Hälsinge Wing

Hälsinge Wing
Hälsinge Wing
Hälsinge flygflottilj
Active	1945–1998
Country	Sweden
Allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
Branch	Swedish Air Force
Type	Wing
Role	Fighter wing (1945–1961); Attack wing (1962–1993); Attack/Recon wing (1993–1998)
Part of	3rd Air Command (1945–1948); 2nd Air Command (1948–1961); 1st Air Command (1961–1966); Milo Ö (1966–1982); Milo NN (1982–1993); Milo M (1993–1998)
Garrison/HQ	Söderhamn/Sandarne
March	"When the Saints" (Lidberg)
Insignia
Roundels
Aircraft flown
Attack	A 32A, AJ 37,
Bomber	B 5, B 17
Fighter	J 21A, J 28B, J 29
Multirole helicopter	Hkp 3, Hkp 4, Hkp 10
Trainer	Sk 12, Sk 14, Sk 15, Sk 16, Sk 50, Sk 60 Sk 61, Sk 37
Transport	Tp 83
	J 32B, AJS 37, AJSF 37, AJSH 37

Hälsinge Wing (Swedish: Hälsinge flygflottilj), also F 15 Söderhamn, or simply F 15, is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located near Söderhamn in northern Sweden.

Heraldry and traditions[edit]

Coat of arms[edit]

The first coat of arms of the Hälsinge Wing was used from 1945 to 1994. Blazon: "Sable, the provincial badge of Hälsingland, a buck rampant or, armed and langued gules."^[2] The second coat of arms was used from 1994 to 1997. Blazon: "Sable, the provincial badge of Hälsingland, a buck rampant or, armed and langued gules, a chief azure over a barrulet or, charged with a winged twobladed propeller of the last colour."^[2]

Coat of arms used from 1945 to 1994.
Coat of arms used from 1994 to 1997.

Colours, standards and guidons[edit]

A colour was presented to the wing in Söderhamn in March 1949 by the Chief of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Bengt Nordenskiöld. Blazon: "On blue cloth in the centre the badge of the Air Force; a winged two-bladed propeller under a royal crown proper, all yellow. In the first corner the provincial badge of Hälsingland; a yellow buck rampant, armed and langued red."^[3]

March[edit]

"Hälsinge flygflottiljs marsch" by Jörgen Lidberg. It's a march arrangement of "When the Saints Go Marching In". The march was established on 15 August 1967.^[3]

Commanding officers[edit]

Commanding officers from 1945 to 1997.^[4] The commanding officer was referred to as "wing commander" and had the rank of colonel.

1945–1960: Gösta Seth
1960–1965: Olof Knutsson
1965–1972: Sven Lampell
1972–1975: Ingvar Hedin
1975–1978: Gunnar Unell
1978–1981: Åke Sjögren
1981–1987: Roland Magndahl
1987–1994: Sven Borgvald
1994–1997: Christer Hjort
1998–1998: Sture Gafvelin (acting)

Names, designations and locations[edit]

Name	Translation	From		To
Kungl. Hälsinge flygflottilj	Royal Hälsinge Wing	1945-07-01	–	1974-12-31
Hälsinge flygflottilj	Hälsinge Wing Hälsinge Air Group^[5]	1975-01-01	–	1998-06-30
Designation		From		To
F 15		1945-07-01	–	1998-06-30
Location		From		To
Söderhamn Airport		1948-??-??	–	1998-06-30

Footnotes[edit]

^ The march was adopted and established on 15 August 1967.^[1]

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ Sandberg 2007, p. 47
^ ^a ^b Braunstein 2006, pp. 60–61
^ ^a ^b Braunstein 2005, p. 99
^ Braunstein 2005, p. 100
^ Appich, Jr. 1988, p. 42

Print[edit]

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 91-971584-8-8. SELIBR 9845891. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
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.

Web[edit]

Appich, Jr., Thomas W. (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 from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)

External links[edit]

F 15 Air Force Museum (in Swedish)

61°16′28″N 17°05′36″E / 61.2744°N 17.0933°E / 61.2744; 17.0933

[2] The march was adopted and established on 15 August 1967.^[1]

[1] Sandberg 2007, p. 47

[Braunstein_(2006),_pp._60-61-3] Braunstein 2006, pp. 60–61

[Braunstein_(2005),_p._99-4] Braunstein 2005, p. 99

[Braunstein_(2005),_p._100-5] Braunstein 2005, p. 100

[6] Appich, Jr. 1988, p. 42

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v t e Swedish Air Force wings
Currently active	F 7 Såtenäs F 16 Uppsala F 17 Kallinge F 21 Luleå Helicopter Wing
Inactive	F 1 Hasslö F 2 Hägernäs F 3 Malmslätt F 4 Frösön F 5 Ljungbyhed F 6 Karlsborg F 8 Barkarby F 9 Säve F 10 Ängelholm F 11 Nyköping F 12 Kalmar F 13 Norrköping F 14 Halmstad F 15 Söderhamn F 18 Tullinge F 19 Finland F 20 Uppsala