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Norrbotten Wing

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Norrbotten Wing (Norrbottens flygflottilj), also F 21 Luleå, or simply F 21, is a Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located in Luleå Airport in northern Sweden. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 61 relations: Överste, Överste av 1. graden, Överstelöjtnant, Barkarby Airport, Beechcraft King Air, Beechcraft Model 18, Bell 204/205, Bert Stenfeldt, Blazon, Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight, Carl XVI Gustaf, Carl-Johan Edström, Cessna 402, Coat of arms, Counties of Sweden, Curt Westberg, De Havilland Tiger Moth, DFS Kranich, DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter, DFS Weihe, Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma, Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Gustaf V, Hawker Hart, Hälsinge Wing, Jämtland Wing, Kent Harrskog, Klemm Kl 35, Lars-Bertil Persson, Liza Marklund, Luleå, Luleå Airport, Medal ribbon, Medical evacuation, Multirole combat aircraft, NHIndustries NH90, North American NA-16, North American P-51 Mustang, North American T-6 Texan, Northrop A-17, Percival Pembroke, Saab 105, Saab 17, Saab 18, Saab 29 Tunnan, Saab 32 Lansen, Saab 35 Draken, Saab 37 Viggen, ... Expand index (11 more) »

  2. 1941 establishments in Sweden
  3. Luleå Garrison
  4. Wings of the Swedish Air Force

Överste

Colonel (Col) (överste, öv) is the most senior field grade military officer rank in the Swedish Army and the Swedish Air Force, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general.

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Överste av 1. graden

Överste av 1.

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Överstelöjtnant

Lieutenant colonel (LtCol) (Överstelöjtnant, Övlt) is a field grade officer rank in the Swedish Armed Forces, just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel.

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Barkarby Airport

Barkarby Airport was a disbanded Swedish Air Force base, near Akalla north of Stockholm used for general aviation.

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Beechcraft King Air

The Beechcraft King Air is a line of American utility aircraft produced by Beechcraft.

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Beechcraft Model 18

The Beechcraft Model 18 (or "Twin Beech", as it is also known) is a 6- to 11-seat, twin-engined, low-wing, tailwheel light aircraft manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas.

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Bell 204/205

The Bell 204 and 205 are the civilian versions of the UH-1 Iroquois single-engine military helicopter of the Huey family of helicopters.

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Bert Stenfeldt

Major General Bert Göran Stenfeldt (12 August 1933 – 10 December 2023) was a Swedish Air Force officer.

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Blazon

In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image.

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Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight

The Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight is an American medium-lift tandem-rotor transport helicopter powered by twin turboshaft engines.

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Carl XVI Gustaf

Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden.

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Carl-Johan Edström

Lieutenant General Carl-Johan Edström (born 21 May 1967) is a Swedish Air Force officer.

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Cessna 402

The Cessna 401 and 402 are a series of 6 to 10 seat, light twin-piston engine aircraft.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments).

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Counties of Sweden

The counties of Sweden (Sveriges län) are the administrative subdivisions of Sweden.

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Curt Westberg

Major General Curt Westberg (born 14 September 1943) is a retired Swedish Air Force officer.

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De Havilland Tiger Moth

The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.

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DFS Kranich

The DFS Kranich is a type of German glider.

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DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter

The Schneider DFS 108-14 SG-38 Schulgleiter (School glider) is a German high-wing, cable-braced, single-seat primary glider that was designed by Schneider, Rehberg and Hofmann at Edmund Schneider's factory at Grunau in 1938, hence the designation.

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DFS Weihe

The DFS Weihe (English: Harrier) is a German single-seat, high-wing, 18 metre wingspan, high-performance glider that was designed by Hans Jacobs in 1937-38.

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Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma

The Airbus Helicopters H215 (formerly Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma) is a four-bladed, twin-engined, medium-sized, utility helicopter developed and initially produced by French aerospace company Aérospatiale.

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Fieseler Fi 156 Storch

The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch ("stork") was a liaison aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Fieseler.

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Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz

The Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz (Goldfinch) is a 1930s German two-seat biplane.

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Foreign Broadcast Information Service

The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) was an open source intelligence component of the Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Science and Technology.

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Gustaf V

Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf; 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950.

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Hawker Hart

The Hawker Hart is a British two-seater biplane light bomber aircraft that saw service with the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Hälsinge Wing

Hälsinge Wing (Hälsinge flygflottilj), also F 15 Söderhamn, or simply F 15, is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located near Söderhamn in northern Sweden. Norrbotten Wing and Hälsinge Wing are wings of the Swedish Air Force.

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Jämtland Wing

Jämtland Wing (Jämtlands flygflottilj), also F 4 Frösön, or simply F 4, is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located at Åre Östersund Airport outside Östersund on Frösön in the middle of Sweden. Norrbotten Wing and Jämtland Wing are wings of the Swedish Air Force.

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Kent Harrskog

Lieutenant General Kent Holger Harrskog (born 11 November 1944) is a retired Swedish Air Force officer.

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Klemm Kl 35

The Klemm Kl 35 is a German sporting and training aeroplane developed as a successor to the Kl 25.

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Lars-Bertil Persson

Major General Lars-Bertil Persson (born 19 November 1934) is a retired Swedish Air Force officer.

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Liza Marklund

Eva Elisabeth "Liza" Marklund (born 9 September 1962) is a Swedish journalist and crime writer.

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Luleå

Luleå (locally; Luleju; Luulaja) is a city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden.

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Luleå Airport

Luleå Airport is located about 7 km (4.3 mi) south-southeast of Luleå, Sweden, near the village of Kallax. Norrbotten Wing and Luleå Airport are 1941 establishments in Sweden.

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Medal ribbon

A medal ribbon, service ribbon or ribbon bar is a small ribbon, mounted on a small metal bar equipped with an attaching device, which is generally issued for wear in place of a medal when it is not appropriate to wear the actual medal.

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Medical evacuation

Medical evacuation, often shortened to medevac or medivac, is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to wounded being evacuated from a battlefield, to injured patients being evacuated from the scene of an accident to receiving medical facilities, or to patients at a rural hospital requiring urgent care at a better-equipped facility using medically equipped air ambulances, helicopters and other means of emergency transport including ground ambulance and maritime transfers.

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Multirole combat aircraft

A multirole combat aircraft (MRCA) is a combat aircraft intended to perform different roles in combat.

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NHIndustries NH90

The NHIndustries NH90 is a European medium-sized, twin-engine, multirole military helicopter.

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North American NA-16

The North American Aviation NA-16 was the first trainer aircraft built by North American Aviation, and was the beginning of a line of closely related North American trainer aircraft that would eventually number more than 17,000 examples, notably the T-6 Texan family.

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North American P-51 Mustang

The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts.

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North American T-6 Texan

The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1970s.

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Northrop A-17

The Northrop A-17, also known as the Northrop Model 8, a development of the Northrop Gamma 2F model, was a two-seat, single-engine, monoplane, attack bomber built in 1935 by the Northrop Corporation for the United States Army Air Corps.

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Percival Pembroke

The Percival Pembroke is a British high-wing twin-engined light transport aircraft built by the Percival Aircraft Company, later Hunting Percival.

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Saab 105

The Saab 105 is a Swedish high-wing, twinjet trainer aircraft developed in the early 1960s as a private venture by Saab AB.

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Saab 17

The Saab 17 is a Swedish single-engine monoplane reconnaissance dive-bomber aircraft of the 1940s originally developed by ASJA prior to its merger into Saab.

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Saab 18

The Saab 18 was a twin-engine bomber and reconnaissance aircraft, designed and built by Svenska Aeroplan AB (SAAB) for use by the Swedish Air Force in response to a 1938 design competition.

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Saab 29 Tunnan

The Saab 29 Tunnan (The Barrel), colloquially also Flygande Tunnan (The Flying Barrel), is an early jet-powered fighter aircraft designed and produced by the Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab.

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Saab 32 Lansen

The Saab 32 Lansen (English: Lance) is a two-seat, transonic military aircraft designed and manufactured by the Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab AB.

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Saab 35 Draken

The Saab 35 Draken (The Kite, ambiguous with The Dragon) is a Swedish fighter-interceptor developed and manufactured by Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (SAAB) between 1955 and 1974.

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Saab 37 Viggen

The Saab 37 Viggen (The Tufted Duck, ambiguous with The Thunderbolt) is a single-seat, single-engine multirole combat aircraft designed and produced by the Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab.

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Saab 91 Safir

The Saab 91 Safir (Swedish for sapphire) is a three (91A, B, B-2) or four (91C, D) seater, single engine trainer aircraft.

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Saab JAS 39 Gripen

The Saab JAS 39 Gripen (English: The Griffin) is a light single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace and defence company Saab AB.

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Schneider Grunau Baby

The Schneider Grunau Baby was a single-seat sailplane first built in Germany in 1931, with some 6,000 examples constructed in some 20 countries.

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Squadron (aviation)

A squadron in an air force, or naval or army aviation service, is a unit comprising a number of military aircraft and their aircrews, usually of the same type, typically with 12 to 24 aircraft, sometimes divided into three or four flights, depending on aircraft type and air force.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Swedish Air Force

The Swedish Air Force (Svenska flygvapnet or just Flygvapnet) is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.

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Swedish Armed Forces

The Swedish Armed Forces (help|lit.

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United States Joint Publications Research Service

The Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) was a United States government defense-funded organization that was absorbed into the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) but its funding and personnel did not transfer.

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Upper Norrland Air Defence District

The Upper Norrland Air Defence District (Övre Norrlands flygbasområde, Flybo ÖN) was an air defence district within the Swedish Air Force that operated from 1942 to 1957. Norrbotten Wing and Upper Norrland Air Defence District are Luleå Garrison.

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Västerbotten

Västerbotten, known in English as West Bothnia or Westrobothnia, is a province (landskap) in the north of Sweden, bordering Angermannia, Lapland, North Bothnia, and the Gulf of Bothnia.

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Wing (military unit)

In military aviation, a wing is a unit of command.

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See also

1941 establishments in Sweden

Luleå Garrison

Wings of the Swedish Air Force

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrbotten_Wing

Also known as F 21 Luleå, Norrbotten Air Force Wing, Norrbottens flygflottilj.

, Saab 91 Safir, Saab JAS 39 Gripen, Schneider Grunau Baby, Squadron (aviation), Sweden, Swedish Air Force, Swedish Armed Forces, United States Joint Publications Research Service, Upper Norrland Air Defence District, Västerbotten, Wing (military unit).