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Ceremonial opening 19 August 20094:19 PM

The rain was pouring down during the opening of the World Championships.

Esma’s first Championship 18 August 20093:30 PM

Esma Batur from Turkey is one of few female aeronautical pentathletes. This week she competes in her first World Championships.

New equipment on the way to Afghanistan 14 August 20091:23 PM

Efforts to provide more type RG32 light armoured patrol vehicles to troops in Afghanistan are in full swing right now. A complicated but vital task. Additional night vision equipment and machine guns...

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...