Malmen Airbase ( sv, Malmens flygplats) is a

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located in

Malmslätt Malmslätt () is a locality situated in Linköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is th ...

Linköping Municipality Linköping Municipality (''Linköpings kommun'') is a municipality in Östergötland County in southern Sweden. With more than 165,000 inhabitants, it is the fifth largest municipality in Sweden. The municipality is bordered in the west by Motala ...

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. It is located west of

Linköping Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Churc ...

. The base was opened by Carl Cederström in 1912. In the beginning the airbase had only three aircraft but more were bought in the same year. From 1926 to 1974 it served as an air force base for the Östgöta Wing (F 3). In 1974 the Wing was decommissioned, and the airbase was put under Bråvalla Wing (F 13) then later

Uppland Wing Uppland () is a historical province or ' on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. On the small un ...

(F 16). From 1998 it served as main base for the Swedish Armed Forces helicopter units, with the

Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing The Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing ( sv, Försvarsmaktens helikopterflottilj, Hkpflj) organizes all Swedish Armed Forces military helicopter operations. The unit was formed in 1998 by merging the Army, Air Force and Navy helicopter resources ...

. From 2003 the Royal Swedish Airschool has been located here, to train pilots with Sk 60 jet trainers. The

Swedish Air Force Museum The Swedish Air Force Museum ( sv, Flygvapenmuseum) is located at Malmen Airbase in Malmslätt, just outside Linköping, Sweden. Malmen is where Baron Carl Cederström, nicknamed the "Flyer Baron" founded his flying school in 1912. Malmen Airbas ...

is located on the airbase.

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The airfield resides at an

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of above

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. It has two

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paved

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s: 01/19 is and 08/26 is .

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* * {{authority control Buildings and structures in Östergötland County 1912 establishments in Sweden Military installations established in 1912 Linköping Garrison

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