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Pages in category "Bases of the Swedish Air Force" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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).
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]
Mather Air Force Base: Sacramento: California: 1993 Closed McChord Air Force Base: Lakewood: Washington: 2010 Realigned as part of Joint Base Lewis–McChord [13] McClellan Air Force Base: Sacramento: California: 2001 Partially realigned to US Coast Guard as CGAS Sacramento: McCoy Air Force Base: Orlando: Florida: 1975 Closed McGuire Air Force ...
The Swedish Armed Forces consists of three service branches; the Army, the Air Force and the Navy, with addition of the military reserve force Home Guard. Since 1994, the first three service branches are organized within a single unified government agency, headed by the Chief of Defence, while the Home Guard reports directly to the chief ...
Map of the small U.S. military installations, ranges and training areas in the continental United States. This is a list of military installations owned or used by the United States Armed Forces both in the United States and around the world.
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 ...
Bases of the Swedish Air Force (4 P) This page was last edited on 15 May 2018, at 14:43 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...