After successful test flights, the FAF ordered 30 production aircraft, called Valmet Vihuri II, on 27 February 1951.

In the autumn of 1954, the Air Force ordered a further 20 aircraft of the developed version Valmet Vihuri III.

After inspection, it became apparent that the type and its design were sound; most of the accidents were due to pilots' often grave violations of flight regulations, and the fact that all airframes were well worn by the end of the 1950s.

The canopies of the scrapped aircraft remain today as the roof windows of the Kuusakoski metal-recycling plant in Espoo.

[1] It gathered 802 flying hours, after which the aircraft served as an educational machine at the Air Force Academy in Kauhava.