Swedish Air Force

Type: Organization

Name: Swedish Air Force

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Nissan GT-R vs Oris Swiss Hunter Jet (w/VIDEO)

Nissan’s official German-speaking customer magazine, N_Magazin, pitted the 542bhp Nissan GT-R against a 22,000 horsepower Oris Swiss Hunter Fighter Jet.The outcome of their land-sky speed challenge was inevitable, but still fun to watch, even if the GT-R ... [Published Skidd Mark - May 08 2013]

Entities: Nissan GT-R, Hawker Siddeley, Swiss Air Force

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Sweden ups readiness for new Russian 'attack'

Defense News said Sweden’s Defense Ministry is set to discuss the implementation of new advance warning and rapid reaction structures after the disclosure that Russian aircraft conducted a nighttime “simulated” attack on key Swedish military and civilian ... [Published Swedish Wire - May 03 2013]

Entities: Sweden, Military/Armed Forces, Russian Air Exercise

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Swedish Air Force

Russian intelligence gathering plane flies near Sweden. Swedish Air Force allegedly fails to intercept it.

On Mar. 29, two Russian Tu-22M Backfire bombers , escorted by four Su-27 Flanker fighter jets, conducted a simulated night attack on Sweden . The mock air strike did not cause any reaction by the Swedish air force. On Apr. 25, Svenska Dagbladet ... [Published The Aviationist - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Swedish Air Force, Intelligence Gathering, Sweden, Sukhoi SU-27

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

NATO

Russian plane spotted in Swedish strait

A Russian spy plane reportedly flew through the international strip of airspace in between Sweden's main Baltic islands Öland and Gotland on Saturday.Russian jets practised attacks on Sweden (22 Apr 13)Sweden won't demand Russia fly-by explanation (22 ... [Published The Local Sweden - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Sweden, NATO, Sverker Göransson, Russia

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 2 reports

Sukhoi SU-27

Russian Tu-22M Backfire bombers escorted by Su-27 Flankers simulate night attack on Sweden.

Erik Arnberg, a reader of The Aviationist, brought to my attention an episode that occurred on the night of Mar. 29, 2013, when Russian military aircraft simulated a large scale bomb run on Sweden. The episode got much media attention among the Swedish ... [Published The Aviationist - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Bomber, Sukhoi SU-27, Tupolev Tu-95

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Tupolev OAO

Paper: Tupolevs Tested Swedish Defenses

Meanwhile, Over at the Massive Russian Military Buildup... (19) 13.02.2013 08:22Russian Air Force Probes NATO Airshield (4) 19.10.2010 09:23Intrusions of Russian planes into Baltic airspace happen with regularity and are generally headed off by NATO ... [Published Eesti Televisioon - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Tupolev OAO, NATO, Russian Air Force, Swedish Air Force

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 14 2013 - 1 reports

Socialist leader in Sweden want to bomb Israel and exterminate them.

From the Youtube site,,Socialist leader in Sweden want to bomb Israel and exterminate them. An arab muslim refugee to Sweden, Omar Mustafa was elected to the board of the largest Swedish party, Socialdemokraterna, the socialist party. Soon after most ... [Published Solsticewitch13's BOS - Apr 14 2013]

Entities: Bomb, Israel, Sweden, Swedish Air Force

First reported Mar 20 2013 - Updated Mar 20 2013 - 1 reports

Swedish air force to compensate farmers after causing mink to kill pups

The Swedish Air Force has apologised after its low-flying jets caused such panic among hundreds of captive mink that they turned on their young and viciously attacked them. More than 500 of the mink pups are believed to have been killed in the massacre ... [Published The Independent - Mar 20 2013]

Entities: Swedish Air Force, Sweden, Military/Armed Forces, Massacre

Quotes

"No Swedish planes were prepared to meet the Russians and ward them off; however, jets from NATO in Lithuania and from Denmark were quick to respond, with two Lithuanian aircraft sent to shadow the Russian planes at a distance" wrote The Local

Paper: Tupolevs Tested Swedish Defenses [Published Eesti Televisioon - Apr 22 2013]

"Safety, crisis preparations, and defence policy aim to be ready for the unpredictable all the time, around the clock."

Russian jets practiced attacks on Sweden [Published The Local Sweden - Apr 22 2013]

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