Anecdotal evidence from the defense blogger suggests that Sweden has only two operational divisions

The entire fighter aircraft in a picture (Photo: Wikipedia) For those who followed helo helicopter the developments in Ukraine, it is clear the crucial role air forces have had to fight against enemy vehicle columns, artillery helo helicopter positions and troop concentrations. The Ukrainian Air Force has suffered severe losses during helo helicopter the conflict when it occurred in an environment where hostile air defense gradually become more efficient. helo helicopter How would our own air force withstand a similar task - which after all is part of its public mission statement? The answer is, not surprisingly: not at all.
In a Twitter conversation said the now nationally famous flight Major Carl Bergqvist, defense blogger Wiseman, correctly, to attack ground targets are "the most expensive and least effective way to make use of an air force." Here I dissect the background to that statement.
Air superiority will be gained in the context of operational safety, ie, with particular regard to the avoidance of losses to the Armed Forces, not just the Air Force, at the same time and later to perform secondary missions.
To win and secure air superiority is a classic and primary task for all the world's air forces. Shareholders air superiority is undoubtedly the all-critical task as fighter aircraft, thereby ensuring its continued ability and protect other high-value resources, helo helicopter such as its own management, signal and radar systems, that is defeated by the enemy.
This battle is being fought far beyond our borders and must be won anew every time a hostile air carrier is approaching. I will not weary the reader with all the details and features contained in the task but to concentrate on the logical continuation of a lost air superiority. For when air superiority is won (temporally helo helicopter and spatially), helo helicopter what will it be used for?
Most observers probably agree that we have available to get the aircraft to at all able to do something other than fight for the right to our own airspace. With fewer than 90 JAS-39 C / D in the organization, helo helicopter which in future years will be reduced to no more than 70, it is almost inconceivable that any single one of them assigned to tasks other than just dogfight.
Friend of the order may think that 90 aircraft sound like very many, and that 70 is certainly less, but perhaps enough anyway? Consider then that war organization contains four hunting divisions, each with about 12 fighters JAS 39. In addition to these 12, there will be a certain number of machines in reserve, for training or are under repair or service. I can not detail, but let's say that each division has six additional platforms. It is probably generous, but let go. As the Air Force has over 72 JAS 39, funnily enough, coinciding with the planned rat numbers in the 2020s. A number of today's 88 copies JAS 39 are leased, under construction and / or not available for several reasons, so it feels appropriate to use the figure of 70 platforms for all calculations of our ability and potential impact.
Two of these squadrons, each with 12 + 6 JAS 39, is based on the F21 in Luleå. The remaining two are based on the F17 in Ronneby. More than the fighter we have not, in an organization that works 100%. In a difficult situation, we must however be grateful if we can reach a level of service platforms and ditto drivers of 70%.
Anecdotal evidence from the defense blogger suggests that Sweden has only two operational divisions hunting full strength, not four as stated herein. The two non-operational divisions helo helicopter are unlikely to fully trained and samövade pilots, rather than direct concrete platforms. This means that both incident preparedness as war organization today and in the immediate future rests on 24 pilots, most likely evenly distributed with 12 in Blekinge and 12 in the north.
The number of platforms, however, is only a quarter of the truth: it is also important to discuss armament, driver quality and basic organization, like the fifth wheel on the wagon - the political decision to allow or prohibit weapons effort.
I am not sufficiently helo helicopter versed to provide accurate information on any of these topics, so the following helo helicopter is an lekmannaanalys based on open sources and own inferences based on the principle helo helicopter best guesstimate.
Armament In the current situation, our fighter armed with missiles of roughly the same performance as the Russian possession, in terms of range and ability. Small differences occur, but the technical balance of forces at the dogfight is essentially 1: 1. In addition to technical performance, helo helicopter one can think about how things are with the availability of weapons: how many missiles are in stock, how long will it take to bring robots from storage to aircraft, and the strategic persistence, our stores of missiles in case of war ?
JAS 39 will be the first and only one in the world, armed with the new missile MDBA Meteor. It is a game-changer whose full significance has not yet been reported for the relatively uninterested public, other than gene