Engineering:List of military aircraft of Finland

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The following is a list of military aircraft of Finland , both historical and currently in use by the Finnish Defence Forces.

Current inventory

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II  United States Multi-role fighter 0 64 2026 F-35A flight (cropped).jpg Block 4-version
Boeing F/A-18C Hornet  United States Multi-role fighter 55 57 1995 130924-F-DT859-006 (9949415955).jpg
Boeing F/A-18D Hornet  United States Two-seat trainer 7 8 1995 McDonnell Douglas F-18D Hornet, Finland - Air Force AN1978797.jpg
BAE Hawk Mk.66  United Kingdom Two-seat trainer 16[1] 18 2009 BAE Hawk Mk.66 (HW-373) Tour de Sky 2014-08-09 01.JPG
BAE Hawk Mk.51A  United Kingdom Two-seat trainer 7[1] 7 1993 Midnight Hawks BAe Hawk Radom.JPG
BAE Hawk Mk.51  United Kingdom Two-seat trainer 7[1] 50 1980 BAe Hawk Mk 51 Turku Airshow 2019 1.jpg
Learjet 35A/S  United States Maritime surveillance, aerial photography, air sampling, target towing, personnel transport 3 3 1982 Finnish Air Force, LJ-3, Learjet 35A (35746734785).jpg
Pilatus PC-12 NG   Switzerland Passenger and cargo aircraft 6 6 2010 Pilatus PC-12 (PI-03) (cropped).jpg
C-295M  Spain Transport aircraft 2 2 2007 CASA C-295 (8736281193).jpg
C-295 SIGINT  Spain Signals intelligence aircraft 1 1 2018 CASA C-295M Finnish Air Force.jpg
Grob G 115E  Germany Primary trainer 28 28 2016 Grob G 115E EA-3.JPG

Heavy Airlift Wing

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III  United States Heavy transport 3 3 2009 McDD C-17A Globemaster III 01 (8353417869).jpg Finland is a partner in NATO's Strategic Airlift Capability and has access to 100 flight hours from the C-17's every year (3.2%). The aircraft operate from Pápa Air Base in Hungary.

Army Aviation

Helicopters

All helicopters were transferred to the army aviation in 1997.

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
NHI NH90  European Union Medium helicopter 20 20 2008 NH-90 - RIAT 2013 (24873546870).jpg
MD 500D  United States Light helicopter 2 3 Hughes MD500 (HH-4) Turku 2019 5.jpg
MD 500E  United States Light helicopter 5 6 1982, 1998 Finnish Defence Forces MD-500.jpg
Mil Mi-8PS  Soviet Union Medium helicopter 0 2 1978 2007 Mi-8PS Hungary (24370639204).jpg
MD 500M  United States Light helicopter 0 1 1975 1982 Hughes 500M (369HM), Denmark - Army AN1371722.jpg
MD 500C  United States Light helicopter 0 2 1975 1986 Hughes 500C in Finnish service.png
Mil Mi-8T  Soviet Union Medium helicopter 0 8 1973 2010 Mi-8 kuljetushelikopteri.jpg
Bell 206A  United States Utility helicopter 0 1 1968 1979 Bell 206A N6238N.jpg
Sud-Aviation S.E.3130 Alouette II  France Light helicopter 0 2 1965 1975 Aerospatiale Alouette II Private F-GIJA, LFJY Chambley, France PP1248602145.jpg
Mil Mi-4  Soviet Union Medium helicopter 0 3 1962 1979 Mi-4 1.jpg
Mil Mi-1  Poland Light helicopter 0 4 1961 1967 Mil Mi-1M Hare 4003 (8259631014).jpg
Bell 47 D-1  United States Light helicopter 0 1 1953 1957 The first helicopter in Finland, Bell 47 D-1 OH-HIA.jpg Bought jointly with Imatran Voima, who was the sole operator after 1957.

UAVs

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
RUAG Ranger   Switzerland Tactical UAV 10 12 2001 Ranger RL-12 Lippujuhlanpäivä 2013 01.JPG
Aeronautics Orbiter-2B  Israel Lightweight UAV 250 250 2012 Aeronautics Orbiter UAV.jpg 55 systems, with a total of 250 mini air vehicles delivered
DJI Mavic Pro Platinum[2]  China Lightweight quadcopter drone 150 150 2019 DJI Mavic 2 Pro und Mavic Pro.jpg

Post-WWII aircraft, propeller-driven

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander  United Kingdom Liaison aircraft 0 1 1974 1975 Britten-Norman BN-2A-20 Islander, Agroar - Trabalhos Aereos JP5936636.jpg
Cessna 402B Businessliner  United States Liaison aircraft 0 2 1976 1984 Cessna 402 Rafael Luiz (14627684598).jpg
Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II
Piper PA-28RT-201 Arrow IV
 United States Liaison aircraft 0
0
6
4
1974
1980
2004
2004
G-BRTX.jpg
Piper PA-31 Navajo
PA-31-350 Chieftain
 United States Liaison aircraft 0
0
1
6
1974
1983
1975
2010
Piper Chieftain.jpg
Douglas C-47  United States Transport aircraft 0 9 1960 1984 Finnish Air Force DC-3 N59NA (16117325886).jpg
Fokker F-27  Netherlands Transport aircraft 0 2 1980, 1984 2013 Finnish Air Force F-27-400M.jpg One F-27 Mk 100 Friendship and one Mk 400M Troopship
Fokker F-27  Netherlands Signals intelligence aircraft 0 1 1980 2015 Finnish Air Force F-27-400M.jpg Mk 100 Friendship
Valmet L-90 TP Redigo  Finland Training and liaison aircraft 0 10 1992 2013 Redigo 01.jpg
Valmet L-70 Vinka  Finland Basic trainer 0 30 1980 2022 Valmet L-70 Miltrainer OH-VAA 1 (cropped).jpg
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver  Canada Liaison aircraft 0 3 1958 1971 DHC-2 Beaver OH-MVM in Vellamo Kotka Finland.jpg
Hunting Percival Pembroke  United Kingdom Aerial photography 0 2 1956 1968 Percival Pembroke Percival Pembroke (17122243706).jpg
Valmet Vihuri  Finland Training aircraft 0 51 1951 1959 Valmet Vihurin prototyyppi VH-1 Tampereella 6.2.1951 (35586089375).jpg
Saab 17A  Sweden Target tow 0 2 1959 1961 Saab B-17A SAAB-Flygvapenmuseum SE-BYH, QFO Duxford, United Kingdom PP1120998618.jpg
Saab 91D Safir  Sweden Target tow 0 36 1958 1982 Saab Safir 91D OH-SFJ 5.JPG
Valmet Tuuli III  Finland Training aircraft 0 1 1957 1959 Tuuli III 1957.jpg
Beechcraft D17S  United States Liaison aircraft 0 2 1940 1958 Beechcraft C17L (SA-kuva 148446).jpg

Cold War jet aircraft

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Saab 35BS Draken  Sweden Fighter aircraft 0 6 1972 1995 20100916 IMG 055535-mindrev3.jpg
Saab 35CS Draken  Sweden Two-seat trainer 0 6 1972 1995 Saab 35CS Draken (32407074573).jpg
Saab 35FS Draken  Sweden Fighter aircraft 0 12 1976, 1984 2000 Saab 35FS Draken DK-223 Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo 1.JPG
Saab 35XS Draken  Sweden Fighter aircraft 0 12 1975 2000 Saab 35S Draken (DK-203) 3.jpg
MiG-21bis  Soviet Union Fighter aircraft 0 20 1978 1998 Old Finnish Air Force MiG-21BIS fighter on the roof of Verkkokauppa.com - panoramio.jpg
MiG-21bis  Soviet Union Reconnaissance aircraft 0 6 1984 1998 MiG-21 bis MG-127.JPG
MiG-21F-13  Soviet Union Fighter aircraft 0 13 1973 1986 Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-21 (14260363110).jpg
MiG-21F-13  Soviet Union Reconnaissance aircraft 0 9 1984 1986 MiG-21F-13 MG-92 Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo 1.JPG
MiG-21U  Soviet Union Two-seat trainer 0 2 1965 1981 MiG-21U (MK-103) Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo 1.JPG
MiG-21UM  Soviet Union Two-seat trainer 0 4 1974, 1984 1998 MiG-21UM (MK-126) Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo 2.JPG
MiG-15UTI  Soviet Union Two-seat trainer 0 4 1962 1977 MiG-15 UTI MU-4 Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo 2.JPG
de Havilland Vampire Mk.52  United Kingdom Fighter aircraft 0 6 1954 1965 15 Dehavilland Vampire (15650244059).jpg
de Havilland Vampire Mk.55  United Kingdom Two-seat trainer 0 9 1955 1965 De Havilland Vampire T11 (DH-115) Point Cook Vabre.jpg
Folland Gnat Mk.1  United Kingdom Fighter aircraft 0 13 1958 1974 Folland Gnat Mk.1 (GN-101) K-SIM 03.jpg
Fouga CM.170 Magister  France Two-seat trainer 0 80 1958 1988 Fouga CM.170 Magister Turku Airshow 2019 5.jpg
Ilyushin Il-28  Soviet Union Maritime surveillance, target-tug, aerial photography 0 4 1960 1981 Ilyushin Il-28, Poland - Air Force AN1339617.jpg

World War II

Fighters

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Brewster B-239  United States Fighter aircraft 0 44 1940 1948 Brewster 239 formation.png
Bristol Bulldog IIA  United Kingdom Fighter aircraft 0 2 1940 1944 RAF Museum London – 20181101 130934 (45615239782).jpg
Bristol Bulldog IVA  United Kingdom Fighter aircraft 0 17 1935 1944 Buldog-laivue.jpg
Caudron-Renault C.R. 714  France 0 6 1940 1944 Caudron C.714.jpg
Curtiss Hawk 75A-1
Curtiss Hawk 75A-2
Curtiss Hawk 75A-3
Curtiss Hawk 75A-4
Curtiss Hawk 75A-6
 United States 0 6
9
9
7
13
1941 1948 Curtiss Hawk 75A-3 CU-562.jpg
Curtiss P-40M Warhawk  United States 0 1 1943 1945 P-40M in Finnish markings in 1944.jpg
Fiat G.50  "Freccia"  Italy Fighter aircraft 0 35 1939 1946 Fiat G50.jpg
Fokker D.XXI  Netherlands Fighter aircraft 0 97 1937 1948 Фоккер D XXI.jpg
Gloster Gamecock II  United Kingdom 0 17 1927 1944 Gloster gamecock.jpg
Gloster Gladiator I  United Kingdom Fighter aircraft 0 12 1940 1940 F19-014.jpg
Gloster Gladiator II  United Kingdom Fighter aircraft 0 30 1940 1945 Glostergladiator-joensuu.jpg
Hawker Hart  United Kingdom Fighter aircraft 0 5 1940 1940 Hawker Hart, B 4.jpg
Hawker Hurricane I
Hawker Hurricane IIA
 United Kingdom 0 12
1
1940 1944 Hawker Hurricane Mk I HC-452 Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo 03.JPG
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-8
 Germany 0 48
109
2
1943 1954 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2.jpg
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406  France Fighter aircraft 0 87 1940 1948 Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 (SA-kuva 78038).jpg
Polikarpov I-152 (I-15bis)  Soviet Union 0 5 1940 1945 Polikarpov I-15bis.jpg
Polikarpov I-153  Soviet Union 0 11 1940 1945 I-153.jpg
Polikarpov I-16  Soviet Union 0 2 1940 1943 Khalkhin Gol Soviet i 16 1939.jpg
VL Humu  Finland 0 1 1944 1945 VL Humu Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo 1.JPG
VL Myrsky  Finland 0 51 1944 1947 VL Myrsky II in flight (postwar).jpg
VL Pyörremyrsky  Finland 0 1 1945 1945 VL Pyörremyrsky (35546407236).jpg

Bombers

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Bristol Blenheim Mk.I  United Kingdom Bomber aircraft 0 75 1937 1958 JSdia059.jpg
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV  United Kingdom Bomber aircraft 0 22 1940 1958 Bristol Blenheim Mk. IV of the Finnish Air Force.jpg
Dornier Do 17 Z-1
Dornier Do 17 Z-2
Dornier Do 17 Z-3
 Germany 0 4
2
9
1942 1948 Dornier Do 17Z.jpg
Ilyushin DB-3M  Soviet Union 0 11 1940 1945 Ilyushin DB-3M.jpg
Ilyushin DB-3F  Soviet Union 0 4 1943 1945 Iljushin DB-3F (SA-kuva 148731).jpg
Junkers Ju 88 A-4  Germany 0 24 1943 1948 Junkers Ju 88A-4.jpg
Petlyakov Pe-2
Petlyakov Pe-3
 Soviet Union 0
0
7
1
1941
1943
1946
1944
Petljakov Pe-2 (SA-kuva 155463).jpg
Douglas DC-2  United States 0 1 1940 1940 Hanssin-Jukka 2.JPG The Hanssin-Jukka (fi) was used as a bomber during the Winter War

Reconnaissance

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Blackburn Ripon IIF  United Kingdom 0 26 1929 1944 Blackburn Ripon IIF (SA-kuva 149659).jpg
Fokker C.VD
Fokker C.VE
 Netherlands 0 2
17
1927 1945 Fokker C.VE (SA-kuva 130360).jpg
Fokker C.X  Netherlands Reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft 0 39 1936 1958 Fokker CX Finland.jpg
Koolhoven F.K.52  Netherlands 0 2 1940 1943 Koolhoven F.K. 52 a Walter Pegas X.jpg
VL Tuisku I and II  Finland 0 31 1935 1950 VL Tuisku (SA-kuva 132309) Cropped.jpg

Liaison

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Desoutter Mk.II  United Kingdom 0 1 1941 1944 Desoutter fortepan 132447.jpg
Fairchild 24J 60 De Luxe  United States Liaison aircraft 0 1 1939 1940 Fairchild24C8Cfront (4556430465).jpg
Fieseler Fi 156K-1 Storch  Germany Liaison aircraft 0 2 1939 1960 Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (SA-kuva 48792).jpg
Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe  Germany 0 1 1943 1944 Focke-Wulf FW-58 Weihe (D-OCRQ) (1933-1945) (51316390800).jpg
Junkers A50 Junior  Germany 0 2 1936 1940 Junkers-a50.jpg
Polikarpov U-2  Soviet Union 0 4 1942 1945 Polikarpov Po2 ‘28’ (G-BSSY) (27608907758).jpg
Westland Lysander I  United Kingdom 0 12 1940 1946 Lysander-viiksjarvi.jpg

Transport

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Douglas DC-2  United States Transport aircraft 0 3 1940 1946 Douglas DC-2 Uiver.jpg
Fokker F.VIIa  Netherlands 0 1 1941 1943 Fokker F.VII (FE-2).jpg
Fokker F.VIII  Netherlands 0 1 1940 1941 Fokker F.VIII OH-FOA at Tampere Härmälä airport (November 1940).jpg
Junkers F 13  Germany 0 3 1939 1947 Junkers F 13 (SA-kuva 92838).jpg
Junkers W 34
Junkers K 43F
 Weimar Republic 0 12 1930 1952 Junkers K 43fa (SA-kuva 99464).jpg

Amphibious

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Arado Ar 196  Germany A-2, A-3, A-5 0 12 1943 1945 Arado Ar 196A-2 taxiing 1940.jpg
Beriev MBR-2
Beriev MBR-2bis
 Soviet Union 0 2
3
1941 1942 Berijev MBR-2M-34 (SA-kuva 49275).jpg
Dornier Do 22Kl  Germany 0 4 1941 1945 Dornier Do 22K at Helsinki-Malmi airport (SA-kuva 145011).jpg
Heinkel He 59  Germany 0 4 1943 1943 Heinkel he 59.jpg
Heinkel He 115  Germany 0 3 1940 1944 Heinkel He 115 Finland Air Force.jpg
M.F. 11  Norway 0 3 1940 1944 Høver M.F.11.jpg
Shavrov Sh-2  Soviet Union 0 2 1942 1944 Sh2-f.gif
VL E.30 Kotka I and II  Finland 0 6 1931 1944 V.L. E.30 Kotka (35198310650).jpg

Trainer

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Aero A-32 GR  Czechoslovakia Reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft 0 16 1929 1944 Aero A.32 (GR Jupiter engine).jpg
Airspeed A.S.6E Envoy  United Kingdom 0 1 1942 1943 Walter Castor II a Airspeed AS.6E Envoy III (OK-BAL).jpg
Avro 652A Anson I  United Kingdom Training aircraft 0 3 1936 1947 Avro Anson I (SA-kuva 5904).jpg
Cessna C-37  United States Training aircraft 0 1 1939 1944 Cessna C-34 G-AEAI Squires Gate 08.01.50 edited-4.jpg
De Havilland D.H.60X Moth  United Kingdom Training aircraft 0 23 1929 1944 File:Katajanokan lentosatama.tif
Focke-Wulf Fw 44 J Stieglitz  Germany 0 35 1940 1960 Focke-Wulf Fw 44 (SA-kuva 132334).jpg
Gloster Gauntlet II  United Kingdom 1 24 1940 1945 OH-XGT at EFSE 20080802 05.jpg Supplied by the South African government
Hanriot H.232.2  France 0 3 1941 1945 Hanriot 232 right front L'Aerophile March 1940.jpg
Jaktfalken II  Sweden 0 3 1940 1945 Svenska-1.JPG
Letov S 218 A Smolik  Czechoslovakia 0 39 1930 1945 Letov Š-218A (SA-kuva 132301).jpg
Polikarpov I-16 UTI  Soviet Union 0 1 1941 1943 Polikarpov uti4 helsinki 2.jpg
Raab-Katzenstein RK-26 Tigerschwalbe  Weimar Republic 0 1 1940 1940 SK 10.jpg Civilian donation
VL Pyry  Finland 0 41 1939 1962 VL Pyry (SA-kuva 129794).jpg
VL Sääski I and II  Finland 0 33 1928 1943 Sääski II LK-1 in Vellamo Kotka Finland.jpg
VL Viima I and II  Finland 0 24 1936 1962 VL Viima II OH-VIF 1.JPG

Inter-war years

Model Origin Type Operational Quantity In service Retired Image Details
Adaridi  Finland 0 1 1924 1931 Adaridi AD 3.jpg
Aero A-11  Czech Republic 0 8 1927 1939 Aero A-11.jpg
Albatros C.III  German Empire 0 2 1919 1921 Albatros C.III.jpg
Avro 504K  United Kingdom 0 1 1926 1930 Avro 504K - Shuttleworth Uncovered 2015 (23172958672).jpg
Breguet 14A.2  France 0 30 1919 1927 Bréguet 14 B.2 in flight.jpg
Caudron C.59  France 0 3 1923 1931 Caudron C.59 and DH-5.jpg
Caudron C.60  France 0 64 1923 1936 Caudron C.60 F-AINX St Cyr 05.57.jpg
Caudron G.3  France 0 19 1920 1924 Gervais-Courtellemont französisches Kampfflugzeug 1914 001.jpg
Caudron G.4  France 0 1 1922 1922 Caudron G.4 (5).jpg
D.F.W. C.V  German Empire 0 2 1918 1921 German DFW C.V with crew in 1918.jpg
Fokker D.X  German Empire 0 1 1923 1926 Fokker D.X (fq).jpg
Fokker D.VII  German Empire 0 3 1919 1924 Fokker D. VII USAF.jpg
Friedrichshafen FF.33E  German Empire 0 3 1918 1923 Woelfchen 1.jpeg
Friedrichshafen FF.41A  German Empire 0 1 1918 1923 Friedrichshafen FF.41 aircraft.jpg
Friedrichshafen FF.49B
Friedrichshafen FF.49C
 German Empire 0 5 1918 1922 FF49.jpg
Georges Levy G.L.40 HB2  France 0 12 1919 1922 F-CFBA in San Sebastian, 1920.jpg
Gourdou-Leseurre GL-21 B2
Gourdou-Leseurre GL-21 B3
 France 0 20 1923 1931 Gourdou Leseurre GL.22 2006-06-15.jpg
I.V.L. A.22 Hansa  Finland 0 120 1922 1936 IVL A.22 Hansa on skis.jpg
I.V.L. C.24  Finland 0 1 1924 1924 I.V.L. C24 aircraft.jpg
I.V.L. C.VI.25  Finland 0 1 1925 1925 I.V.L. C.25 "Pikku hävittäjä" (35546406756).jpg
I.V.L. D.26 Haukka I
IVL D.26 Haukka II
 Finland 0
0
1
2
1927
1928
1927
1930
I.V.L. D.26 Haukka I HA-39 (35454946691).jpg
IVL K.1 Kurki  Finland 0 1 1927 1927 I.V.L. K.1 Kurki (35546406246).jpg
Junkers A 35  Weimar Republic 0 1 1928 1928 Yesil Bursa aircraft.jpg
Koolhoven F.K.31  Netherlands 0 12 1926 1932 Koolhoven F.K. 31.jpg
L.V.G. C.VI  German Empire 0 2 1922 1923 LVG C.VI.jpg Ex Swedish airline
Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard  United Kingdom 0 15 1923 1939 Martinsyde Buzzard 070707.JPG
Morane-Saulnier MS 50C  France 0 6 1925 1932 Morane-Saulnier MS 50C (MS-52) K-SIM 02.jpg
N.A.B. Typ 12 Albatros
N.A.B. Typ 17 Albatros Jagare
N.A.B. Typ 9 Albatros
SW 20 Albatros
 Sweden 0 1
1
2
1
1918
1918
1918
1918
1918
1919
1923
13 Apr 1918
AlbatrosBII.jpg
Nieuport 10  Russian Empire 0 3 1918 1919 Nieuport 10 colourized.jpg
Nieuport 11  Russian Empire 0 1 1918 1923 Nieuport 11 WoW.JPG
Nieuport 23  Russian Empire 0 2 1918 1920 Nieuport 23 C.1.jpg
Potez 25 A2  France 0 1 1927 1936 Potez 25 A2 Salmson.JPG
Rumpler 6B1
Rumpler 6B2
 German Empire 0
0
1
1
1918
1918
25 Oct 1919
1926
Rumpler 6B1.jpg
Rumpler C.VIII  German Empire 0 1 1918 1925 Rumpler C.VIII.jpg
S.I.A.I. (Savoia) S.9  Italy 0 2 1919 1920 Savoia S.9.jpg
Spad S.34  France 0 2 1921 1925 Bleriot SPAD S.34 L'Aéronautique January 1921.jpg
Spad S.VII  France 0 1 1919 1923 RFC SPAD VII on ground.jpg
Shchetinin M-5  Russian Empire 0 1 1918 1920 Grigorovich M-5.jpg
Shchetinin M-9  Russian Empire 0 9 1918 1922 Grigorovič M-9.jpg
Shchetinin M-15  Russian Empire 0 2 1918 1919 Grigorowicz M-15 - Muzeum Lotnictwa Kraków.jpg
Shchetinin M-16  Russian Empire 0 6 1918 1923 ГАСН.jpg
Thulin LA  Sweden 0 1 1918 1919 Thulin LA.jpg
Thulin typ D  Sweden 0 2 1918 1919 Thulin Typ D.jpg
VL Paarma  Finland 0 1 1931 1933 VL Paarma.jpg

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