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Blekinge Wing

February 27, 2023

Blekinge Wing[3] (Swedish: Blekinge flygflottilj), also F 17 Kallinge, or simply F 17, is a Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located near Ronneby in southern Sweden. It is one of the three remaining wings in Sweden and currently has two squadrons of multirole aircraft. F 17 in the south and F 21 in the north are the two wings remaining to have operational squadrons. F 7 is a school where pilots begin their training in the JAS 39 Gripen. After that the pilot's training is moved out to the two operational wings there they learn their final skills.

Blekinge Wing
Blekinge flygflottilj
Active1944–present
CountrySweden
AllegianceSwedish Armed Forces
BranchSwedish Air Force
TypeWing
RoleMarine (1944–1956)
Attack (1956–1973)
Attack/Fighter (1973–1975)
Fighter (1975–1979)
Fighter/Recon (1979–1993)
Fighter (1993–2002)
Multi (2002–present)
Garrison/HQKallinge
Motto(s)Styrka genom samverkan[1] ("Strength through collaboration")
March"Blekinge flygflottiljs marsch" (Dohlin)[note 1]
Commanders
Current
commander		COL Anders Jönsson
Insignia
Roundels
Aircraft flown
AttackA 21R, A 32A
BomberB 3, B 4, B 5, B 17
FighterJ 35F, JA 37
Multirole helicopterHkp 3B, Hkp 4A,
Hkp 10A
ReconnaissanceSF 37, SH 37, AJSF 37
TrainerSk 12, Sk 15, Sk 16, Sk 25, Sk 50
TransportTp 83, TP 87, TP 101, TP 103
G 101, Se 102, Se 103, Se 104, T 18B, JAS 39A, JAS 39C

History

F 17 was established on the Bredåkra moor in 1944 under the name of Kungliga Blekinge Flygflottilj, The Royal Blekinge Air Wing. The moor had been used as a military training ground since the 19th century. The wing was at first mainly used for marine operations, such as torpedo and naval mine deployment. In 1947 the wing was reorganized with bomber squadrons. In 1954 the first jet planes entered service at the wing, as a part of the Swedish Air Force's transition to jet aircraft.

In 1973 another transition took place when F 17 received two squadrons with J 35 Draken from the former Östgöta Wing (F 3). From 1976 to 1978, F 17 was a pure "Air-to-air" fighter wing with the two squadrons of J 35 aircraft. In 1978 one of these was replaced with a modern reconnaissance squadron equipped with the then state-of-the-art SF/SH 37 Viggen aircraft. The remaining J 35 Draken squadron was replaced with JA 37 Viggen in 1982.

In 1993 the reconnaissance squadron was moved to the Scania Wing (F 10), and was replaced with a JA 37 squadron from the closed Bråvalla Wing (F 13). Once again F 17 became an air-to-air only wing. F 17 is since 2002 equipped with two squadrons of JAS 39 Gripen, as the old JA 37 Viggen aircraft is phased out.

F 17 today

Parts of the Swedish helicopter forces are today stationed at F 17 with antisubmarine warfare as their main task. A rescue helicopter is also stationed here. F 17 has detachments on Gotland (F 17 G), on Malmen airport near Linköping (F 17 M) and in Hästveda, an urban area in the Hässleholm Municipality. The wing uses the coat of arms of Blekinge as the emblem.

Current fleet:

Heraldry and traditions

Coat of arms

The first coat of arms of the Blekinge Wing was used from 1944 to 1994. Blazon: "Azure, the provincial badge of Blekinge, an oak, the trunk enfiled with three open crowns, all or."[4] The current coat of arms has been used since 1994. Blazon: "Azure, the provincial badge of Blekinge, an oak, the trunk enfiled with three open crowns, a chief over a string, charged with a winged twobladed propeller, all or."[4]

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    Coat of arms used from 1944 to 1994.

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    Coat of arms used from 1994.

Colours, standards and guidons

Blekinge Wing presents one wing colour and one school colour.

Wing colour

The first colour was presented to the wing at Svea Air Corps (F 8) at Barkarby Airport by His Majesty the King Gustaf V on 17 September 1944. Blazon: "On blue cloth in the centre the badge of the Air Force; a winged two-bladed propeller under a royal crown proper, all in yellow. In the first corner the provincial badge of Blekinge; an oak enfiled with three open crown, all in yellow." Decor through inserting and embroidery.[5]

A new colour was presented to the wing at Kallinge by His Majesty the King Carl XVI Gustaf on 15 April 2004.[6] The colour is drawn by Kristina Holmgård-Åkerberg and embroidered by hand in insertion technique by the company Libraria. Blazon: "On blue cloth in the centre the badge of the Air Force; a winged two-bladed propeller under a royal crown proper. In the first corner the provincial badge of Blekinge; an oak enfiled with three open crowns; in the second corner the town badge of Kalmar; from a waved base a yellow tower embattled issuant between two mullets (a legacy from the former Kalmar Wing, F 12), in the third corner the provincial badge of Scania; an erazed head of a griffin with an open crown (a legacy from the former Scania Wing, F 10) and in the fourth corner an eagle, wings elevated and displayed, on its breast an escutcheon with a sinister-turned eagle (a legacy from the former Swedish Air Force Flying School, F 5). All décor in yellow."[6]

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    The 1944 colour.

School colour

The colour was originally presented to the then Swedish Air Force Flying School (F 5) by His Majesty the King Carl XVI Gustaf on 25 August 1996.[6] The colour is drawn by Kristina Åkerberg and embroidered by machine in insertion technique by Engelbrektsson flag factory. The colour was used as school colour at the Scania Wing (F 10) from 1 July 1998 to 31 December 2002 and at the Uppland Wing (F 16) from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003. Blazon: "On blue cloth in the centre the badge of the Air Force; a winged two-bladed propeller under a royal crown proper. In the first corner an eagle, wings elevated and displayed, on its breast an escutcheon with a sinister-turned eagle. All décor in yellow."[6]

March

The march "Torsten Rapp" composed by music director Carl Gustaf Ellström was used from 1946 to 1957. "Blekinge flygflottiljs marsch" composed by music director Åke Dohlin was established on 13 June 1984. The march was commissioned by F 17 in 1984 in connection with the wing's 40th anniversary.[7]

Commanding officers

From 1944 to 1978, the commanding officers was referred to as flottiljchef ("wing commander"), and had during the wings first years the rank of lieutenant colonel. From 1947, the wing commander got the rank of colonel. From 1974 to 1981, the wing commander was referred to as sektorflottiljchef ("sector wing commander"). Unlike sector wing commanders at other wings, the sector wing commander at F 17 was not awarded the rank of senior colonel. From 1 July 1981, the commanding officer is again referred to as flottiljchef ("wing commander"), and had the rank of colonel.

Wing and sector wing commanders

  • 1944–1948: Torsten Rapp
  • 1948–1951: Hugo Svenow
  • 1951–1963: Sten Rydström
  • 1963–1966: Per Svensson
  • 1966–1975: Carl-Otto Larsson
  • 1975–1984: Erik Spångberg
  • 1984–1987: Rolf Clementson
  • 1987–1990: Gunnar Ståhl
  • 1990–1998: Bo-Walter Eriksson
  • 1998–2000: Lennart Pettersson
  • 2000–2003: Lars Johansson
  • 2003–2007: Lars Lundell
  • 2007–2009: Niclas Karlsson
  • 2009–2012: Mats Helgesson
  • 2012–2013: Gabor Nagy
  • 2014–2014: Magnus Liljegren
  • 2014–2019: Lars Bergström
  • 2019–2022: Tommy Petersson
  • 2022–20xx: Anders Jönsson[8]

Deputy sector wing commanders

In order to relieve the sector wing commander, a deputy sector wing commander position was added in 1978. Its task was to lead the unit procurement, a task largely similar to the old wing commander position. Hence he was also referred to as flottiljchef ("wing commander"). The deputy sector wing commander had the rank of colonel. On 30 June 1981, the deputy sector wing commander position was terminated, when the sector responsibility was transferred to the Scania Wing (F 10).

  • 1978–1980: Sten Norrmo

Names, designations and locations

Name Translation From To
Wendes flygflottilj Wendes Wing xxxx-xx-xx – xxxx-xx-xx
Tionde flygflottiljen 10th Wing 1940-10-01 – 1942-06-30
Kungl. Blekinge flygflottilj Royal Blekinge Wing 1944-07-01 – 1974-12-31
Blekinge flygflottilj Blekinge Wing[3]
Blekinge Air Group[9]		 1975-01-01 –
Designation From To
F 17 1944-07-01 – 1978-??-??
F 17/Se 2 1978-??-?? – 1981-06-30
F 17 1981-07-01 –
Location From To
Kallinge Airport 1944-07-01 –

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ The march was adopted and established on 13 June 1984.[2]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Handbok: parad 6: traditionsvård 2017, p. 57
  2. ^ Sandberg 2007, p. 25
  3. ^ a b Grafisk profil 2013, p. 64
  4. ^ a b Braunstein 2006, p. 61
  5. ^ Braunstein 2005, p. 107
  6. ^ a b c d Braunstein 2004, p. 74
  7. ^ Braunstein 2005, p. 108
  8. ^ "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets forum (4): 9. 2022. SELIBR 4109339. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  9. ^ Appich 1988, p. 42

Print

  • Braunstein, Christian (2004). Svenska försvarsmaktens fälttecken efter millennieskiftet [The flags and standards of the Swedish Armed Forces after the turn of the millennium] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 7 [dvs 8] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-7-X. SELIBR 9815350.
  • Braunstein, Christian (2005). Svenska flygvapnets förband och skolor under 1900-talet (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 8 [dvs 9] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 9197158488. SELIBR 9845891.
  • Braunstein, Christian (2006). Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska försvaret [Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 9 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-9-6. SELIBR 10099224.
  • Sandberg, Bo (2007). Försvarets marscher och signaler förr och nu: marscher antagna av svenska militära förband, skolor och staber samt igenkännings-, tjänstgörings- och exercissignaler (in Swedish) (New ed.). Stockholm: Militärmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv. ISBN 978-91-631-8699-8. SELIBR 10413065.
  • Handbok: parad 6: traditionsvård : H PARAD 6 2016 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarsmakten. 2017. SELIBR 22459606.

Web

Further reading

  • Från B3 till Gripen: Blekinge flygflottilj F 17 75 år, 1944-2019 (in Swedish). Ronneby: Blekinge flygflottilj. 2019. ISBN 9789151905853. SELIBR r26scgwrpp7d7s8k.
  • Kungl. Blekinge flygflottilj 25 år (in Swedish). Ronneby: Flygflottiljen. 1969. SELIBR 1590848.

External links

 
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Coordinates: 56°15′19″N 15°17′04″E / 56.2553°N 15.2844°E / 56.2553; 15.2844

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Blekinge Wing 3 Swedish Blekinge flygflottilj also F 17 Kallinge or simply F 17 is a Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located near Ronneby in southern Sweden It is one of the three remaining wings in Sweden and currently has two squadrons of multirole aircraft F 17 in the south and F 21 in the north are the two wings remaining to have operational squadrons F 7 is a school where pilots begin their training in the JAS 39 Gripen After that the pilot s training is moved out to the two operational wings there they learn their final skills Blekinge WingBlekinge flygflottiljActive1944 presentCountrySwedenAllegianceSwedish Armed ForcesBranchSwedish Air ForceTypeWingRoleMarine 1944 1956 Attack 1956 1973 Attack Fighter 1973 1975 Fighter 1975 1979 Fighter Recon 1979 1993 Fighter 1993 2002 Multi 2002 present Garrison HQKallingeMotto s Styrka genom samverkan 1 Strength through collaboration March Blekinge flygflottiljs marsch Dohlin note 1 CommandersCurrentcommanderCOL Anders JonssonInsigniaRoundelsAircraft flownAttackA 21R A 32ABomberB 3 B 4 B 5 B 17FighterJ 35F JA 37Multirole helicopterHkp 3B Hkp 4A Hkp 10AReconnaissanceSF 37 SH 37 AJSF 37TrainerSk 12 Sk 15 Sk 16 Sk 25 Sk 50TransportTp 83 TP 87 TP 101 TP 103G 101 Se 102 Se 103 Se 104 T 18B JAS 39A JAS 39C Contents 1 History 1 1 F 17 today 2 Heraldry and traditions 2 1 Coat of arms 2 2 Colours standards and guidons 2 2 1 Wing colour 2 2 2 School colour 2 3 March 3 Commanding officers 3 1 Wing and sector wing commanders 3 2 Deputy sector wing commanders 4 Names designations and locations 5 See also 6 Footnotes 7 References 7 1 Notes 7 2 Print 7 3 Web 8 Further reading 9 External linksHistory EditF 17 was established on the Bredakra moor in 1944 under the name of Kungliga Blekinge Flygflottilj The Royal Blekinge Air Wing The moor had been used as a military training ground since the 19th century The wing was at first mainly used for marine operations such as torpedo and naval mine deployment In 1947 the wing was reorganized with bomber squadrons In 1954 the first jet planes entered service at the wing as a part of the Swedish Air Force s transition to jet aircraft In 1973 another transition took place when F 17 received two squadrons with J 35 Draken from the former Ostgota Wing F 3 From 1976 to 1978 F 17 was a pure Air to air fighter wing with the two squadrons of J 35 aircraft In 1978 one of these was replaced with a modern reconnaissance squadron equipped with the then state of the art SF SH 37 Viggen aircraft The remaining J 35 Draken squadron was replaced with JA 37 Viggen in 1982 In 1993 the reconnaissance squadron was moved to the Scania Wing F 10 and was replaced with a JA 37 squadron from the closed Bravalla Wing F 13 Once again F 17 became an air to air only wing F 17 is since 2002 equipped with two squadrons of JAS 39 Gripen as the old JA 37 Viggen aircraft is phased out F 17 today Edit Parts of the Swedish helicopter forces are today stationed at F 17 with antisubmarine warfare as their main task A rescue helicopter is also stationed here F 17 has detachments on Gotland F 17 G on Malmen airport near Linkoping F 17 M and in Hastveda an urban area in the Hassleholm Municipality The wing uses the coat of arms of Blekinge as the emblem Current fleet JAS 39 Gripen Saab 105 SK 60 Eurocopter Super Puma HKP 10 NHIndustries NH90 HKP 14 AgustaWestland AW109 HKP 15 Heraldry and traditions EditCoat of arms Edit The first coat of arms of the Blekinge Wing was used from 1944 to 1994 Blazon Azure the provincial badge of Blekinge an oak the trunk enfiled with three open crowns all or 4 The current coat of arms has been used since 1994 Blazon Azure the provincial badge of Blekinge an oak the trunk enfiled with three open crowns a chief over a string charged with a winged twobladed propeller all or 4 Coat of arms used from 1944 to 1994 Coat of arms used from 1994 Colours standards and guidons Edit Blekinge Wing presents one wing colour and one school colour Wing colour Edit The first colour was presented to the wing at Svea Air Corps F 8 at Barkarby Airport by His Majesty the King Gustaf V on 17 September 1944 Blazon On blue cloth in the centre the badge of the Air Force a winged two bladed propeller under a royal crown proper all in yellow In the first corner the provincial badge of Blekinge an oak enfiled with three open crown all in yellow Decor through inserting and embroidery 5 A new colour was presented to the wing at Kallinge by His Majesty the King Carl XVI Gustaf on 15 April 2004 6 The colour is drawn by Kristina Holmgard Akerberg and embroidered by hand in insertion technique by the company Libraria Blazon On blue cloth in the centre the badge of the Air Force a winged two bladed propeller under a royal crown proper In the first corner the provincial badge of Blekinge an oak enfiled with three open crowns in the second corner the town badge of Kalmar from a waved base a yellow tower embattled issuant between two mullets a legacy from the former Kalmar Wing F 12 in the third corner the provincial badge of Scania an erazed head of a griffin with an open crown a legacy from the former Scania Wing F 10 and in the fourth corner an eagle wings elevated and displayed on its breast an escutcheon with a sinister turned eagle a legacy from the former Swedish Air Force Flying School F 5 All decor in yellow 6 The 1944 colour School colour Edit The colour was originally presented to the then Swedish Air Force Flying School F 5 by His Majesty the King Carl XVI Gustaf on 25 August 1996 6 The colour is drawn by Kristina Akerberg and embroidered by machine in insertion technique by Engelbrektsson flag factory The colour was used as school colour at the Scania Wing F 10 from 1 July 1998 to 31 December 2002 and at the Uppland Wing F 16 from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003 Blazon On blue cloth in the centre the badge of the Air Force a winged two bladed propeller under a royal crown proper In the first corner an eagle wings elevated and displayed on its breast an escutcheon with a sinister turned eagle All decor in yellow 6 March Edit The march Torsten Rapp composed by music director Carl Gustaf Ellstrom was used from 1946 to 1957 Blekinge flygflottiljs marsch composed by music director Ake Dohlin was established on 13 June 1984 The march was commissioned by F 17 in 1984 in connection with the wing s 40th anniversary 7 Commanding officers EditFrom 1944 to 1978 the commanding officers was referred to as flottiljchef wing commander and had during the wings first years the rank of lieutenant colonel From 1947 the wing commander got the rank of colonel From 1974 to 1981 the wing commander was referred to as sektorflottiljchef sector wing commander Unlike sector wing commanders at other wings the sector wing commander at F 17 was not awarded the rank of senior colonel From 1 July 1981 the commanding officer is again referred to as flottiljchef wing commander and had the rank of colonel Wing and sector wing commanders Edit 1944 1948 Torsten Rapp 1948 1951 Hugo Svenow 1951 1963 Sten Rydstrom 1963 1966 Per Svensson 1966 1975 Carl Otto Larsson 1975 1984 Erik Spangberg 1984 1987 Rolf Clementson 1987 1990 Gunnar Stahl 1990 1998 Bo Walter Eriksson 1998 2000 Lennart Pettersson 2000 2003 Lars Johansson 2003 2007 Lars Lundell 2007 2009 Niclas Karlsson 2009 2012 Mats Helgesson 2012 2013 Gabor Nagy 2014 2014 Magnus Liljegren 2014 2019 Lars Bergstrom 2019 2022 Tommy Petersson 2022 20xx Anders Jonsson 8 Deputy sector wing commanders Edit In order to relieve the sector wing commander a deputy sector wing commander position was added in 1978 Its task was to lead the unit procurement a task largely similar to the old wing commander position Hence he was also referred to as flottiljchef wing commander The deputy sector wing commander had the rank of colonel On 30 June 1981 the deputy sector wing commander position was terminated when the sector responsibility was transferred to the Scania Wing F 10 1978 1980 Sten NorrmoNames designations and locations EditName Translation From ToWendes flygflottilj Wendes Wing xxxx xx xx xxxx xx xxTionde flygflottiljen 10th Wing 1940 10 01 1942 06 30Kungl Blekinge flygflottilj Royal Blekinge Wing 1944 07 01 1974 12 31Blekinge flygflottilj Blekinge Wing 3 Blekinge Air Group 9 1975 01 01 Designation From ToF 17 1944 07 01 1978 F 17 Se 2 1978 1981 06 30F 17 1981 07 01 Location From ToKallinge Airport 1944 07 01 See also EditSwedish Air Force List of military aircraft of SwedenFootnotes Edit The march was adopted and established on 13 June 1984 2 References EditNotes Edit Handbok parad 6 traditionsvard 2017 p 57 Sandberg 2007 p 25 a b Grafisk profil 2013 p 64 a b Braunstein 2006 p 61 Braunstein 2005 p 107 a b c d Braunstein 2004 p 74 Braunstein 2005 p 108 PA NY POST PDF Forsvarets forum personaltidning for fast anstallda och reservofficerare i svenska forsvarsmakten in Swedish Stockholm Forsvarets forum 4 9 2022 SELIBR 4109339 Retrieved 22 September 2022 Appich 1988 p 42 Print Edit Braunstein Christian 2004 Svenska forsvarsmaktens falttecken efter millennieskiftet The flags and standards of the Swedish Armed Forces after the turn of the millennium PDF Skrift Statens forsvarshistoriska museer 1101 7023 7 dvs 8 in Swedish Stockholm Statens forsvarshistoriska museer ISBN 91 971584 7 X SELIBR 9815350 Braunstein Christian 2005 Svenska flygvapnets forband och skolor under 1900 talet PDF Skrift Statens forsvarshistoriska museer 1101 7023 8 dvs 9 in Swedish Stockholm Statens forsvarshistoriska museer ISBN 9197158488 SELIBR 9845891 Braunstein Christian 2006 Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska forsvaret Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces PDF Skrift Statens forsvarshistoriska museer 1101 7023 9 in Swedish Stockholm Statens forsvarshistoriska museer ISBN 91 971584 9 6 SELIBR 10099224 Sandberg Bo 2007 Forsvarets marscher och signaler forr och nu marscher antagna av svenska militara forband skolor och staber samt igenkannings tjanstgorings och exercissignaler in Swedish New ed Stockholm Militarmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv ISBN 978 91 631 8699 8 SELIBR 10413065 Handbok parad 6 traditionsvard H PARAD 6 2016 PDF in Swedish Stockholm Forsvarsmakten 2017 SELIBR 22459606 Web Edit Appich Thomas W Jr 22 July 1988 Reference Aid Swedish English Glossary of Military and Technical Acronyms and Abbreviations PDF United States Joint Publications Research Service Foreign Broadcast Information Service Archived PDF from the original on 20 February 2017 Retrieved 5 February 2021 Forsvarsmaktens gemensamma identitet direktiv for anvandandet av Forsvarsmaktens namn profil och bild PDF 1 3 in Swedish Swedish Armed Forces 2013 09 16 Retrieved 5 February 2021 Further reading EditFran B3 till Gripen Blekinge flygflottilj F 17 75 ar 1944 2019 in Swedish Ronneby Blekinge flygflottilj 2019 ISBN 9789151905853 SELIBR r26scgwrpp7d7s8k Kungl Blekinge flygflottilj 25 ar in Swedish Ronneby Flygflottiljen 1969 SELIBR 1590848 External links Edit 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