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With the collapse of the only military threat, the Soviet Union, and the end of the Cold War, the Swedish government has cut the Swedish armed forces budget, including the Air Force and its fighters. Sweden was surrounded by countries at war and could not rely on imported oil. The Air Force organises and trains airborne, airbase, and command and control units. Maintained by Saab and owned by the Swedish government. Bas 60 was developed further into Bas 90 during the 1970s and 1980s. Although Sweden never entered the war, a large air force was considered necessary to ward off the threat of invasion and to resist pressure through military threats from the great powers. The deployment was approved by the Swedish Riksdag on April 1, 2011 and the first jets departed for Libya on April 2. Aircraft mechanics, soldier, cook or naval officer?

A Swedish volunteer infantry brigade and a volunteer air squadron fought in northern Finland in January till March 1940.

The Swedish Air Force (Swedish: Flygvapnet) is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. Of the now 130 fighter planes in service about 100 will form the future Swedish Air Force. Contact us

These units also conduct intelligence gathering, and are on constant standby to defend Sweden's territorial integrity. in Giuseppe Caforio, ed., This page was last edited on 3 October 2020, at 18:07. [9] During the 1950s, it introduced fighters such as the Saab J 29 Tunnan, Saab A 32 Lansen and Saab J 35 Draken. [13], Note: Three C-17 Globemaster III's are available through the Heavy Airlift Wing based in Hungary.[22]. The Swedish Armed Forces wants to ensure that everyone can understand the content on our websites. These Swedish units also operated the RB-68 missile system (1 squadron each): In the Cold War era, more than 600 Swedish fighter pilots were killed in crashes during peacetime exercises and training in the 1945-1991 period.

Accompanying the fighters was a C-130 Hercules for mid-air refueling.[7]. The Swedish Air Force (Swedish: Svenska Flygvapnet or just Flygvapnet) is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.

(In Swedish), From the individual soldier to the government's senior representatives, read personal reflections about life in the Swedish Armed Forces in any of our blogs. [40] Other option are the Brazil Embraer Super Tucano and the Swiss PC-21.

The Swedish Air Force is being adapted to new future tasks. In the 1960s flight safety starts to become a consideration, not due to the death toll but because the aircraft were getting increasingly expensive. [35], Today the Swedish Air Force main fighter is the Saab JAS 39 Gripen, in the C/D versions. [4][5][6][7], During the Cold War large amounts of money (including funds intended for the Swedish nuclear weapons programme) were spent on the Swedish Air Force and domestic airplane production. You choose. [39] As part of the Heavy Airlift Wing cooperation, Sweden also operate three Boeing C-17 which are located at Pápa Air Base in Hungary. FMTK. The squadron was designated F 19 and consisted of 12 Gloster Gladiator fighters and four Hawker Hart dive-bombers. Some orders have been made on the helicopter side and about 40 new units will join the air force in the coming years. Blogs The Swedish Air Force is today being adapted to new future tasks. A major problem for the Swedish Air Force during World War II was the lack of fuel. The Swedish Air Force (Swedish: Svenska Flygvapnet or just Flygvapnet) is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. By 2018 95 fighters were active with about 30 of these being updated from the A version. [29], Sweden originally ordered 204 Gripen aircraft. [10] In the 1950s-60s era the flight training curriculum was deficient and the training regimes were too risky and some aircraft types had design flaws. Out of these 134 remain in service in the Air Force today and an additional 28 are leased to the Czech and Hungarian Air Force (14 each), with an option to acquire them when the lease period expires.