F 16 Uppsala
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F 16 Uppsala
, Upplands
Flygflottilj, Uppland Air Force Wing or simply "F 16" is a Swedish
air force base located just north of Uppsala
on the east coast of Sweden. The airbase was mainly used for fighter squadrons but have no active squadrons since 2003.
The motto of the 16th wing is: Labor-Effectus-Vigor
The airbase was well outside the city limits of Uppsala
at the time of the founding, but because of city growth, it later was adopted in as a suburb under the name Ärna as the population near the base and the city grew together.
The original emblem of F 16 was a golden sheaf of grain on a blue shield, but when F 2 Hägernäs airbase was decommissioned in 1974, F 16 took over its coat of arms of Uppland
.
The Swedish government decided in 1996 that the air force wing with the squadrons would be decommissioned on December 31 2003. The base is still active with various military schools.
The base was also home to F 20 Uppsala Air Force Academy.
The airfield is now known as Ärna
or Uppsala Airport (ICAO: ESCM)
Latin mottos of Swedish Armed Forces units (in Swedish)
Uppsala
- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...
, Upplands
Uppland
Uppland is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea...
Flygflottilj, Uppland Air Force Wing or simply "F 16" is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
air force base located just north of Uppsala
Uppsala
- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...
on the east coast of Sweden. The airbase was mainly used for fighter squadrons but have no active squadrons since 2003.
The motto of the 16th wing is: Labor-Effectus-Vigor
History of the airbase
F 16 was established by buying farmland from Ärna gård and Bärby gård in 1943. The grass fields were used as runways for the air base that was founded in 1944.The airbase was well outside the city limits of Uppsala
Uppsala
- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...
at the time of the founding, but because of city growth, it later was adopted in as a suburb under the name Ärna as the population near the base and the city grew together.
The original emblem of F 16 was a golden sheaf of grain on a blue shield, but when F 2 Hägernäs airbase was decommissioned in 1974, F 16 took over its coat of arms of Uppland
Uppland
Uppland is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea...
.
The Swedish government decided in 1996 that the air force wing with the squadrons would be decommissioned on December 31 2003. The base is still active with various military schools.
The base was also home to F 20 Uppsala Air Force Academy.
The airfield is now known as Ärna
Ärna
Ärna or Uppsala Airport is an airport located northwest of Uppsala, Sweden. It was formerly a base of the Swedish Air Force and the home of the 16th Fighter Wing ....
or Uppsala Airport (ICAO: ESCM)
External links
Webpage listing all air force squadrons in SwedenLatin mottos of Swedish Armed Forces units (in Swedish)
See also
- Swedish Armed ForcesSwedish Armed ForcesThe Swedish Armed Forces is a Swedish Government Agency responsible for the operation of the armed forces of the Realm. The primary task of the agency is to train, organize and to deploy military forces, domestically and abroad, while maintaining the long-term ability to defend the Realm in the...
- Swedish Air ForceSwedish Air ForceThe Swedish Air Force is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.-History:The Swedish Air Force was created on July 1, 1926 when the aircraft units of the Army and Navy were merged. Because of the escalating international tension during the 1930s the Air Force was reorganized and expanded...
- List of military aircraft of Sweden