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This is a list of Swedish military aircraft since its start. It is not guaranteed to be up-to-date or to be accurate, or complete. ... Bristol F.2 Fighter: 1: 1924 ...
DH.98 Mosquito NF.19 night fighter of the Swedish Air Force in 1949. The Swedish Air Force was created on 1 July 1926 when the aircraft units of the Army and Navy were merged. Because of the escalating international tension during the 1930s the Air Force was reorganized and expanded from four to seven squadrons.
Air-to-air missile: RB 74 [2] IRIS-T: Germany/Sweden: Air-to-air missile: RB 98 Missile was developed by Germany in collaboration with multiple NATO countries including Sweden. [3] AIM-120 AMRAAM: United States: Air-to-air missile: RB 99 Official designation is Jaktrobot 99 (lit. Hunting robot 99). [4] Meteor: Europe: Air-to-air missile: RB 101
In the late 1970s, Sweden sought to replace its aging Saab 35 Draken and Saab 37 Viggen. [7] The Swedish Air Force required an affordable Mach 2 aircraft with good short-field performance for a defensive dispersed basing plan in the event of invasion; the plan included 800 m long by 17 m wide rudimentary runways that were part of the Bas 90 system.
The air force also operates C130H and Saab 340 in a transport role along with other aircraft types for other capabilities and missions. In terms of helicopters in the Swedish air force bothe NH90 (HKP14) and UH60-M Blackhawk (HKP16) is being used, as well as AW-109 (HKP15) as a light helicopter.
The number "35" comes from the aircraft's Swedish Air Force-designation: "flygplan 35" (fpl 35), [16] meaning “aeroplane 35”. Depending on the given role, the aircraft received a prefix to indicate its type, the most common being "J 35" to indicate "jaktflygplan" (pursuit-aircraft), the Swedish term for fighter aircraft.
Sweden's armed forces said in a statement that Gripen jets were sent up to intercept the Russian plane, an SU-24, after it failed to respond to a radio warning by military air traffic controllers ...
"Saab-29: Sweden's new jet fighter." Flight International, 4 May 1950. pp. 556–58. Taylor, John W.R. "Saab J 29." Combat Aircraft of the World from 1909 to the present. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. ISBN 0-425-03633-2. This Happens in the Swedish Air Force (brochure). Stockholm: Information Department of the Air Staff, Flygstabens ...