Editor's Foreword

ut can also be used as HQ ship); 2 Arkosund (former
ML); 2 (various)
AK 1 Visborg
AKSL 1
AGI 1
AGS 2
Trg 3: 2 AXS; 1 Gassten
TPT 1
TRV 2
YDT 1
YTM 2
YTL 9
FACILITIEs
Bases Located Karlskrona, naval det at Muskö
Support base Located at Göteborg
Coastal Defence 600
FOrCEs by rOLE
Amph 1 bde; 1 bn
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
APC (W) 3+ Piranha
ARTY • MOR 81mm; 120mm 70
AD • SAM RBS-70
MSL • SSM 96: 6 RBS-15KA; 90 RBS-17 Hellfire
GUNS 24+: 40mm L-70; 75mm; 105mm; 120mm 24 CD-80
Karin (mobile)
Air Force 3,800; 500 conscript (total 4,300)
Flying hours 110 to 140 hrs/year
Units: F 7, Skaraborg Wing in Såtenäs; F 17, Blekinge
Wing in Ronneby; F 21, Norrbotten Wing in Luleå; Helicopter
Wing in Linköping (also operates in Luleå, Såtenäs
and Ronneby; Air Combat School (LSS) in Uppsala
FOrCEs by rOLE
COMD 1 HQ (2 air base bn)
Ftr/FGA/Recce 4 sqn with JAS 39 A/B (C/D) Gripen:
SIGINT 1 sqn with S-102B (Gulfstream IV SRA-4)
AEW 1 sqn with S-100B Argus
Tpt 1 sqn with C-130E Hercules/Tp-84
(C-130H) Hercules
Trg 1 trg school with SK-60
AD 1 (fighter control and air surv) bn
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
AIRCRAFT 165 combat capable
MULTIROLE 165: 82 JAS 39A/14 39B Gripen (31 JAS A/B
to be updated to C/D standard); 56 JAS 39C/13 39D Gripen
(By 2012, will have reduced to 75 JAS 39C and 25 JAS 39D)
EW • ELINT 2 S-102B (Gulfstream IV SRA-4)
AEW 2 S-100B Argus
TPT 16: 8 C-130E Hercules/Tp-84 (C-130H) Hercules (7
tpt, 1 tkr); 1 Tp-100A (VIP); 2 Tp-102A (Gulfstream IV);
5 Tp-100A (Saab 340)
TRG 80 SK-60
MSL
ASM RB-15F; RB-75 (AGM-65) Maverick
AAM RB-99 (AIM-120B) AMRAAM; RB-74 (AIM-9L)
Sidewinder; RB-71 (Sky Flash)
BOMB BK-39
non-naTO europe
193
armed Forces hel Wing (included in air
Force figures)
FOrCEs by rOLE
Hel 1 bn with 1 HKP-14 (NH 90); 8 HKP-10 (AS-332)
Super Puma (SAR); 14 HKP-4 (Boeing Vertol 107)
(ASW/tpt/SAR); 19 HKP-15 (A-109M); 17 HKP-9A
(Bo-105CB) (trg)
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
HELICOPTERS
SPT 11: 3 HKP-14 (NH 90); 8 HKP-10 (AS-332) Super
Puma (SAR)
UTL 36: 19 HKP-15 (A-109M); 17 HKP-9A (Bo-105CB)
(trg)
Paramilitary 800
coast Guard 800
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 28
PSOH 1 KBV-001(2 Additional vessels in build
expected ISD 2010)
PSO 2 KBV-181 (fishery protection)
PCO 2 KBV-201
PCC 2 KBV-101
PCI 20
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 12 AG (MARPOL-CRAFT)
air arm
AIRCRAFT • HP/SAR 3 DASH 8Q-300
DEPLOyMEnT
Legal provisions for foreign deployment:
Constitution: Constitution consists of four fundamental
laws; the most important is ‘The Instrument of
Government’ (1974)
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: By the
government upon parliamentary approval (Ch. 10, Art. 9)
AFghAnIsTAn
NATO • ISAF 430
UN • UNAMA 1
bOsnIA-hErzEgOVInA
OSCE • Bosnia and Herzegovina 3
DEMOCrATIC rEPUbLIC OF COngO
UN • MONUC 4 obs
InDIA/PAkIsTAn
UN • UNMOGIP 5 obs
kOrEA, rEPUbLIC OF
NNSC • 5 obs
MIDDLE EAsT
UN • UNTSO 7 obs
nEPAL
UN • UNMIN 2 obs
sErbIA
NATO • KFOR 245; 1 inf coy
OSCE • Serbia 4
OSCE • Kosovo2
sUDAn
UN • UNMIS 2; 1 obs
europe
(non-naTO)