Swedish Air Force
The Swedish Air Force, Flygvapnet, founded on 1 July 1926, spent most of its first century as the armed guarantee of Swedish neutrality — by 1957 one of the strongest air forces in the world, flying home-built Saab jets from rock hangars and road bases while secretly preparing links to the West — and marks its centenary as a NATO member with the first Gripen E in service, GlobalEye on order and the choice of its next fighter still open.
The Swedish Air Force story: armed neutrality, home-built jets and a centenary inside NATO
1926: two air arms become Flygvapnet — and a centenary in 2026
Flygvapnet was created on 1 July 1926, when the aircraft units of the Swedish Army and Navy were merged into a third, independent service. It began small, and the international tension of the 1930s forced a reorganisation that expanded it from four to seven wings. The Air Force marked its hundredth birthday on 1 July 2026: the Swedish Air Force Museum at Malmen, Linköping, opened its centenary exhibition EFFEKT that day, telling the century through its engines, and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration used the anniversary to set out how the next generation of air power is being shaped. The anniversary falls in the first years of Swedish NATO membership, which makes it a natural moment to ask what a century of armed non-alignment built, and what it cost.
1939–1945: volunteers in Finland and a scramble for fighters
The Second World War found the Air Force short of modern aircraft. Gladiators were the front-line fighters; 120 Seversky EP-106s were ordered from the United States in 1939–1940, but only 60 arrived before Washington embargoed the rest in October 1940. Sweden turned to Italy for 72 Fiat CR.42s and 60 Reggiane Re.2000s, and built its own stopgap, the FFVS J 22. Meanwhile the volunteer wing F 19 fought for Finland in the Winter War from January 1940 under Finnish markings, with twelve Gladiators and four Hawker Harts. By 1945 the Air Force had more than 800 combat-ready aircraft — but fuel was scarce, and about 250 aircrew were killed in crashes between 1939 and 1945.
1945–1960s: armed neutrality and the Saab jets
After the war Sweden chose armed neutrality and a domestic aircraft industry to back it. Vampires arrived from 1946, Saab’s J 21R became the first Swedish jet in 1947, and the swept-wing J 29 Tunnan followed in 1951, backed by Venom night fighters and Hunters. By 1957, in a widely quoted estimate, Sweden had the world’s fourth most powerful air force, with about 1,000 modern aircraft in front-line service. The price was paid in lives: more than 600 fighter pilots were killed in peacetime crashes between 1945 and 1991, about 21 a year in the 1950s. The Cold War also came close in June 1952, when Soviet MiG-15s shot down a Swedish signals-intelligence DC-3 with eight men aboard and, three days later, a Catalina searching for it.
The Cold War system: road bases, rock hangars and a secret Western link
Swedish doctrine assumed the main airfields would be hit on the first day. Under Bas 60 and later Bas 90, squadrons of eight to twelve aircraft dispersed to wartime bases and road strips of 1,500 to 2,000 metres — later short strips of 800 metres — serviced by conscript ground crews; the Viggen was designed for exactly that. Some aircraft went underground: the rock hangar at Säve, beside the F 9 wing at Gothenburg, was completed in 1955, 22,000 square metres of floor about 30 metres down. The Tunnan went to war in the Congo for the United Nations from 1961. And behind the neutral facade, a government commission revealed in 1994 that Sweden had prepared secret links to Danish, Norwegian and US Air Force networks and lengthened runways for heavy Western aircraft between 1949 and 1969, known only to a very small circle.
1990s–2013: the Gripen, deep cuts and Libya
The Viggen gave way to the JAS 39 Gripen, a light multirole fighter. Its start was painful: the first prototype crashed on landing on 2 February 1989, and a production aircraft crashed in front of crowds at the Stockholm Water Festival on 8 August 1993; both pilots lived. Sweden ordered 204 in three batches, yet the end of the Cold War shrank the force from more than 400 fighters in 1994 to fewer than 150 by 2005, and wings such as F 16 at Uppsala were closed. The Gripen proved itself over Libya in 2011, when Sweden was the only participant in the no-fly zone outside NATO and the Arab League. Two years later came the embarrassment: in 2013 the Air Force could not answer a simulated Russian bomber attack on Stockholm, and NATO’s Baltic patrol was scrambled instead.
2022–2026: NATO, the Gripen E and the next fighter
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine ended Swedish military non-alignment. Sweden applied to join NATO with Finland on 18 May 2022 and became a member on 7 March 2024. Within a year six Gripens were flying enhanced air policing from Poland, and in February–March 2026 F 7 flew the first Swedish rotation over Iceland. The first Gripen E reached F 7 on 20 October 2025; GlobalEye airborne early warning jets follow from 2027. Sweden gave its two ASC 890s to Ukraine in 2024 and has since agreed to supply Gripens as well. The defence budget reached 175 billion kronor in 2026, and on 9 September 2026 FMV signed about 3.3 billion kronor of contracts for demonstrators to inform a decision on what follows the Gripen after 2040. The minister who oversaw it, Pål Jonson, leads a caretaker ministry while a new government is formed.
The Swedish Air Force in numbers
Услуга
- Название на родном языке
- FlygvapnetSwedish is the only official national language, and the service is Flygvapnet in every official use, as in the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration’s centenary article “Flygvapnet 100 år”. It is one of the branches of Försvarsmakten, the Swedish Armed Forces
- Основан
- 1 July 1926Created by merging the aircraft units of the Army and the Navy. The Swedish Air Force Museum opened its centenary exhibition EFFEKT on 1 July 2026, the hundredth anniversary
- Часть
- Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten)The Chief of Defence is Gen. Michael Claesson. Helicopters are part of the Air Force through the Helicopter Wing (Helikopterflottiljen)
- Chief of the Air Force
- Maj. Gen. Jonas WikmanFlygvapenchef since 14 December 2022, succeeding Maj. Gen. Carl-Johan Edström. A former Draken pilot and commander of F 10
- Minister for Defence
- Pål JonsonIn a caretaker government since 17 September 2026: after the September 2026 general election the Speaker dismissed the Prime Minister and the ministers at the Prime Minister’s request, and they remain in office until a new government is formed. Government formation was still under way at the end of September 2026
- Next fighter
- Not yet chosenOn 9 September 2026 FMV signed about 2.9 billion kronor with Saab and about 390 million kronor with GKN Aerospace, to 2028, for studies and demonstrators, including two autonomous flying demonstrators, to inform decisions on combat air capability after 2040
- Alliance
- NATO member since 7 March 2024Partnership for Peace from 9 May 1994; applied with Finland on 18 May 2022; Hungary’s ratification was the last to be deposited. A 1994 government commission revealed that Sweden had secretly prepared to receive Western military help between 1949 and 1969
Сила
- Персонал
- About 2,700Air Force figure given in the English Wikipedia infobox; the ministry does not publish a separate Air Force headcount in the pages checked. The armed forces as a whole have 29,600 active personnel
- Боевой самолет
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- JAS 39C/D Gripen — about 94 (71 C and 23 D)
- JAS 39E Gripen — 2 delivered, 58 more on order
C/D figure from the inventory table in the English Wikipedia article; 24 older A/B airframes are listed as stored. Sixteen C/Ds were announced in May 2026 as a donation to Ukraine; how many have left is not published
- Тренеры
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- Sk 40 (Grob G 120TP) — 13
- JAS 39D Gripen two-seaters for advanced and operational training
The Sk 60 (Saab 105) jet trainer was retired on 18 June 2024 after 57 years
- Транспорт и специальные миссии
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- Tp 84 (C-130H Hercules) — 5, plus 1 KC-130H tanker
- S 102B Korpen (Gulfstream IV SIGINT) — 2
- C-17 Globemaster III — flight-hour share of three aircraft in the multinational Strategic Airlift Capability, Pápa, Hungary
Both ASC 890 airborne early warning aircraft were pledged to Ukraine in May 2024; three GlobalEye (S 106) are on order
- Вертолеты
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- Hkp 14E/F (NH90 TTH) — 18, to be withdrawn from 2027 (14E) and 2030 (14F)
- Hkp 16 (UH-60M Black Hawk) — 15, with 12 more ordered
- Hkp 15A/B (AW109 LUH) — 20
- оборонный бюджет
- 175 billion kronor (2026)Whole armed forces, about 2.8 per cent of GDP, up from 143 billion kronor (2.4 per cent) in 2025
Инфраструктура
- Летающие крылья
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- F 7 Skaraborg Wing — Såtenäs, Gripen C/D and the first Gripen E
- F 17 Blekinge Wing — Ronneby, Gripen C/D
- F 21 Norrbotten Wing — Luleå, Gripen C/D
- F 16 Uppland Wing — Ärna, Uppsala, re-established 14 October 2021, no fighter squadrons
- Helicopter Wing
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- 1st Squadron — Luleå, NH90
- 2nd Squadron — Malmen, AW109 and UH-60M
- 3rd Squadron — Ronneby, NH90 and AW109
- 4th Squadron — Malmen, AW109 and UH-60M
- Dispersed road bases
- Bas 60 and Bas 90Cold War dispersal onto wartime bases and road strips of 1,500–2,000 m (Bas 60) and short strips of 800 m (Bas 90); about 20 bases had been upgraded to Bas 90 standard when the programme was halted in the mid-1990s
- Rock hangars
- Säve (former F 9), now the Aeroseum museumCompleted in 1955 about 30 metres underground with 22,000 square metres of floor space
- Museum
- Flygvapenmuseum, Malmen, LinköpingMore than 300 aircraft and helicopters in the collection, about 50 on display, including the DC-3 shot down in 1952
How the Swedish Air Force is organised
One chief, four wings and a helicopter wing. Three wings fly the Gripen — F 7 at Såtenäs, F 17 at Ronneby and F 21 at Luleå — while F 16 at Uppsala, re-established in 2021, has no fighter squadrons and watches Swedish airspace instead. Helicopters belong to the Air Force through the Helicopter Wing.
Chief of the Air Force
Maj. Gen. Jonas Wikman, in post since 14 December 2022. The Air Force is one of the branches of Försvarsmakten, the Swedish Armed Forces, under the Chief of Defence, Gen. Michael Claesson.
Skaraborg Wing (F 7)
Gripen C/D and the first Gripen E, and the Gripencentrum that trains every Swedish and foreign Gripen pilot. F 7 also flies the Hercules, runs transport and special flying from Malmen and Arlanda, and manages Sweden’s share of the C-17s at Pápa.
Blekinge Wing (F 17)
Two combat-ready Gripen squadrons at Kallinge, the exercise base at Hagshult and the Gotland detachment at Visby.
Norrbotten Wing (F 21)
Sweden’s northernmost wing: Gripen C/D squadrons at Luleå, side bases at Jokkmokk and Vidsel, and one of the largest air exercise areas in the world.
Uppland Wing (F 16)
Re-established on 14 October 2021 with no fighter squadrons: command and control of the Air Force’s fighters and round-the-clock surveillance of Swedish airspace, with an air base battalion and a garrison battalion.
Helicopter Wing
The Armed Forces’ only helicopter unit, formed on 1 January 1998: rescue, transport and reconnaissance with the Hkp 14 (NH90), Hkp 15 (AW109) and Hkp 16 (UH-60M) from Linköping, Luleå and Ronneby.
What the Swedish Air Force flies today
Все виды, находящиеся под прицелом, имеют ссылку на соответствующую страницу в Книге Зверей, если таковая имеется. В статистике учитываются самолеты, находящиеся в резерве, а не самолеты, доступные в конкретный день.
| Тип | Роль | В эксплуатации | С | Единицы | Примечания | |
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| Saab JAS 39C/D GripenВ эксплуатации | Многоцелевой истребитель | 94 | 1997 | — | About 94: 71 single-seat C and 23 two-seat D in the English Wikipedia inventory table, which the Swedish Armed Forces article rounds to 94 Gripens.
Более204 A/B/C/D were ordered in three batches; 24 A/Bs are listed as stored. Sixteen C/Ds were announced as a donation to Ukraine in May 2026 and will reduce the total. |
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| Saab JAS 39E GripenВ эксплуатации | Многоцелевой истребитель | 2 | 2025 | — | Two delivered by 2026 per the English Wikipedia inventory; 60 were ordered, so 58 are still to come (see on order). | |
| Lockheed C-130H Hercules (Tp 84)В эксплуатации | Tactical transport and tanker | 6 | — | Five C-130H plus one KC-130H tanker. | ||
| Gulfstream IV-SP (S 102B Korpen)В эксплуатации | Signals intelligence | 2 | — | Two. | ||
| NHIndustries NH90 TTH (Hkp 14E/14F)В эксплуатации | Transport, search and rescue and anti-submarine helicopter | 18 | — | 18 ordered in 2001: nine land (14E) and nine naval (14F, with sonar). | ||
| Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk (Hkp 16)В эксплуатации | Utility and medevac helicopter | 15 | 2012 | — | 15 in service, bought through US Foreign Military Sales; 12 more ordered (see on order). | |
| Leonardo AW109 LUH (Hkp 15A/15B)В эксплуатации | Легкий многоцелевой вертолет | 20 | — | 20 in the English Wikipedia inventory; the service entry date is not given in the sources checked. | ||
| Grob G 120TP (Sk 40)В эксплуатации | Базовый инструктор | 13 | 2023 | — | Ten ordered in 2021 and three more announced in October 2024. |
По заказу
| Тип | Заказано | Первая поставка | Примечания | |
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| Saab JAS 39E GripenПо заказу | 58 | 2025 | The balance of the 60 approved on 17 January 2013 for delivery from 2018 to 2027; the first was handed over on 20 October 2025.
БолееThe English Wikipedia article reports a plan for 12 more in 2026, for a future fleet of 60 C/D and 72 E; no contract for them was found. |
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| Saab GlobalEye (S 106)По заказу | 3 | 2027 | Two ordered on 30 June 2022 for 7.3 billion kronor and a third in June 2024 to replace the ASC 890s given to Ukraine; deliveries from 2027.
БолееThe Netherlands announced its intention to buy GlobalEye on 10 September 2026. |
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| Embraer C-390 MillenniumПо заказу | 4 | Selected in November 2024 in a trilateral procurement with Austria and the Netherlands, with options for seven more across the three; ordered in October 2025 according to Wikipedia.
БолееDelivery dates not published in the sources checked. Replaces the Tp 84 Hercules. |
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| Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk (Hkp 16)По заказу | 12 | Twelve more to add to the 15 bought in 2011, partly to replace the NH90. Sources disagree on the date of the order: June 2024 (UH-60 article) or July 2025 (Swedish Air Force article). |
Every type the Swedish Air Force has retired
25 types, from the Hawker Hart (B 4) to the Saab 105 (Sk 60). Максимальные показатели — это количество самолетов, принятых на вооружение за весь срок службы, а не численность парка на какую-либо конкретную дату.
| Тип | Роль | Пик | Подано | Заменено на | Примечания | |
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| Saab 105 (Sk 60) | Jet trainer and light attack | 150 | 1967–2024 | Sk 40 and Gripen D | 150 ordered; 115 were later re-engined with Williams FJ44s as the Sk 60W from September 1996. | |
| Saab 340 AEW (S 100B/S 100D Argus, ASC 890) | Система раннего предупреждения с воздуха | 6 | 1997–2024 | GlobalEye (S 106) | Six S 100B; two upgraded to S 100D (ASC 890). | |
| Aérospatiale AS332 Super Puma (Hkp 10) | Поисково-спасательный вертолет | 12 | — | NH90 and UH-60M | 12 procured in 1988. | |
| Boeing Vertol 107 and Kawasaki KV-107 (Hkp 4) | Anti-submarine, transport and rescue helicopter | 18 | 1963–2011 | UH-60M and NH90 | Ten Hkp 4A in 1963 and eight Kawasaki-built Hkp 4B in 1973. | |
| Saab 37 Viggen (AJ, SF, SH, SK and JA 37) | Attack, reconnaissance and interceptor | 329 | 1971–2005 | JAS 39 Gripen | 329 built: 108 AJ 37, 17 SK 37, 28 SF 37, 27 SH 37 and about 150 JA 37. | |
| Scottish Aviation Bulldog (Sk 61) | Базовый инструктор | 58 | 1971–2001 | — | 58 delivered in 1971; 20 army Fpl 61Cs joined in 1989. | |
| Saab 35 Draken | Перехватчик | — | 1960–1999 | — | 651 built between 1955 and 1974, including 51 for Denmark and new-build aircraft for Finland; Austria bought 24 refurbished ex-Swedish J 35Ds.
БолееThe Swedish share is therefore lower than 651; an exact figure is not given in the sources checked. |
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| Saab 32 Lansen | Attack, all-weather fighter and reconnaissance | 450 | 1955–1997 | AJ 37 Viggen | 450 in the type total; the variant figures (287 A 32A, 120 J 32B, 45 S 32C) add up to 452, so one of them probably includes pre-series aircraft. | |
| Saab 29 Tunnan | Fighter, attack and reconnaissance | 661 | 1951–1976 | — | 661 built between 1950 and 1956; 30 J 29Fs were later sold to Austria. | |
| Hawker Hunter Mk 50 (J 34) | Дневной боец | 120 | 1955–1969 | — | 120 Mk 50s, equivalent to the F.4, contracted on 29 June 1954. | |
| de Havilland Vampire (J 28A, J 28B, J 28C) | Учебно-тренировочный истребитель и реактивный самолет | — | 1946–1968 | J 29 Tunnan, J 34 Hunter and Sk 60 (trainers) | 70 J 28A (F.1), 310 J 28B (FB.50) and 57 J 28C two-seat trainers; twelve of the trainers were converted from J 28Bs, so the combined total is not a simple sum. | |
| de Havilland Venom NF.51 (J 33) | Ночной истребитель | 62 | 1953–1960 | — | 62, with Swedish licence-built engines. | |
| Saab 18 (B 18, T 18) | Bomber and attack | 245 | 1944–1959 | — | 245 built: 62 B 18A, 119 B 18B and 52 T 18B (the total also includes prototypes). | |
| Saab 21 and 21R (J 21, J 21R) | Fighter and attack | 298 | 1945–1954 | — | 298 piston-engined J 21As; the number of jet J 21Rs is not given in the sources checked. | |
| Saab 17 (B 17, S 17) | Dive bomber and reconnaissance | 323 | 1942–1954 | — | 132 B 17A, 55 B 17B, 77 B 17C, 21 S 17BL and 38 S 17BS floatplanes. | |
| FFVS J 22 | Боец | 198 | 1943–1952 | — | 198 built 1942–1946. | |
| Seversky EP-106 (J 9) | Боец | 60 | 1940–1952 | — | 120 ordered in 1939–1940; 60 delivered in 1940 and the rest requisitioned by the US Army Air Corps as P-35As. | |
| Reggiane Re.2000 Falco I (J 20) | Боец | 60 | 1941–1945 | — | 60 delivered 1941–1943. | |
| Fiat CR.42 Falco (J 11) | Боец | 72 | 1940–1945 | J 22 | 72 delivered between February 1940 and September 1941. | |
| North American P-51D Mustang (J 26) | Боец | — | — | — | UNVERIFIED total. Forty-four ex-Swedish F-51Ds were sold to the Dominican Republic in 1948. | |
| Gloster Gladiator (J 8, J 8A) | Боец | — | 1937– | J 9 (Seversky EP-106) | UNVERIFIED total. J 8s (Mk I) were delivered in 1937–1938 and J 8As (Mk II) in 1938–1939. | |
| Hawker Hart (B 4) | Light bomber and dive bomber | 46 | 1934– | — | Four pattern aircraft delivered in 1934 and 42 built under licence by Götaverken, Gothenburg. | |
| North American Harvard and T-6 (Sk 16) | Тренер | 257 | — | — | 145 Harvard IIb (Sk 16A), 106 T-6A/B and SNJ-3/4 (Sk 16B) and six SNJ-2 (Sk 16C). | |
| Saab 91 Safir (Tp 91, Sk 50) | Trainer and liaison | 110 | 1951– | Sk 61 Bulldog | 20 91A, 76 91B and 14 91C. | |
| Junkers Ju 52 (Tp 5) | Транспорт | — | — | — | UNVERIFIED number and dates. |
Where the Swedish Air Force flies from, and the wings it closed
Black pins are active bases, hollow pins the wings that have closed. Seventeen entries but only three fighter wings: the other Cold War wings closed between 1969 and 2005, and the rock hangar at Säve is now a museum. Записи, для которых не опубликованы данные об аэродроме, не содержат значка.
| База | ИКАО | Статус | Взлетная полоса | Подразделения и самолеты |
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| HagshultJönköping County | ESMV | Активный | 04/222,020 m | — |
| Linköping-MalmenÖstergötland County | ESCF | Активный | 01/192,214 m08/261,870 m |
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| Luleå-KallaxF 21Norrbotten County | ESPA | Активный | 14/323350 м |
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| RonnebyF 17Blekinge County | ESDF | Активный | 01/192,331 m |
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| SåtenäsF 7Västra Götaland County | ESIB | Активный | 01/192,264 m11/291,933 m |
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| Stockholm Arlandastate flightStockholm County | ESSA | Активный | 01L/19R3,301 m01R/19L2500 м08/262500 м |
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| UppsalaF 16Uppsala County | ESCM | Активный | 08/261,963 m03/211,906 m |
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| VisbyF 17 GotlandGotland County | ESSV | Активный | 03/212000 м10/281100 мтрава |
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| FrösönF 4Jämtland County | ESNZ | Закрыто в 2005 году. | 12/302500 м |
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| ÄngelholmF 10Skåne County | ESTA | Closed 2002 | 14/321,945 m |
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| SöderhamnF 15Gävleborg County | Закрыто в 1998 году. | — |
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| Bråvalla, NorrköpingF 13Östergötland County | Закрыто в 1994 году. | — |
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| KarlsborgF 6Västra Götaland County | ESIA | Закрыто в 1994 году. | 06/242,289 m |
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| Västerås-HässlöF 1Västmanland County | ESOW | Closed 1983 | 01/192,581 m |
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| BarkarbyF 8Stockholm County | Closed 1974 | — |
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| TullingeF 18Stockholm County | Closed 1974 | — |
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| SäveF 9Västra Götaland County | ESGP | Закрыто в 1969 году. | 01/191,085 m |
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Who is stationed where in the Swedish Air Force
Авиационные подразделения по базам, начиная с действующих подразделений. The official pages do not number the Gripen squadrons, so they are listed by wing; where a squadron number comes only from Wikipedia, the entry says so.
- F 21 fighter squadrons (stridsflygdivisioner)Fighter squadrons · active
- JAS 39C/D Gripen
- 1st Helicopter Squadron (Helikopterflottiljen)Helicopter squadron · active
- Hkp 14 (NH90)
- F 17 fighter squadrons (two stridsflygdivisioner, including the 171st)Fighter squadrons · active
- JAS 39 Gripen
- 3rd Helicopter Squadron (Helikopterflottiljen)Helicopter squadron · active
- Hkp 14 (NH90), Hkp 15 (A109)
- F 17 attack and reconnaissance squadrons1944–2002
- B 3 (Junkers Ju 86), T 18 B, A 32 Lansen, J 35F Draken, S 37 and JA 37 Viggen
- GripencentrumGripen conversion and training unit · active
- JAS 39 Gripen
- F 7 Gripen squadronsFighter squadrons · active
- JAS 39 Gripen
- F 7 air transport squadron (73rd Transport Squadron)Tactical airlift · active
- TP 84 Hercules
- F 7 transport and special flying (S 100D, TP 100, TP 102, S 102B)Airborne surveillance, signals intelligence and personnel transport · active
- S 100D (Saab 340 AEW), TP 100 (Saab 340), TP 102 (Gulfstream IV and G550), S 102B (Gulfstream IV SIGINT)
- F 7 bomber and attack squadrons1940–1993
- B 16A (Caproni), B 17A, A 32A Lansen, AJ 37 Viggen
- Helikopterflottiljen (Helicopter Wing) headquartersHelicopter wing · active
- Hkp 14 (NH90), Hkp 15 (A109), Hkp 16 (UH-60M Black Hawk)
- 2nd Helicopter SquadronHelicopter squadron · active
- Hkp 15 (A109), Hkp 16 (UH-60M Black Hawk)
- Transport and special flying (F 7 detachment)Personnel transport and airborne surveillance · active
- TP 100 (Saab 340), S 100D (Saab 340 AEW), S 102B (Gulfstream IV SIGINT)
- Flight School (Flygskolan), Air Combat School (LSS)Basic military flying training · active
- Sk 40 (Grob G 120TP)
- Flight School (Flygskolan), Sk 60 era2003–2024
- Sk 60 (Saab 105)
- Östgöta Wing (F 3)1926–1974
- S 1 to S 22 reconnaissance types, J 28A Vampire, J 29A Tunnan, J 35D and J 35F Draken
- 161st Command and Air Surveillance BattalionAir command and control battalion · active
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- 162nd Air Base BattalionAir base battalion · active
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- 163rd Garrison BattalionGarrison battalion · active
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- F 17 GotlandForward detachment (maintenance, rescue and base services) · active
- JAS 39 Gripen (visiting)
- State flight squadron (TP 102)VIP and government transport · active
- TP 102 (Gulfstream IV and G550)
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Swedish Air Force milestones, 1914 to today
1 July: the aircraft units of the Army and the Navy are merged into Flygvapnet, an independent third service.
The first four Hawker Harts arrive; 42 more are built under licence by Götaverken as the B 4.
10 January: the volunteer wing F 19 reaches Finnish Lapland with Gladiators and Harts. In October the United States embargoes the rest of Sweden’s fighter orders.
20 September: the home-built FFVS J 22 flies for the first time, from Bromma.
The Air Force has more than 800 combat-ready aircraft; the Saab J 21 enters service on 1 December.
The first 70 de Havilland Vampires are bought; as the J 28A they go to F 13 at Bråvalla.
May: the Saab J 29 Tunnan enters service with F 13.
13 June: Soviet fighters shoot down the signals-intelligence DC-3 (Tp 79) over the Baltic with eight aboard; on 16 June the Catalina searching for it is shot down too.
29 June: a contract for 120 Hawker Hunters is signed. A J 29 sets a 500 km closed-circuit speed record of 977 km/h.
The rock hangar at Säve is completed; in December the A 32 Lansen enters service.
Sweden has the world’s fourth most powerful air force, with about 1,000 modern aircraft in front-line service.
6 March: the J 35 Draken enters front-line service with F 13 at Norrköping.
September: five J 29Bs arrive in the Congo as F 22 for the United Nations operation.
21 June: the AJ 37 Viggen enters service; F 7 receives the first production aircraft in July.
9 December: the JAS 39 Gripen makes its first flight. The first prototype is lost on landing on 2 February 1989.
8 August: a Gripen crashes during a display at the Stockholm Water Festival; the pilot ejects.
February: the neutrality policy commission reveals secret Cold War preparations to receive Western military help. On 9 May Sweden joins Partnership for Peace.
1 November: the Gripen enters service with F 7 at Såtenäs. The Draken is retired in December 1999.
25 November: the Viggen leaves front-line service.
April: eight Gripens deploy to Sigonella for the NATO-led operation over Libya.
17 January: 60 Gripen E are approved.
7 March: Sweden joins NATO. 18 June: the Sk 60 trainer is retired after 57 years.
March: six Gripens go to Poland for enhanced air policing. 20 October: the first Gripen E is handed over to F 7.
1 July: the Air Force’s centenary. 9 September: FMV contracts Saab and GKN for future fighter demonstrators. A caretaker government takes over on 17 September after the election.
Every time the Swedish Air Force has gone into action
Вылеты и поражения там, где это указано в протоколе, и полная пустота там, где этого нет.
- The Swedish volunteer wing in the Winter War 1940 Fighter defence and dive-bombing for Finland against the Soviet Union, flown by Swedish volunteers in aircraft carrying Finnish markings
- The Catalina affair 1952 A signals-intelligence flight and the search-and-rescue aircraft sent to find it were both shot down by Soviet fighters
- The UN operation in the Congo 1961–1964 Ground attack and reconnaissance for the United Nations operation ONUC against the Katangese secession
- Afghanistan (ISAF) 2013 Medical evacuation for the NATO-led ISAF coalition with UH-60M Black Hawks and, on occasion, Super Pumas
- Ливия: Операция «Единый защитник» 2011 Enforcing the UN no-fly zone and flying tactical reconnaissance for the NATO-led operation; the Gripens did not attack ground targets
Swedish Air Force news from Afterburner
Everything MiGFlug’s magazine has published on the Swedish Air Force and the aircraft it flies. Этот список обновляется автоматически — новые статьи Afterburner появляются здесь автоматически.
Everything people ask about the Swedish Air Force
What is the Swedish Air Force called in Swedish?
When was the Swedish Air Force founded?
Which fighter jets does the Swedish Air Force fly?
How many Gripens does Sweden have?
Who commands the Swedish Air Force?
Who is Sweden’s defence minister after the 2026 election?
Is Sweden in NATO?
Was Sweden really neutral during the Cold War?
Did Sweden have the fourth-largest air force in the world?
What was the Catalina affair?
Did Swedish pilots fight in the Winter War?
Has the Swedish Air Force been in combat?
What did the Swedish Air Force do in the Congo?
What role did Sweden play in Libya in 2011?
What were Bas 60 and Bas 90?
Did Sweden keep aircraft inside mountains?
Why did the Gripen crash in Stockholm in 1993?
What happened to the Saab Viggen and Draken?
What is GlobalEye and when will Sweden get it?
Is Sweden giving Gripens to Ukraine?
What will replace the Gripen?
Which helicopters does the Swedish Air Force operate?
Which trainer do Swedish pilots fly?
Where are the Swedish Air Force’s bases?
How much does Sweden spend on defence?
Where can I see historic Swedish military aircraft?
Did Sweden fly the Hunter, Vampire and Mustang?
Read the aircraft the Swedish Air Force flew
Каждый тип корабля, имеющий свою страницу в Книге Зверей, сначала поступивший на вооружение, а затем — по году вывода из состава флота.
Все факты проверены.
- Regeringskansliet: FörsvarsdepartementetPål Jonson shown as Minister for Defence; on 17 September 2026 the Speaker dismissed the Prime Minister and ministers at the Prime Minister’s request and they remain as a caretaker government until a new government takes office
- Regeringskansliet: Pål Jonson deltar i EU:s försvarsministermötepress release of 24 September 2026 naming Jonson as försvarsminister
- Regeringskansliet: Pressmeddelandengovernment press-release list, September 2026: Jonson still appearing as Minister for Defence during the caretaker period
- Regeringskansliet: Försvareight JAS 39 Gripens in NATO exercise Trident Juncture 18; proposal to create service staffs
- Försvarsmakten: Sweden and NATOPartnership for Peace since 1994; plans to contribute fighter units to NATO air policing
- SOU 1994:11 Om kriget kommit … Förberedelser för mottagande av militärt bistånd 1949–1969 (Neutralitetspolitikkommissionen)February 1994 report: secure links to Danish, Norwegian and US Air Force networks, runways lengthened for heavy Western aircraft, NATO-compatible identification; only a very small group knew
- Flygvapenmuseum (Swedish Air Force Museum), Linköpingmore than 300 aircraft and helicopters, about 50 on display; recovered DC-3 on show; centenary programme 2026
- Flygvapenmuseum: Utställningarexhibitions incl. Hemliga handlingar – DC-3:an som försvann; Om kriget kommer; Flygfärdig
- Flygvapenmuseum: Flygfärdigexhibition on Swedish military aviation from the pioneers to the arrival of jets
- Flygvapenmuseum: EFFEKT – Flygvapnets drivkraft under 100 årcentenary exhibition opened 1 July 2026, the hundredth anniversary of the founding on 1 July 1926; runs to 31 December 2029
- Flygvapenmuseum: Jaktflygplan i samlingarnaSwedish designations: J 8A Gladiator, J 9 Seversky EP-106, J 11 Fiat CR.42, J 20 Reggiane Re 2000, J 22, J 26 P-51D, J 28 Vampire, J 33 Venom, J 34 Hunter F.4 Mk 50
- FMV: Aktuella händelserSwedish Defence Materiel Administration news list, September 2026
- FMV: Flygvapnet 100 år – så formas nästa generations flygförmåga11 September 2026: GlobalEye designated S 106, developed from the ASC 890
- FMV: Nästa steg i utvecklingen av framtidens stridsflygförmåga9 September 2026: Saab about 2,900 million kronor and GKN Aerospace about 390 million kronor to 2028; two autonomous flying demonstrators; basis for decisions on combat air capability after 2040
- FMV: JAS 39 GripenJAS 39E project 2013–2026, budget over 47 billion kronor; engine about 20 per cent more powerful than the C/D’s; C/D to serve beyond 2040
- Saab: Press releases10 September 2026: the Netherlands announces its intention to procure GlobalEye
- Saab: Saab receives order from FMV for further work on future concept9 September 2026: about 2.9 billion kronor for flying and ground demonstrators, crewed and uncrewed concepts, 2026–2028 with options to 2030; follows 2024 and 2025 contracts
- Saab: Gripen F completes its first flight28 August 2026 at Linköping, 40 minutes; Brazil launch customer
- Aeroseum: HistoriaSäve rock hangar beside the former F 9 wing completed 1955, 22,000 square metres underground, about 30 metres down
- Aeroseum, Göteborgmuseum in the Säve berghangar on Hisingen
- AIP Sweden, ES AD 2 ESPA Luleå/KallaxSwedish AIP (LFV), AIP AMDT 1/2026, effective 7 August 2026; AD 2.2 reference point and elevation, AD 2.12 runways. Elevation converted from feet and rounded to the metre.
- AIP Sweden, ES AD 2 ESDF RonnebySwedish AIP (LFV), AIP AMDT 1/2026, effective 7 August 2026; AD 2.2 reference point and elevation, AD 2.12 runways. Elevation converted from feet and rounded to the metre.
- AIP Sweden, ES AD 2 ESIB SåtenäsSwedish AIP (LFV), AIP AMDT 1/2026, effective 7 August 2026; AD 2.2 reference point and elevation, AD 2.12 runways. Elevation converted from feet and rounded to the metre.
- AIP Sweden, ES AD 2 ESCM UppsalaSwedish AIP (LFV), AIP AMDT 1/2026, effective 7 August 2026; AD 2.2 reference point and elevation, AD 2.12 runways. Elevation converted from feet and rounded to the metre.
- AIP Sweden, ES AD 2 ESCF Linköping/MalmenSwedish AIP (LFV), AIP AMDT 1/2026, effective 7 August 2026; AD 2.2 reference point and elevation, AD 2.12 runways. Elevation converted from feet and rounded to the metre.
- AIP Sweden, ES AD 2 ESSV VisbySwedish AIP (LFV), AIP AMDT 1/2026, effective 7 August 2026; AD 2.2 reference point and elevation, AD 2.12 runways. Elevation converted from feet and rounded to the metre.
- AIP Sweden, ES AD 2 ESMV HagshultSwedish AIP (LFV), AIP AMDT 1/2026, effective 7 August 2026; AD 2.2 reference point and elevation, AD 2.12 runways. Elevation converted from feet and rounded to the metre.
- AIP Sweden, ES AD 2 ESGP Göteborg/SäveSwedish AIP (LFV), AIP AMDT 1/2026, effective 7 August 2026; AD 2.2 reference point and elevation, AD 2.12 runways. Elevation converted from feet and rounded to the metre.
- AIP Sweden, ES AD 2 ESTA ÄngelholmSwedish AIP (LFV), AIP AMDT 1/2026, effective 7 August 2026; AD 2.2 reference point and elevation, AD 2.12 runways. Elevation converted from feet and rounded to the metre.
- AIP Sweden, ES AD 2 ESSA Stockholm/ArlandaSwedish AIP (LFV), AIP AMDT 1/2026, effective 7 August 2026; AD 2.2 reference point and elevation, AD 2.12 runways. Elevation converted from feet and rounded to the metre.
- AIP Sweden, ES AD 2 ESNZ Åre ÖstersundSwedish AIP (LFV), AIP AMDT 1/2026, effective 7 August 2026; AD 2.2 reference point and elevation, AD 2.12 runways. Elevation converted from feet and rounded to the metre.
- AIP Sweden, ES AD 2 ESOW Stockholm/VästeråsSwedish AIP (LFV), AIP AMDT 1/2026, effective 7 August 2026; AD 2.2 reference point and elevation, AD 2.12 runways. Elevation converted from feet and rounded to the metre.
- AIP Sweden, ES AD 2 ESIA KarlsborgSwedish AIP (LFV), AIP AMDT 1/2026, effective 7 August 2026; AD 2.2 reference point and elevation, AD 2.12 runways. Elevation converted from feet and rounded to the metre.
- AIP Sweden, ES AD 1.3 Index to aerodromesOfficial aerodrome names used to build the AD 2 page addresses
- Swedish Armed Forces: Skaraborgs flygflottilj (F 7)Founded 1940; Gripencentrum; TP 84 at Såtenäs; TP 100 and TP 102 at Malmen and Arlanda; S 100D and S 102B; Heavy Airlift Wing; war unit since early 2016
- Swedish Armed Forces: Blekinge flygflottilj (F 17)Founded 1 July 1944; Kallinge, Hagshult and Visby
- Swedish Armed Forces: F 17:s flygplatserTwo combat-ready Gripen squadrons at Kallinge; Hagshult exercise base; Visby
- Swedish Armed Forces: F 17:s historikAircraft types by year, 1944–2002
- Swedish Armed Forces: F 17 GotlandAir Force on Gotland since the late 1950s; station building opened 20 June 1989; F 13, F 16 and F 17 lineage
- Swedish Armed Forces: Norrbottens flygflottilj (F 21)Main base Luleå; side bases Jokkmokk and Vidsel; fighter squadrons
- Swedish Armed Forces: Om Norrbottens flygflottiljTasks of the wing; page updated 26 January 2026
- Swedish Armed Forces: Upplands flygflottilj (F 16)Founded 1943, disbanded 2003, re-established 14 October 2021; battalions 161, 162, 163; METOCC
- Swedish Armed Forces: HelikopterflottiljenOnly helicopter unit; based in Linköping, Luleå and Ronneby
- Swedish Armed Forces: Om HelikopterflottiljenHkp 14, Hkp 15 and Hkp 16
- Flygvapenmuseum (Swedish Air Force Museum), LinköpingMuseum at Malmen; exhibition on the DC-3 lost in June 1952
- Säve Flygplats (airport operator)Closed to general aviation from 1 January 2026; rescue, ambulance and police helicopters only; Serneke bought 2016, Castellum operator from 2018.
- Aeroseum: History and backgroundHangar completed 1955, close to 30 m down, 22,000 square metres underground, 70,000 above; Nya berget; SMHA since 1 January 2008; vision drawn up 1999.
- Regeringens skrivelse 2025/26:151, Verksamheten inom Nato under helåret 2025Up to eight fighters to enhanced air policing in Poland April–May 2025; eight Gripens June–August 2025; first Gripen participation in Steadfast Noon.
- SOU 2014:88, Luftförsvarsutredningen 2040Commission visited Blekinge Wing with the 171st Fighter Squadron, 1st Air Base Battalion, 3rd Helicopter Squadron and the air base ranger school.
- Swedish Armed Forces: Flygplan och helikoptrar på F 17 genom tidernaOfficial list of every aircraft, helicopter and glider type at F 17 with years.
- SHK: Allvarligt tillbud med två JAS 39 C över Vänern (SHK 2023:05)15 March 2022; 71st Fighter Squadron, F 7; near-collision in air combat training; recommendation on transfer of pilot qualification data.
- FMV: FMV tecknar kontrakt för nytt skolflygplan5 May 2021: Grob 120TP contract to replace the Sk 60 in basic training at Malmen; source of both quotes.
- FMV: FMV tecknar kontrakt om fler skolflygplan17 October 2024: three more Sk 40, fleet of 13.
Figures verified 2026-09-28. Order of Battle pages are regenerated from a single dataset; if a number here disagrees with a Book of Beasts page, this page is the more recent of the two.
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