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By 1945 the Swedish Air Force had over 800 combat-ready aircraft, including 15 fighter divisions. A major problem for the Swedish Air Force during World War II was the lack of fuel. Sweden was surrounded by countries at war and could not rely on imported oil. Instead domestic oil shale was heated to produce the needed petrol. [3]
Air defence sector [4] (Swedish: Luftförsvarssektor, Lfs) replaced air defence district in 1957. A division of Sweden into 21 air defence sectors was introduced in 1951. It would form the basis for the expansion of the new air surveillance and combat command system, which later came to be called STRIL 50. However, the expansion plan was never ...
Pages in category "Bases of the Swedish Air Force" ... Gimo Air Base; V. Vidsel Air Base This page was last edited on 12 March 2022, at 22:45 (UTC). ...
A JAS 39 Gripen taking off from a kortbana (short runway) located on public road Long range attack aircraft such as the Su-24 became a new threat to air bases during the 1970s and 1980s. Bas 90 (Flygbassystem 90, Air Base System 90) was an air base system used by the Swedish Air Force during the Cold War.
Vidsel Air Base was established as a secret wartime air base by the Swedish Air Force in 1957. It was called "Krigsflygfält nr. 42" (Wartime airbase no. 42) and not put on maps or written about. The majority of work at the base was done by personnel from the Test & Evaluation department of Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV).
Ärna or Uppsala Air Base (ICAO: ESCM) is an air base located northwest of Uppsala, Sweden. [1] It is a base of the Swedish Air Force.In 2009, it was announced that the Armed Forces had the intention to phase out its airport unit on 1 July 2010 and hand over the operation of the aerodrome to a private operator.
Uppland Wing (Swedish: Upplands flygflottilj), also F 16 Uppsala, or simply F 16, is a Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located at Ärna Air Base northwest of Uppsala, Sweden. History [ edit ]
The Southern Air Defence District (Swedish: Södra flygbasområdet, Flybo S) was an air defence district within the Swedish Air Force that operated from 1943 to 1957. The unit was based in Ängelholm. [1] It was responsible for air base and supply service as well as for air defence warning service in South Sweden and Småland and the islands.