Sweden - Defence Forces

SE-JRN/007, seen here at a hospital in Gothenburg, is the last of seven AW139s delivered to the Sjöfartsverket.

(Gothenburg, Wim Sonneveld)

The Hkp15 is the Swedish designation for the Augusta A109

(Malmen, Allan Dewhurst)

One of the most special aircraft in the inventory of the Swedish Air Force is the Tp86, a Rockwell Sabreliner 40. The Flygvapnet has still one of these type flying at Linkoping-Malmen

(Northolt, Pieter van Polanen)

Another aircraft type which has been used by the Swedes for a long time is the Sk60, the Saab 105, jet trainer

(Ljungybed, Allan-Dewhurst)

Sweden has a modest airborne early warning capacity, in the shape of this SAAB S100D Argus. Two of them are active at Linkoping-Malmen

(Wim Sonneveld)

Hkp16a, in the rest of the world known as a UH-60 Black Hawk, participating at the EMBOW exercise in Meppen in 2015

(Meppen, Lieuwe Hofstra)

Sweden is, just like the neighbouring country Norway, not very happy with their NH90s . The ministry of Defence has proposed that they will be withdrawn from use in 2024 with the entire fleet retired by 2030.

(Ronneby, Oliver Larsson)

Three wings are operating the JAS39C Gripen at this moment with a fourth at Uppsala underway. The current fleet will be modernised from the JAS39C to JAS39E standard.

(Keflavik, Willam Dempsey)

The Tp84 (C-130) is the main transport aircraft. The six older C-130H aircraft will replaced by former Italian Air Force C-130Js.

(Keflavik, Ruud van den Berg)

Three second-hand Gulfstreams (Tp102) were purchased to serve as a VIP-transport aircraft. the oldest one, 102001, has been withdrawn from use and now serves as a instructional airframe, the other two are based at Bromma.

(Rotterdam, Frank de Koster)