F 12 Kalmar

Air Force Wing
emblem=
officialname=Kungliga Kalmar Flygflottilj
locatedin=Kalmar,
Kalmar County
founded=1942
closed=1980
wingcommander=R Carlgren (1942-1954)
T Stålhandske (1954-1966)
Gunnar Rissler (1966-1970)
C-G Simmons (1970-1972)
Fritz Crona (1972-1980)
typesofaircraft=Light Bomber (1940-1947),
Fighter (1947-1980)
maintypes=B 17, J 21, J 29,
J 32, J 35
othertypes=
other=

F 12 Kalmar, Kalmar Flygflottilj, "Kalmar Air Force Wing", or simply "F 12", is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located on the south-east coast of Sweden.

History of the airbase

The wing started out with three squadrons of B 17C in 1942.

In 1947, F 12 was converted to a fighter wing by replacing the light bombers with the J 21A-2 which were upgraded to -3 before they were obsolete.

Through 1952 to 1953, the three wings replaced the J 21's with J 29As which were only kept for five years until they were replaced by the J 32B Lansen in 1958. However, one of the squadrons were decommissioned after only two years.

In 1962, the Air Force Meteorology School moved to F 12 Kalmar from F 2 Hägernäs.

The two squadrons were upgraded to J 35F in 1968 which were kept until the decommissioning of the wing in 1980.

The base with the meteorology school continued to operate under the F 17K name as a detachment to F 17 Kallinge until 1983 when the school moved to F 5 Ljungbyhed.

Current use

The airfield has been used for general and commercial aviation as Kalmar Airport Airport codes|KLR|ESMQ since 1980.

References

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

See also

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