Military aviation,
Swedish and worldwide

Photos from an airshow at Roskilde, August 2009. (Updated 2009-08-24.)

Here you'll mainly find technical and historical information on Swedish military aviation. There's also information on other military aviation here, mainly technical.

Note that some sections are quite outdated and no longer updated.

Swedish military aviation

Aircraft descriptions

Photos from an airshow at Hedlanda 2009 August 1:st. (Updated 2009-08-02.)

These are the ones currently in service with the Swedish air force:

JAS 39 Gripen
TP 100A/S 100B Saab 340 AEW & C Argus
HKP 10 Super Puma
SK 60 Saab 105
TP 84 Hercules
[...rest of list...]

A list of the helicopters serving with the Common Helicopter Wing.

A selection of the types which have served with the air force, but are now retired:

JA/AJS/SK 37 Viggen
J 35/S 35/Sk 35 Draken
A 32A/J 32B/S 32C Lansen
J 29/S 29 Tunnan
FFVS J 22
Saab J 21/A 21
Saab B 18/T 18
Saab B 17/S 17
[...rest of list...]

For an overview of all types which have served in the Swedish defence forces, see this complete list with numbers, variants and years in service.

History

Composition of the Swedish air force's squadrons, 1926 to the present and near future
Painting and markings of Swedish military aircraft Since the beginning in 1912, up to the present time
F 19, the Swedish volunteer unit which fought in Finland during the Winter War
[...rest of list...]

Technology

Cancelled Saab projects with sketches
Swedish countermeasures
The gliding bomblet dispenser Mjölner
The new Swedish Tactical Flight Combat Suit
ODEN, helmet mounted sight
Early Swedish ejection seats
How Gripen could have looked
[...rest of list...]

Worldwide military aviation

Miscellaneous

Fighter non-comparison table
Missile Non-comparison tables For example, range always "depends":
Aircraft gun table Are Gatlings really better than revolvers?
Black Buck mission air refueling schedule
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