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Uppland Wing

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Uppland Wing (Upplands flygflottilj), also F 16 Uppsala, or simply F 16, is a Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located at Ärna Air Base northwest of Uppsala, Sweden. [1]

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  1. 59 relations: Ärna Air Base, Östgöta Wing, Överste, Överste av 1. graden, Barkarby Airport, Bell 204/205, Blazon, Bråvalla Wing, Cessna 402, De Havilland Tiger Moth, DFS Kranich, DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter, DFS Weihe, Eastern Military District (Sweden), FFVS J 22, Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Gulfstream IV, Gustaf V, House of Vasa, Joint Forces Command (Sweden), Kjell Nilsson (Swedish Air Force officer), Klemm Kl 35, Lars-Erik Englund, List of military aircraft of Sweden, Mats Nilsson (Swedish Air Force officer), Medal ribbon, Micael Bydén, Middle Military District, Moiré pattern, North American P-51 Mustang, North American T-6 Texan, Northrop A-17, Owe Wiktorin, Peter Hultqvist, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Roslagen Air Corps, Saab 105, Saab 17, Saab 29 Tunnan, Saab 32 Lansen, Saab 35 Draken, Saab 37 Viggen, Saab 91 Safir, Södermanland Wing, Södertörn Wing, Schneider Grunau Baby, Stockholm, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, Svea Air Corps, ... Expand index (9 more) »

  2. 1943 establishments in Sweden
  3. 2003 disestablishments in Sweden
  4. 2021 establishments in Sweden
  5. Military units and formations disestablished in 2003
  6. Uppsala Garrison
  7. Wings of the Swedish Air Force

Ärna Air Base

Ärna or Uppsala Air Base is an air base located northwest of Uppsala, Sweden.

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Östgöta Wing

Östgöta Wing (Östgöta flygflottilj), also F 3 Malmslätt, or simply F 3, is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located at Malmen air base near Linköping in south-eastern Sweden. Uppland Wing and Östgöta Wing are wings of the Swedish Air Force.

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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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Barkarby Airport

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

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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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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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Bråvalla Wing

Bråvalla Wing (Bråvalla flygflottilj), also F 13 Norrköping, or simply F 13, is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located near Norrköping in south-eastern Sweden. Uppland Wing and Bråvalla Wing are 1943 establishments in Sweden and wings of the Swedish Air Force.

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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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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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Eastern Military District (Sweden)

Eastern Military District (Östra militärområdet, Milo Ö), originally IV Military District (IV.) was a Swedish military district, a command of the Swedish Armed Forces that had operational control over Eastern Sweden, for most time of its existence corresponding to the area covered by the counties of Östergötland, Södermanland, Stockholm, Uppsala and Västmanland.

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FFVS J 22

The FFVS J 22 was a Swedish single-engine fighter aircraft developed for the Swedish Air Force during World War II.

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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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Gulfstream IV

The Gulfstream IV (or G-IV or GIV) and derivatives are a family of twinjet aircraft, mainly for private or business use.

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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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House of Vasa

The House of Vasa or Wasa (Vasaätten, Wazowie, Vazos) was an early modern royal house founded in 1523 in Sweden.

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Joint Forces Command (Sweden)

Joint Forces Command (Operativa insatsledningen, OPIL), was a senior command staff within the Swedish Armed Forces which operated from 2000 to 2005.

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Kjell Nilsson (Swedish Air Force officer)

Lieutenant General Kjell Gustav Nilsson (2 August 1943 – 12 January 2018) was a Swedish Air Force officer, ice hockey player and sports administrator.

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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-Erik Englund

Lieutenant General Lars-Erik Englund (23 March 1934 – 19 October 2010) was a Swedish Air Force officer.

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List of military aircraft of Sweden

This is a list of Swedish military aircraft since its start.

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Mats Nilsson (Swedish Air Force officer)

Lieutenant General Mats Evald Nilsson (born 30 December 1956) is a Swedish Air Force officer.

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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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Micael Bydén

General Per Micael Bydén (born 13 June 1964) is the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, appointed on 11 September 2015.

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Middle Military District

Middle Military District (Mellersta militärområdet, Milo M) was a Swedish military district, a command of the Swedish Armed Forces that had operational control over Middle Sweden, for most time of its existence corresponding to the area covered by the counties of Östergötland, Södermanland, Stockholm, Uppsala, Västmanland, Örebro, Värmland, Kopparberg (now Dalarna County) and Gävleborg.

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Moiré pattern

In mathematics, physics, and art, moiré patterns or moiré fringes are large-scale interference patterns that can be produced when a partially opaque ruled pattern with transparent gaps is overlaid on another similar pattern.

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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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Owe Wiktorin

General Owe Erik Axel Wiktorin (born 7 May 1940) is a retired Swedish Air Force officer.

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Peter Hultqvist

Carl Anders Peter Hultqvist (born 31 December 1958) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats who served as the Minister for Defence in the Swedish Government from 2014 to 2022.

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Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland

Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland (Carl Philip Edmund Bertil; born 13 May 1979) is the only son and the second of three children of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia.

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Roslagen Air Corps

Roslagen Air Corps (Roslagens flygkår), also F 2 Hägernäs, or simply F 2, is a former Swedish Air Force air corps with the main base located on the east coast of Sweden just north of the capital Stockholm.

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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 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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Södermanland Wing

Södermanland Wing (Södermanlands flygflottilj), also F 11 Nyköping, or simply F 11, is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located in south-east Sweden. Uppland Wing and Södermanland Wing are wings of the Swedish Air Force.

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Södertörn Wing

Södertörn Wing (Södertörns flygflottilj), also F 18 Tullinge, or simply F 18, is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located in Tullinge just south-west of the capital Stockholm on the east coast. Uppland Wing and Södertörn Wing are wings of the Swedish Air Force.

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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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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.

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Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces

The Supreme Commander (överbefälhavaren; acronym: ÖB) is the highest ranked professional military officer in the Swedish Armed Forces, and is by NATO terminology the Swedish chief of defence equivalent.

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Svea Air Corps

Svea Air Corps (Svea flygkår), also F 8 Barkarby, or simply F 8, is a former Swedish Air Force air corps wing with the main base located in Barkarby just north of the capital Stockholm on the east coast.

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Sven-Olof Olson

Lieutenant General Sven-Olof Olson (26 November 1926 – 20 April 2021) was a senior Swedish Air Force officer.

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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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Uppland

Uppland is a historical province or on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital.

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Uppsala

Uppsala (archaically spelled Upsala) is the county seat of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö.

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Västmanland Wing

Västmanland Wing (Västmanlands flygflottilj), also F 1 Hässlö, or simply F 1, is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located at Hässlö Airport in Västerås in central Sweden. Uppland Wing and Västmanland Wing are wings of the Swedish Air Force.

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Wing (military unit)

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

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See also

1943 establishments in Sweden

2003 disestablishments in Sweden

2021 establishments in Sweden

Military units and formations disestablished in 2003

Uppsala Garrison

Wings of the Swedish Air Force

References

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

Also known as F 16 Uppsala, Uppland Air Force Wing, Upplands flygflottilj.

, Sven-Olof Olson, Sweden, Swedish Air Force, Swedish Armed Forces, United States Joint Publications Research Service, Uppland, Uppsala, Västmanland Wing, Wing (military unit).