Såtenäs air force wing, 1975

[Camouflaged Viggen] Viggen

In 1975 it was still common to see bare metal AJ 37 Viggens. As I remember it, the camouflaged ones were the unusual ones then.


[Bare metal Viggen] [Viggen from the front]


[Two seat Viggen, bare metal] In 1975 there were still a few Sk 37 two seat conversion trainers at Såtenäs, which was the first wing to receive Viggens.

In 1974-75 they were transferred to the F 15 wing at Söderhamn, where conversion training was subsequently carried out.


[Safir] Saab Safir

In 1975, the Saab Sk 50 Safir was no longer used as a trainer and they had all been handed over to different wings to be used as liasion aircraft.


[Safir] I think the aircraft F7 83 is the one I got a ride in. My first experience of zero G as it were.

[Safir]


[Saab 105] Saab 105

As a trainer, it is marked 5 for the central flying school, F 5, at Ljungbyhed and has the individual number 14.


This Sk 60C had a unusual scheme. It was common for most of them to wear red dayglo tape panels, but this one had yellow dayglo diamonds in the red fields, something I've never seen before or since. [Saab 105]


[Saab 105] The baffle behind the engines is due to the RM 9 having a high idle thrust (designed for stationary applications as it were), so as to not overtax the wheel brakes.


[DC-3] DC-3

From 1947 until 1984, the Swedish air force had a total of seven DC-3s, designated Tp 79.


[Flightline of DC-3 and Viggen] The heavy transport group is based at Såtenäs, so most belonged there.

All, except one purchased from Germany as spare parts, were bare metal, in later years with fields of dayglo tape applied.


[Hercules] Hercules

This is the Swedish air force's first Hercules. Today, in 1996, it's the oldest operating Hercules in Europe. When purchased, it was a C-130E, now it's a C-130H. Swedish designation is TP 84.


[Hercules fuselage text] All Herculeses in Swedish service are and have been based at Såtenäs which is the home of the heavy transport group.


[Hercules engine and wing detail] Up to 50% of their time is spent on relief work, the rest is split between training and transport tasks for the Swedish armed forces.


[Lansen from the front] Lansen

The gate guardian at Såtenäs was a since couple of years retired Saab A 32A Lansen.
[Lansen wing detail] Lansens served as combat aircraft until 1978.
Swedish military aviation
Last modified 1996 Oct 17 by Urban Fredriksson
griffon@canit.se