F 10 Ängelholm

Air Force Wing
emblem=
officialname=Kungliga Skånska Flygflottiljen
locatedin=Ängelholm,
Ängelholm Municipality
founded=1940
closed=2002
wingcommander=Knut Zachrisson (1940-1946)
Bill Bergman (1946-1956)
Willy Wagner (1956-1960)
Claes Henrik Nordenskiöld (1960-1962)
Ian Iacobi (1962-1966)
Kjell Rasmusson (1966-1969)
Ulf Cappelen-Smith (1969-1979)
Mats Hugosson (1993)
Mats Hellstrand (1993-1994)
Kjell Öfverberg (1995-1999)
Tomas Fjellner (1999-2001)
Hans Hansson (2001-2002)
typesofaircraft=Fighter
maintypes=J 8, J 20, J 21R, J 22, J 28, J 29, J 34, J 35, AJS 37, JAS 39, SK 60
othertypes=
other=

F 10 Ängelholm, Skånska Flygflottiljen, "Scandia Air Force Wing", or simply "F 10", is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located in southernmost Sweden.

History of the airbase

The tenth air force wing initially started as a detachment located at F 8 Barkarby during the summer of 1940 but was located to Bulltofta Airport near Malmö in October 1 1940 to deter foreign aircraft during the war. The first aircraft were two squadrons of older J 8s from F 8 Barkarby wing which served for only one year until they were replaced by new J 20s and expanded to three squadrons.

In 1941 it was decided to transfer the wing to a new base at Barkåkra near Ängelholm. In 1945 the wing was completely transferred and equipped with new J 22 fighters. However, the grass field was quite soft and full flight operations could not be undertaken until 1947 when one runway had been paved.

In 1949 the squadrons replaced the old J 22s with J 21R jets which only served for two years until being replaced by J 28B in 1951. These also only served for two years until in turn being replaced by the J 29 which served until 1963.

While waiting for the new J 35, two squadrons replaced their J 29s with J 34 from F 18 Tullinge until the wing was fully converted in 1969. The J 35 served F 10 in total of 34 years with several upgrades along the way until the were replaced initially by the AJS 37 in one squadron in 1993 and then the JAS 39 in the two remaining squadrons in 1999.

In 1996 the basic flying training of the Swedish Air Force was transferred from F 5 Ljungbyhed to F 10 together with one squadron of SK 60 trainers.

The wing was decommissioned on December 31 2002. The two squadrons of JAS 39 were transferred to F 17 Kallinge and the flight school and SK 60 squadron was transferred to F 16 Uppsala.

Current use

Koenigsegg Automotive has their production in some of the buildings at former F 10.

References

[http://www.canit.se/~griffon/aviation/text/fv26-.html Webpage listing all air force squadrons in Sweden]

[http://www.f10kamratforening.se/ Friends of F 10] (in Swedish)

See also

* Swedish Armed Forces
* Swedish Air Force
* List of military aircraft of Sweden