Swedish Air Force in pictures

[mustamato]

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/cdgpg5pic05.jpg
JAS 39 Gripen

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/39visby.jpg
JAS 39 Gripen

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/cdgpg5no12.jpg

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/37rote.jpg
JA 37 Viggen

http://www.f17.mil.se/images/local/flyg_viggen_01.jpg
JA 37 Viggen

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/ajsf37fif18.jpg
AJSF 37 Viggen in Powidz, Poland, a Finnish Hornet behind it.

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/sf37.jpg
AFJS 37 Viggen

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/sk60linje.jpg
SK 60 trainer/light attack

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/sk60lh.jpg
SK 60 trainer/light attack

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/sk60bol.jpg
SK 60 trainer/light attack

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/s100lackslott.jpg
S 100B Argus

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/s100rote.jpg
S 100B Argus, with and without radar, without radar it´s a VIP-plane

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/s102bol.jpg
S 102B Korpen, S = Signal.

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/tpa.jpg
TP 102C, usually flies Swedish prime minister and so forth.

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/tp84start.jpg
TP 84 Hercules

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/tp84last.jpg
TP 84 Hercules

[mustamato]

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/hkp15002fix.jpg
Hkp 15[/img]

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/hkp11z35b.jpg
[i]Hkp 11[/img]

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/hkp4y61fartyg.jpg
[i]Hkp 4B

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/hkp101.jpg
Hkp 10

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/hkp6az61.jpg
Hkp 6A

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/hkp92.jpg
Hkp 9

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Swedish Air Force on the ground

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/vakter.jpg
Air Force guards

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/narskydd.jpg
Air base jaegers (anti-Spetsnaz basically)

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/brandman.jpg
Firemen

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/robotvagn.jpg
Rb 99 AMRAAM

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/stric.jpg

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/rb75laddning.jpg

http://www.flygvapennytt.mil.se/images/local/axo.jpg
.... aaaand finally a pilot

[Otsoa]

Excellent pics but it would have been perfect if you had some pics of the Draken. Love that plane :D

[Uninen]

Excellent pics but it would have been perfect if you had some pics of the Draken. Love that plane :D

Damn, i was going to say that.... Draken is hardcore!

http://go.supereva.it/aviation/Saab%20JA35%20Draken_DK215m_1024.jpg
Ok this is (was) FAF Draken..... but so what? It look so "cool" in this special paint scheme...

[catalyst]

who has bought JAS 39 Grippen as foreign buyers? Because the cost of consortiums building Typhoon, Tornado, EuroFighter and so on have blown out. How has Sweeden done this cost effectively or have they run at a cost, to the greater benefit of the country?

[n_shanygin]

Great pics Mustamato! :)

[Caraway]

Here's some drakens also.

http://www.netti.fi/~halle/planes/swe/pic/draken_5.jpg

http://www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/aviation/img/saab/saabj35j.jpg

http://www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/aviation/img/lule77/j35d-03.jpg

http://www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/aviation/draken/s35e/s35e-cockpit-2.jpg

http://www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/aviation/draken/s35e/s35e-cockpit-3.jpg

http://www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/aviation/draken/s35e/s35e-cockpit-1-caption.jpg

http://www.ilmavoimat.fi/filebank/1908-dk21.jpg

http://www.ilmavoimat.fi/filebank/1947-dk60.jpg

http://www.ilmavoimat.fi/filebank/1923-dk36.jpg

http://www.ilmavoimat.fi/filebank/1922-dk35.jpg

http://www.ilmavoimat.fi/filebank/1946-dk59.jpg

http://www.flightresearch.com/Images/Aircraft/Large/at153-reflections01.jpg

http://www.flightresearch.com/Images/Aircraft/Large/drakenflyover.jpg


Now it should be clear how Draken looks like. :D

[MolliG]

http://www.canit.se/%7Egriffon/aviation/draken/s35e/s35e-cockpit-3.jpg

Nice upholstery! ;)

Just look at the change in cockpit design.

http://www.canit.se/~griffon/aviation/img/saab/gripen/gall97/gripen-cockpit.jpg

http://www.canit.se/~griffon/aviation/gripen/cockpit/cockpit.jpg
Gripen's cockpit.

[MolliG]

Gripen = Griffon
Viggen = Thunderbolt
Draken = Dragon

Right?

[Stavka]

Gripen = Griffon
Viggen = Thunderbolt
Draken = Dragon

Right?

Correct. Your skills at swedishspeek are leet indeed. Have a cookie. ;)

[xjym2002]

Swedish Air Force and Saab are awesome!

http://www.eichhorn.ws/assets/images/saab29_tunnan.jpg

[Caraway]

SAAB=Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget

[spectre5]

Hei Mustamato, could you do similar post titled finnish airforces?

[mustamato]

who has bought JAS 39 Grippen as foreign buyers? Because the cost of consortiums building Typhoon, Tornado, EuroFighter and so on have blown out. How has Sweeden done this cost effectively or have they run at a cost, to the greater benefit of the country?

Well. In terms of costs this has been Swedens largest single industrial project,
the costs have been estimated to about 100 billion Swedish Kr, which is something
like $13 billion US dollars. There is two main problems with the plane, first that in
example US can always sell their planes cheaper, also US can pressure countries
to buy American. Secondly the timing is somewhat off, in example Brazil was
interested in buying Gripen but well, they didn´t want to spend that much money
on a fighter, the cold war is over. So basically, the Swedish taxpayers have paid
a lot for the plane. The export costumers so far:

http://imagebase.saab.se/ibsaab/file/saab/Dig0/Dig02908/low/Dig02908.jpg
Gripen in Hungarian colours, they have ordered 14. Also Czech Republic
have ordered 14 Gripen. First NATO costumers.

http://imagebase.saab.se/ibsaab/file/saab/Dig9/Dig99155_J/low/Dig99155_J.jpg
South African Gripen over Cape town, they have ordered 28

The Swedish Air Force have ordered 204 Gripen. However, I think that 28 of
these are going to be leased to Hungary and Czech Republic. Not sure though.


Hei Mustamato, could you do similar post titled finnish airforces?

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7417&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=finnish+air+force&start=0

[MolliG]

Gripen = Griffon
Viggen = Thunderbolt
Draken = Dragon

Right?

Correct. Your skills at swedishspeek are leet indeed. Have a cookie. ;)

woot Can I have a Jaffa Cake instead? ;)

[mustamato]

I forgot this :) SK 61 Bulldog, basic trainer

http://w1.522.telia.com/~u52220225/422A28A-SK61D-35.jpg

http://w1.522.telia.com/~u52220225/422A39-SK61-rad.jpg

They have to learn to fly in the Bulldog before advancing to the SK 60 trainer,

http://www.sff.n.se/images_2/002-1001044_Sk60.JPG
SK 60 with rockets

[xjym2002]

Is there any pics that all kinds of SAABs flying together like a reunion?

[Uninen]

Is there any pics that all kinds of SAABs flying together like a reunion?

Actually there are.. showing Tunan, Lansen, Draken, Viggen and Grippen (all SAAB jets) in one formation....

Maybe mustamato will dig it up for us... :)

http://www.daniel-k.com/aviation/images/100x66/t10078.jpg

And "SK 105" of course...... but i think we need bigger one.... :|

*Edit*

http://www.daniel-k.com/aviation/postcard/pictures/saabgroup.jpg

;)

[mustamato]

Is there any pics that all kinds of SAABs flying together like a reunion?

I doubt it, since that would be a hell of a lot of airplanes. Rememer that SAAB
have been building them since the second world war. But here is atleast one:

http://w1.132.telia.com/~u13206896/images/6_grupp.gif
SAAB 105 (sk 60), 35 Draken, 32 Lansen, 39 gripen, 37 Viggen and 29 Tunnan

http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/ftp/IMAGES/aviation/saab/saabs.jpg
SK 60, Viggen, Draken and Lansen

Some early SAAB´s:

http://w1.132.telia.com/~u13206896/images/Saab17.jpg
SAAB 17, dive bomber

http://w1.132.telia.com/~u13206896/images/Saab18.jpg
SAAB 18, light bomber

http://www.saabklubben.com/arkiv/92/9207.jpg
SAAB J21 and SAAB´s first car

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/VanTilborg/2457.jpg
SAAB J21R, note that it has a jetengine now.

http://www.canit.se/~griffon/aviation/img/fvmus88/saab210.jpg
SAAB 210, a "mini-Draken" to test the wing-shape

http://www.flygmuseum.com/bilder/14629.jpg
A32 (attack version) Lansen

[Dalleer]

I remember reading that the Swedes have also "built" some of their aircraft so that they can use normal highways as runways...

[Uninen]

I remember reading that the Swedes have also "built" some of their aircraft so that they can use normal highways as runways...

Finnish airforce can and has operated F-18:s out of "highways"....... no "special building" nessacery... ;)

[gorg]

http://atrax.goatpower.se/pubup/upload/img0067_1200p.jpg

click HERE (http://www.f7.mil.se/article.php?id=679) for some very nice Gripen photos.

[glofs]

I remember reading that the Swedes have also "built" some of their aircraft so that they can use normal highways as runways...

Yeah, there are a couple of funny stories about pilots landing on the wrong roads during the major excercises in the 80s and 90s...

[glofs]

Video of Viggen landing, reversing thrust and taking off again

http://www01.peoplebank.com/staff/damir/videos/waddington-2000/wmv/vigen-landing.wmv

[Flagg]

Can I ask a semi serious question?

Why is it Saab in Sweden can make some of the most bitchin' looking aircraft ever made......they're frickin beautiful...especially for such a teeny, tiny little country

But Saab cars are so poop looking?

You need to stop building so many cool planes and cars for housewives....and start building cars for people who party like rockstars

Sort it out!

[Stavka]

Well, I think SAAB is working on a new sports model that will eb something extra.

My impression fo the business is that no matter what the car looks like, the difference between it looking "AWESOME!!!" and "OMFG, it looks like ****" is whether its a BMW or a SAAB, the brand is all that counts it seems.

[Nondescript]

Well SAAB Automotive is owned by GM, so SAAB the airplane maker and SAAB the car maker are two different companies.

And by tradition up until today, SAAB has made cars that appeal to only a small part of the market. Today we are starting to see more mainstream models being introduced in SAABs model line, like the 9-3 SportSedan and the upcomming 9-2X and 9-7X. When GM bought SAAB they decided that the small Swedish auto-maker could continue to build their cars like they had before, but the negative results every year has now forced GM to make "fake" SAABs, SAABs that will be attractive to a broader part of the market. A prime example of this budget-cutting is the new 9-2X, which is in fact a badged Subaru Imprezza Sport Wagon, it even has the same boxer engines as the Subaru, SAAB has never ever ever had boxer engine before.

Me, I like SAAB, but I'm Swedish so what do I know. I'm actually considering a 9-5 Sedan as my next car,