Military aviation,
Swedish and worldwide

The list of contents of this site, apart from a few only listed on the main page.

Swedish military aviation

Aircraft descriptions

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

• JAS 39 Gripen
• JA/AJS/SK 37 Viggen
• TP 103 Cessna Citation II
• TP 102A/S 102B Gulfstream IV
• TP 100A/S 100B Saab 340 AEW & C Argus
• TP 101 Beech 200 Super King Air
• HKP 10 Super Puma
• TP 88 Fairchild Metro III
• TP 86 Rockwell Sabreliner
• SK 60 Saab 105
• TP 84 Hercules

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:

• SK 61 Scottish Aviation Bulldog
• J 35/S 35/Sk 35 Draken
• A 32A/J 32B/S 32C Lansen
• J 29/S 29 Tunnan
• Sk 50/Tp 91 Safir
• TP 55 Caribou
• J 34 Hunter Mk 50
• J 33 Venom NF.51
• S 31 Spitfire PR Mk XIX
• J 30 Mosquito NF Mk XIX
• J 28/Sk 28 Vampire
• J 26 Mustang
• FFVS J 22
• Saab J 21/A 21
• Saab B 18/T 18
• Saab B 17/S 17
• B 3 Junkers 86
• J 5/J 6 Svenska Aero Jaktfalk
• P 1 Sparrmann S 1-A Sparrmannjagaren
• J 3/S 6 Fokker/CVM C.VD/C.VE

Brief descriptions of all the other types which have served with the Swedish air force since 1926 when it was founded.

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
  • A map showing the location of the air force wings, past and present
  • A map showing the location of the active air bases in 1945
• 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
• F 22, the Swedish UN unit with Saab 29 Tunnans in Congo during the early 1960's
• Aircraft types which might have, but didn't, enter service with the Swedish air force
• The history of dispersed basing in the Swedish air force
• Biafra Babies, the very light aircraft combat in Africa
• Have fighters gotten more expensive?
• The aircraft carrying cruiser H.M. Flygplanskryssare Gotland
• Exports (and failed export efforts) of Swedish military aircraft
• Some of the Warbirds in Sweden
• A common helicopter wing for the Swedish defence forces

Technology

• Cancelled Saab projects (which got so far they got Swedish air force designations) with sketches
• SAAB projects, a brief list of most of those which never got built
• Swedish countermeasures
• The gliding bomblet dispenser Mjölner
• ODEN, helmet mounted sight
• OTIS Electro-optical fighter sensor
• FASA A mission planning tool
• Early Swedish ejection seats
• Saab jet fighter ejection seats
• Wartime repairs
• Pilot training in the Swedish air force
• Low altitude flying in the Swedish air force
• The new Swedish Tactical Flight Combat Suit
• The new Combat Survival Vest
• Gripen: The process which led to the choice of a small multi role fighter
• How Gripen could have looked
• 1993 Gripen crash report summary - by me, based on official sources
• Summary of the Gripen crash in 1999.
• Airborne radars in the Swedish air force
• All jet engines used in Swedish military aircraft.
• All turbine engines used by the Swedish defence forces.
• Airborne cannon used by the Swedish air force
• Swedish air force losses in recent years
• Some notes on pronounciation.

Worldwide military aviation

Miscellaneous

• Fighter non-comparison table
• Missile Non-comparison table For example, range always "depends"
  • AAMs
  • SAMs
  • ASMs
• Aircraft gun table Are Gatlings really better than revolvers?
• Transport aircraft non-comparison table
• Maritime patrol aircraft non-comparison table
• Black Buck mission refueling schedule
• Russian designations, why they can be confusing
• Why gridfins can be a good thing on missiles