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Invitation Genderforce Course Gender Field Advisor 3 October – 9 October 2009 25 June 200912:34 PM

Genderforce will in cooperation with SWEDINT conduct a Gender Field Advisor Course at SWEDINT.

A Good Ending for Exercise Loyal Arrow 18 June 20093:30 PM

June 17, has seen the concluding ceremony of Loyal Arrow, the NATO-led air exercise. The host for this exercise has been the air base of the F 21 Wing. It was the moment for personnel of the ten...

A Swede, a Spaniard and a Brit… 18 June 20093:00 PM

One of the aims of exercise Loyal Arrow was to develop methods for international cooperation. When the German Air Force during the exercise asked the Air Operations Officer of the F 21 Wing, Mats...

Aerial Refuelling 17 June 200910:00 AM

The “flying gas station”, a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, takes off from Kallax air base loaded with more than 150 000 pounds of aircraft fuel. Today, the shop is open for six hours for the...

Rescued from Enemy Territory 16 June 200912:00 PM

An injured pilot is in the area controlled by the enemy. He needs help to escape, and the Swedish rescue group is tasked with getting him out. This is the scenario for one of the missions during...

The Gripen Flies Every Day 16 June 20099:41 AM

It has been possible for the Swedish pilots to fly every day during exercise Loyal Arrow.”We have carried out all our planned flights, the other nations have had to cancel a few times because of low...

We are ready for NATO Response Force 13 16 June 20098:04 AM

With these words, Colonel Michael Dederichs, German Air Force, closed his presentation to Brigadier General Gianni Baron at the Deployable Control and Reporting Centre, DCRC. The general is the...

Marshals of the Air Base 15 June 20091:44 PM

There is no disputing that all flying requires rigorous safety. At the Kallax Air Base, it is the air field maintenance unit of the F 21 Wing that does all the maintenance of the air field.”We are the...

Royal visit in Exercise Loyal Arrow 14 June 20099:48 AM

On Saturday the 13th of June His majesty the King of Sweden arrived at Kallax Air Base, Norrbotten Wing F 21 to visit Loyal Arrow. His Majesty the King was accompanied by General Roger A. Brady,...

A floating Air Base 13 June 20093:14 PM

A ship built on pride and tradition. A crew where the commonship and ambition is touchable.“I´ve been onboard the HMS Illustrious for two years and I`m really enjoying this," medical assistant Linda...