Unit Name: | Södertörn Wing |
Native Name: | Södertörns flygflottilj |
Dates: | 1946–1974 |
Country: | Sweden |
Allegiance: | Swedish Armed Forces |
Branch: | Swedish Air Force |
Type: | Wing (1940–1957) Sector wing (1957–1965) Wing (1965–1974) |
Role: | Fighter wing |
Command Structure: | Third Air Group (1944–1948) Unknown (1948–1957) Third Air Group (1957–1966) Eastern Military District (1966–1974) |
Garrison: | Stockholm/Tullinge |
Motto: | Mens agit molem ("The Mind Moves Mountains" / (lit.) "Mind moves the mass") |
Colours: | --> |
Colours Label: | --> |
Identification Symbol Label: | Roundel |
Aircraft Fighter: | J 22, J 28B/C, J 34, J 35B |
Aircraft Trainer: | Sk 12, Sk 14, Sk 15, Sk 16, Sk 50 |
Södertörn Wing (sv|Södertörns flygflottilj), also F 18 Tullinge, or simply F 18, is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located in Tullinge just south-west of the capital Stockholm on the east coast.
"Per bend sinister or and gules a griffon segreant sable, armed azure, in both foreclutches an orb or".
The colour of the wing is preserved at the Swedish Army Museum. Blazon: "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 a griffon segreant armed, holding an orb, all or".
The commanding officer was referred to as "wing commander" and had the rank of colonel.
Name | Translation | From | To | ||
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Kungl. Södertörns flygflottilj | Royal Södertörn Wing Royal Södertörn Air Group | 1944-07-01 | – | 1974-12-31 | |
Designation | From | To | |||
F 18 | 1946-07-01 | – | 1957-09-30 | ||
F 18/Se O2 | 1957-10-01 | – | 1965-??-?? | ||
F 18 | 1965-??-?? | – | 1974-06-30 | ||
Location | From | To | |||
Tullinge Airport | 1946-07-01 | – | 1974-06-30 |