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	Third Air Group (1945–1948); Second Air Group (1948–1961); First Air Group (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

Coat of arms

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

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

”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

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

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

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

References

Notes

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

Print

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 9197158488. SELIBR 9845891.
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.
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

Appich, Thomas W. Jr. (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 (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)

External links

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 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