Swedish Air Force in Uzbekistan

[Kekkonen]

The Swedish camp is part of a larger base


Camp Nordenskiöld, in honor of Bengt G Nordenskiöld who is seen as the father
of the modern Swedish AF.


Staff personell, name of the camp can be seen in the photo


Staff container, with AC I hope...


...because it can be warm.


All flying personell serving on Camp Nordenskiöld in Uzbekistan has trained with CSAR
units. The equipment vest used by the Swedes is "the best on the market" and the
personell can carry with them all the necessary equipment to survive, and to communicate
with friendly forces.


Tp 84 as the Swedish designation is


The airplanes have to make rather rough landings, so the repair crew has got quite
some skills...


...here a landing gear is repaired


Also the brakes gets a lot of wear, here a pair of brakes is changed


Airplane maintenance is serious business


To reduce the damage antennas are taped and hydrualics are protected with rubber






A German vehicle being loaded for transport on a Swedish Hercules


Personell from the former rotation in Uzbekistan back home

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Before clearance was given by the Uzbek government, the Swedes operated from Afghanistan.


How they build landing strips over there


Being 2000 meters above sea level the nights are cold, thus fog.




Non-Swedish airplane showing what happens with the gravle.

[Resurrection]

Cool pics What version is the Tp 84 that the Swedish AF use? H, J?

[ranger75bn]

nice pics


tnx for sharing

[Laworkerbee]

Years ago who would have ever though US troops would be based there and Swedish Air Force would be doing ops in Uzbekistan.

[larryzou]

is vary Cool pics thinks man

[kinghk]

He, I would like to see Securitas show up when the burglar alarm is set off.

[odenmedic]

Cool pics What version is the Tp 84 that the Swedish AF use? H, J?

848 is a C-130H model delivered in May 1981.

[Resurrection]

So are all of the H standard or just a few?

[signatory]

C-130E/H. the frist two were E models and the other H, one of them is now fitted with tanker capability. here is TP84-001 in 1965. Still with the USAF reg-number on the tail!

...
The Swedish Air Force has become the first international customer for the Boeing C-130 Avionics Modernization Program, signing a letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) to modernize its fleet of eight C-130E/H aircraft.

The LOA will lead to a foreign military sales contract between Boeing and the U.S. Air Force. The contract, the largest ever administered by the U.S. Air Force for the Swedish Government, is expected to be completed early this summer. The first aircraft is anticipated to enter modification in 2007, with the last modified aircraft being delivered to Sweden in 2009.
...

[Resurrection]

Cool, thanks for the info Signatory

He, I would like to see Securitas show up when the burglar alarm is set off.

Lol just noticed that

[Creeper]

Awesome pics of those Hercs ! I live 20 minutes away from the plant which build those monsters ! Enjjoyed them for many years.

[Mr. Nielsen]

The Meindl Desert Fox is standard issue?

[Mr. Nielsen]

Double post.

[Thor]

Not standard issue, but it is issued in some units.

[frijof]

The landing strip is the landing strip in Feyzabad Afghanistan. Home of the German/Chech/Danish PRT.
The Swedish Hercules had a flat tyre the first time they landed up there.




have just uploaded some pictures to my album
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/frijof