List of military aircraft of Sweden
This is a list of Swedish military aircraft since its start. It is not guaranteed to be up-to-date or to be accurate, or complete. Aircraft still in service noted.
Early aircraft
Early balloons of the Army and Navy
Designation | Number Used | Year Entered Service | Info |
Fästningsballong 1898 | 1 | 1898 | First Swedish military aircraft |
Drakballong m/09 | 5 | 1909 | - |
Kronan 1909 | 1 | 1909 | - |
Drakballong typ Ä | 1 | - | - |
Fältballong m/23 | 1 | 1923 | - |
Kulballong m/23 | 1 | 1923 | - |
Fältballong 1926 | 1 | 1926 | - |
Early Navy
(The aviation corps became a separate organization in 1915.)
Early Army
(The aviation corps became a separate organization in 1915.)
Air Force (1926–40)
Created in July of 1926.
Designations Key |
Abbrev. Designation | Name | Translation |
J | Jakt | Fighter |
A | Attack | Ground attack |
B | Bomb | Bomber |
T | Torped | Torpedo bomber |
S | Spaning | Reconnaissance |
Sk | Skol | Trainer |
Ö | Övning | Advanced trainer |
Tp | Transport | Transport |
Hkp | Helikopter | Helicopter |
P | Prov | Experimental/prototype |
Fpl | Flygplan | Airplane |
Later XX implies later redesignation.
Fighters (Jakt)
Bombers (Bomb), torpedo bombers (Torped) and ground attack (Attack)
Reconnaissance (Spaning)
Aircraft | Des. | Role | # Used | Year | Notes |
Breguet 694 | S 10 | reconnaissance | - | - | did not enter service |
Centrala Verkstaden Malmslätt S 21/S 25 | S 1 | reconnaissance | 16 | 1925–1932 | formerly army air. |
Dornier Do 215 | S 11 | reconnaissance | - | - | did not enter service |
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch | S 14 | reconnaissance | 26 | 1938–1960 | 6 added in 1948 |
Fokker C.VD & E | S 6 | reconnaissance | 48 | 1927–1945 | formerly J 3s, built by CVM. |
Fokker G.I | S 13 | reconnaissance | - | - | did not enter service |
Hawker Hart | S 7 | reconnaissance | 10 | 1934–1937 | redesignated B 4 in 1937, some built by ASJA and CVM |
Hawker Osprey | S 9 | reconnaissance | 6 | 1934–1945 | - |
Heinkel He 4 | S 4 | reconnaissance | 1 | 1925–1931 | formerly navy air. |
Heinkel He 5 | S 5 | reconnaissance | 40 | 1927-1945 | some built by Svenska Aero/CFV/CVV |
Heinkel S.I | S 2 | reconnaissance | 8 | 1923-1929 | formerly navy air, built by Caspar, Svenska Aero and TDS |
Heinkel S.II | S 3 | reconnaissance | 6 | 1924–1934 | formerly navy air, built by Svenska Aero and CFS |
Heinkel He 114B-1 | S 12 | reconnaissance | 12 | 1941–1947 | - |
Saab 17 | S 15 | reconnaissance | - | - | redesignated S 17 |
Svenska Aero SA-15 | S 8 | reconnaissance | - | - | did not enter service |
Transport (Transport)
Trainers (Skol) and advanced trainers (Övning)
Experimental/prototype/projects (Prov)
Aircraft | Des. | Role | # Used | Year | Notes |
P 1 | Sparmann S-1A | prototype | 10 | 1934–1945 | - |
P 2 | Focke-Wulf Fw 44 | trainer | 2 | 1936-?? | redesignated Sk 12 in 1937 |
P 3 | Sparmann E4 | prototype fighter | - | - | did not enter service |
P 4 | Fieseler Fi 156K-1 | reconnaissance | 2 | 1938-19?? | redesignated S 14 in 1940 |
P 5 | Handley Page Hampden Mk.I | bomber | 1 | 1938–1945 | - |
P 6 | Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe | trainer | 4 | 1938–1949, 1957 | mapping agency aircraft, AF use until 1944 |
P 7 | Saab L 10 (Saab B 17) | bomber prototype | 2 | 1943–1944 | |
P 8 | Saab L 11 (Saab B 18) | bomber prototype | 2 | 1943–45 | |
P 8A | ASJA G.1 | bomber project | - | - | |
P 8B | Götaverken GP.8 | - | - | |
P 9A | Saab J 19/L 12 | fighter project | - | - | not built |
P 9B | Götaverken GP.9 | fighter project | - | - | - |
Undesignated/Miscellaneous
Not used by air force
Gliders
- G = Glidflygplan "glider"
- Se = Segelflygplan, "soarer" (sailplane),
- Lg = Lastglidare, "transport glider"
Des. | Aircraft | # Used | Year | Info |
G 101 | AB Flygindustri Zögling SG-38 | 40 | 1942–53 | - |
Se 102 | AB Flygplan Schneider Grunau Baby IIB-2 | 31 | 1942–61 | - |
Se 103 | AB Flygplan DFS Kranich B-1 | 30 | 1943–52 | - |
Se 104 | AB Flygindustri DFS Weihe | 19 | 1943–54 | - |
Lg 105 | AB Flygindustri Fi 3 | 6 | 1944–44 | - |
Post-1940 designation system
(Aircraft still in service have a light green background.)
Main list
Des. | Aircraft | # Used | Year | Info |
S 16A | Caproni Ca.313 | 66 | 1940–1945 | - |
Tp 16A | Caproni Ca.313 | 2 | 1941–1946 | - |
B 16A | Caproni Ca.313 | 30 | 1940–1943 | - |
T 16A | Caproni Ca.313 | 14 | 1941–1942 | - |
S 16B | Caproni Ca.313 | 14 | 1942–1945 | - |
B 17A | Saab 17 | 132 | 1943–1948 | - |
B 17B | Saab 17 | 54 | 1942–1945 | - |
S 17BL | Saab 17 | 64 | 1942–1949 | - |
S 17BS | Saab 17 | 56 | 1942–1949 | - |
B 17C | Saab 17 | 77 | 1943–1947 | - |
B 18A | Saab 18 | 62 | 1944–1947 | - |
S 18A | Saab 18 | 55 | 1946–1959 | - |
B 18B | Saab 18 | 120 | 1945–1958 | - |
T 18B | Saab 18 | 62 | 1947–1957 | - |
J 19 | Saab L 12 | - | - | - |
J 20 | Reggiane Re.2000 | 60 | 1941–1945 | - |
J 21A-1 | Saab 21 | 54 | 1946–1949 | - |
J 21A-2 | Saab 21 | 124 | 1946–1953 | - |
J 21B | Saab 21 | - | - | RR Griffon variant |
A 21A-3 | Saab 21 | 119 | 1947–1954 | - |
A 21RA | Saab 21R | 29 | 1949–1953 | J 21R first year |
A 21RB | Saab 21R | 30 | 1950–1956 | - |
P 22 | FFVS 22 | 2 | 1942–1943 | Prototypes |
J 22-1 | FFVS 22 | 120 | 1943–1952 | - |
J 22-2 | FFVS 22 | 78 | 1945–1952 | - |
S 22-3 | FFVS 22 | 9 | 1946–1947 | - |
J 23 | Saab L 23 | - | - | alt proj. for J 21 |
J 24 | Saab L 24 (Also B 24) | - | - | - |
Tp 24 | Dornier 24T-1 | 1 | 1945–1951 | - |
Sk 25 | Bücker Bü 181B Bestmann | 121 | 1945–1952 | - |
Sk 26 | Saab 26 | - | - | upgraded Sk 14 |
S/B 26 | See B 7 and S 13 | - | - | Type 26 left for Mustang |
J 26 | North American P-51D Mustang | 161 | 1945–1954 | 2 P-51B's |
S 26 | P-51D Mustang | 17 | 1949–1954 | All of them modified J 26 |
J 27 | Saab L 27 | - | - | - |
Sk 16A | North American Harvard IIb | 145 | 1947–1972 | - |
Sk 16B | North American T-6A, T-6B, SNJ-3, SNJ-4 | 106 | 1952–1958 | - |
Sk 16C | SNJ-2 | 6 | 1952–1958 | - |
Tp 45 | Beechcraft 18S, C-45A | 1 | 1948–1956 | - |
Tp 45A | Beechcraft 18S, C-45B | 1 | 1948–1958 | - |
Tp 46 | de Havilland DH.104 Dove | 1 | 1948–1966 | - |
Tp 47 | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina | 3 | 1947–1966 | - |
J 28A | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire Mk 1 | 70 | 1946–1955 | |
J 28B | de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB 50 | 310 | 1949–1967 | |
J 28C, C-2, C-3 | de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T 55 Trainer | 57 | 1953–1968 | - |
Tp 78 | Noorduyn Norseman | 3 | 1949–1959 | - |
Tp 79 | Douglas DC-3 | 8 | 1949–1983 | - |
Tp 80 | Avro Lancaster | 1 | 1950–1956 | Jet engine test platform |
Tp 81 | Grumman Goose | 1 | 1951–1962 | - |
Tp 82 | Vickers Varsity | 1 | 1953–1973 | Developed from the Vickers Viking |
Tp 83 | Percival Pembroke | 18 | 1954–1976 | - |
Tp 91 | Saab 91A Safir | 10 | 1947–1960 | - |
Sk 50B | Saab 91B Safir | 76 | 1952–1990 | Only 75 into active service |
Sk 50C | Saab 91C Safir | 14 | 1960–1992 | - |
Tp 52 | English Electric Canberra | 2 | 1959–1974 | Elint/Radar development |
Tp 55 | de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou | 1 | 1964–1965 | evaluation only, leased. |
J 29A | Saab Tunnan | 224 | 1951–1963, 1965 | - |
J 29B | Saab Tunnan | 361 | 1953–1957 | Also known as A 29B |
S 29C | Saab Tunnan- | 76 | 1954–1970 | rebuilt to -E's wing 1955-1956 |
J 29E | Saab 29B's rebuilt into 29Fs |
J 29F | Saab Tunnan | 10 | 1955–1968, 1976 | (ex J 29B), Target towing 68-74 |
J 30 | de Havilland Mosquito NF.Mk 19 | 60 | 1948–1953 | Night fighter |
S 31 | Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk.19 | 50 | 1948–1955 | - |
A 32A | Saab Lansen | 287 | 1955–1978 | - |
J 32B | Saab Lansen | 118 | 1958–1973 | 1997 reused, see below |
J 32B | Saab Lansen | 8 | 1997–1999 | - |
S 32C | Saab Lansen | 44 | 1958–1978 | - |
J 32D | Saab Lansen | 6 | 1972–1997 | Target towing, ex J 32B |
J 32E | Saab Lansen | 15 | 1972–1997 | ECM |
J 33 | de Havilland Venom DH.112 Venom | 60 | 1953–1960 | Night fighter |
J 34 | Hawker Hunter Mk 4 | 120 | 1955–1969 | - |
J 35A | Saab 35 Draken | 90 | 1960–1976 | - |
J 35B | Saab 35 Draken | 73 | 1962–1973 | - |
Sk 35C | Saab 35 Draken | 25 | 1962–1998 | Rebuilt J 35A fighters |
J 35D | Saab 35 Draken | 120 | 1964–1984 | - |
S 35E | Saab 35 Draken | 59 | 1965–1979 | (28 were rebuilt J 35D:s) |
J 35F | Saab 35 Draken | 230 | 1969–1989 | F1 w/o IRST, F2 with IRST |
J 35J | Saab 35 Draken | 66 | 1987–1998 | Rebuilt F:s |
FPL 801 | Malmö MFI-9B Mil-trainer | 10 | 1966-68 | evaluation only, leased. |
A 36 | Saab 36 | - | 1950s | planned nuclear bomber |
SK 60A | Saab 105 | 150 | 1967- | - |
SK 60B | Saab 105 | 46 | 1970- | Rebuilt SK 60A |
SK 60C | Saab 105 | 30 | 1970- | Rebuilt SK 60B |
SK 60D/E | Saab 105 | - | - | Rebuilt, civilian radio/nav, sold |
SK 61 | Scottish Aviation Bulldog | 78 | 1972-2001 | A/B/C/D/E different nav avionics |
TP 84 | Lockheed C-130H Hercules | 8 | 1965- | 2 C-130E's upgraded to -H |
TP 85 | Sud Aviation Caravelle | 2 | 1971–1998 | Elint |
AJ 37 | Saab 37 Viggen | 108 | 1971–1998 | - |
SK 37 | Saab 37 Viggen | 17 | 1973–2005 | - |
SK 37E | Saab 37 Viggen | 10 | 1999–2005 | 10 SK 37 converted to ECM/training |
SH 37 | Saab 37 Viggen | 27 | 1975–1998 | maritime surveillance |
SF 37 | Saab 37 Viggen | 28 | 1977–2003 | photo reconnaissance |
JA 37 | Saab 37 Viggen | 149 | 1979–2005 | - |
AJS 37 | Saab AJ 37 Viggen | 115 | 1992–2000 | Modified AJ/SH/SF's |
AJSH 37 | Saab SH 37 Viggen | - | 1992–2005 | - |
AJSF 37 | Saab SF 37 Viggen | - | 1992–2005 | - |
A 38/SK 38 | Saab 38 | - | - | Cancelled |
TP 86 | North American Sabreliner | 2 | 1981- | system trials |
TP 87 | Cessna 404 | 3 | 1982–1989 | VIP |
TP 88 | Fairchild Swearingen Metro III | 1 | 1984–1986 | VIP |
TP 88B | Fairchild Swearingen Metro/Merlin IV C | 1 | 1986–1993 | VIP |
TP 88C | Fairchild Swearingen Metro III | 1 | 1987- | Erieye/FS-890 AEW trials |
TP 101 | Beech 200 Super King Air | 4 | 1988- | - |
TP 100 | Saab 340B | 1 | 1990–2001 | VIP |
S 100B | Saab 340 AEW Argus | 6 | 1994- | AEW |
TP 102A | Gulfstream IV | 1 | 1992- | VIP |
S 102B | Gulfstream IV Korpen | 2 | 1995- | Hugin, Munin |
TP 102C | Gulfstream IV | 1 | 2000- | VIP |
TP 102D | Gulfstream G550 | 1 | 2011- | VIP |
TP 54 | Piper PA-31-350 Navajo | 1 | 1993- | - |
JAS 39A | Saab JAS 39 Gripen | 106 | 1997- | - |
JAS 39B | Saab JAS 39 Gripen | 14 | 1998- | Two-seater |
JAS 39C | Saab JAS 39 Gripen | 70 | 2002- | - |
JAS 39D | Saab JAS 39 Gripen | 14 | 2003- | Two-seater |
TP 103 | Cessna Citation II | 2 | 1998- | VIP |
UAV01 | SAGEM Sperwer | 3 | 1999-2010 | UAV |
Helicopters (Helikopter)
Des. | Aircraft | # Used | Year | Info |
Hkp 1 | Vertol 44 | 2 | 1962–1964 | - |
Hkp 2 | Alouette II | 8 | 1956–1986 | - |
Hkp 3B | Agusta Bell 204B | 6 | 1962–1998 | - |
Hkp 4A | Vertol 107-II | 9 | 1964–1992 | Four Hkp 4A rebuilt to Hkp 4D SAR/ASW standard, used as such by the Air Force for land based ASW operations. |
HKP 6C | AB-206A JetRanger | 1 | - | - |
HKP 9B | MBB Bo 105CBS | 4 | 1985–1993 | - |
HKP 10 | Eurocopter Super Puma | 12 | 1988- | SAR |
Navy
Army
Des. | Aircraft | # Used | Year | Info |
Hkp 3C | Agusta Bell 204B | 19 | 1963–2000 | Some are modified Hkp 3A/B |
Hkp 5 | Hughes 269A | 2 | 1962–1969 | - |
HKP 5B | Schweizer 300C | 28 | 1980–2002 | Training, artillery spotting |
HKP 6A | Agusta Bell 206A JetRanger | 22 | 1968–2002 | - |
HKP 9A | MBB Bo 105CB-3 | 21 | 1987-2010 | Anti-armour. After 1999 only used for transport and training. |
HKP 11 | Agusta-Bell AB 412 | 5 | 1994–2005 | - |
Fixed Wing |
Fpl 51A | Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub 6 | - | 1958–1974 | - |
Fpl 51B | Piper PA-18-150 L-21B | 24 | 1958–1974 | - |
Fpl 53 | Dornier Do 27 | 5 | 1962–1991 | - |
Fpl 54 | MFI 10 Vipan | 2 | 1963–1964 | (evaluation only) |
FPL 61C | Scottish Aviation Bulldog | 20 | 1972–1989 | Transferred to the Air Force in 1989 as SK 61C |
Common helicopter wing
Helicopters that entered after a 1998 re-organisation/merger.
All the above active helicopters that were active were merged into this service.
Unmanned aerial vehicles
See also
References
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