As it's common that for every aircraft shot down, two more returns to base with damages, putting them in the air quickly again is a very cost effective way of increasing an air force's combat effectiveness.
The Swedish concept is that a damaged aircraft is to be repaired in not more than 48 hours, in a way which allows it to fly 10 to 20 hours more.
Training for all wartime repairs of aircraft is at the techical school FTS/F 14 in Halmstad, so students are from different services. All repair methods are also developed and tested there, under very realistic conditions. Most of the teachers there have been trained in Abingdon in the UK, and are each an expert in a different area, like hull, inner structure.
In the air force, wartime repairs is the responsibility of the service platoon on a warbase. As common to the Swedish concept of wartime basing, all equipment and supplies are mobile.
Document last modified 1998 Nov 15, content reviewed 2000 Sep 07 by Urban
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