The Southern Air Defence District ( sv, Södra flygbasområdet, Flybo S) was an air defence district within the

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that operated from 1943 to 1957. The unit was based in

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. It was responsible for air base and supply service as well as for air defence warning service in

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and

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History

According to the

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, Sweden was divided territorially into five air defence districts. The eastern and

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air defence districts were established on 1 July 1942, the others a year later. The task of the air defence districts was to be responsible for the air base and supply service within the respective area, after 1948 also for air defence warning service. The task was also to maintain the administration of training sites and wartime airfields as well as facilities and depots at these in peacetime, as well as to prepare the

's basing in war. The Southern Air Defence District coincided with the I Military District, covering

and

which consisted of

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(now joined as

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and

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counties. The Southern Air Defence District and the air defence district organisation ceased on 1 October 1957. The duties were taken over by the air commands (''flygeskader'').

Tasks

The main duties of the air defence district commanders during peacetime were war preparation work, including planning of the base and supply service as well as air defence warning service, as well as voluntary training for the air defence warning service, as well as management of training airfields and certain

supply depot Supply depots are a type of military installation used by militaries to store battlefield supplies temporarily on or near the front lines until they can be distributed to military units. Supply depots are responsible for nearly all other types of ...

s. The main tasks in war were to lead the base and supply service within the air defence district as well as to command the grouped base units, regarding the depots in terms of their use as bases for combat air units, as well as to lead the air defence warning service and to command the air defence warning service units. Base service operations (mainly ground service) were aimed at ensuring the operations of combat air units and preparing their operations in the air. The base service included station service, air traffic control, ground air defence and ground defence (in cooperation with certain forces from the army), signal service,

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and provision, medical care, transport and airfield repairs (some) and snow removal.

Commanding officers

Commanding officers: *1943–1945:

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*1945–1946: Colonel *1946–1952: Colonel *1952–1957: Colonel Ingemar Nygren

Names, designations and locations

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