Kalmar Wing ( sv, Kalmar flygflottilj), also F 12 Kalmar, or simply F 12, is a former Swedish Air Force

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with the main base located on the south-east coast of Sweden.

History

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

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. 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

Blekinge Wing Blekinge Wing ( sv, Blekinge flygflottilj), also F 17 Kallinge, or simply F 17, is a Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located near Ronneby in southern Sweden. It is one of the three remaining wings in Sweden and currently has two squ ...

(F 17) until 1983 when the school moved to the

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. The airfield has been used for general and commercial aviation as

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since 1980.

Heraldry and traditions

Coat of arms

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: "Argent, the town badge of

Kalmar Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 36,392 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...

, from a waved base azure a tower embattled gules, gate and window or issuant between two etoiles gules."

Colours, standards and guidons

A colour was presented to the wing on 17 September 1944 at F 8 in

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by His Majesty the King

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. The colour is preserved at

: "On blue cloth in the centre the badge of the Air Force; a winged two-bladed propeller under a royal crown proper. In the first corner from a waved base a yellow tower embattled issuant between two mullets". File:AM.096429 - cropped.jpg, Colour File:AM.096429.jpg, Colour with staff

March

”Kalmar flygflottiljs marsch” was composed by Bo Hartog, the wing's music director. It has not been officially established.

Commanding officers

Commanding officers from 1942 to 1980. The commanding officer was referred to as ''flottiljchef'' ("wing commander") and had the rank of

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. From 1976 to 1978, the wing commander was referred to as ''sektorflottiljchef'' ("sector wing commander"). The deputy sector wing commander was sometimes referred to as wing commander. *1942–1954: Ragnar Carlgren *1954–1966: Thomas Stålhandske *1966–1970: Gunnar Rissler *1970–1972: Carl-Gustaf Simmons *1972–1980: Fritz Crona

History

Heraldry and traditions

Coat of arms

Colours, standards and guidons

March

Commanding officers

Names, designations and locations

See also

Footnotes

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