copenhagen are located in the municipality. The terminus at the other end of this line is Høje Taastrup . The Greater Copenhagen Light Rail being built in the suburbs and inaugurated in 2025 runs between Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality to the north and Ishøj Municipality to

182-407: Was in cooperation with the air force . The helicopters were used primarily for fishery patrol, shipboard support and coastal Search & Rescue (SAR) missions. The tasks and hardware have now been transferred to the air force as Eskadrille 723 ( Squadron 723 ). The squadron was originally a flight in the air force eskadrille 722 (722nd Squadron) when the first Alouette III helicopter

196-436: Was received in 1962. In 1977 the flight was made into a unit of its own and became a part of the navy, under the name Søværnets Flyvetjeneste ( The Naval Air Service ). In 1980-1982 the eight Alouette helicopters were replaced with the new Westland Lynx helicopters. In 2000 it was decided that Søværnets Flyvetjeneste should be transferred to the air force as a squadron ( 728th Squadron ) and put under operational command of

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