The Swedish Air Force (SwAF) has assumed the leadership role for NATO's air policing mission in Iceland for the first time.

Swedish airframer Saab is significantly expanding production capacity for its Gripen E/F fighter, targeting 36 aircraft ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maj. Gen. Jonas Wikman has served as commander of the Swedish Air Force since December 2022, overseeing a major modernization ...

The Swedish Government has allocated over Skr5bn ($524m) to enhance the Swedish Armed Forces' capacity to counteract drone threats and to improve the Gripen fleet. More than Skr1.5bn of this amount ...

It consists of four service branches: the Swedish Army, the Swedish Air Force and the Swedish Navy, as well as a military reserve force, the Home Guard. Since 1994, all Swedish military branches are ...

FILE PHOTO: Swedish Air Force Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets fly alongside an aircraft simulating aerial interceptions during a media day, illustrating how NATO Air Policing safeguards the Allies' ...

The Swedish Flygvapnet will replace its C-130Hs with four C-390 Millennium airlifters bought through a joint procurement with Austria and the Netherlands. The Swedish Air Force (Flygvapnet) and the ...

Two of Vladimir Putin's war planes were intercepted by NATO over the Baltic Sea. The Swedish Air Force said they intercepted the two Russian fighter jets on September 17. The Swedish Air Force ...

BERLIN (AP) — Air force fighter jets from Germany and Sweden were scrambled Sunday to intercept and track a Russian surveillance plane that was flying unidentified over the Baltic Sea, military ...

The Czech Air Force plans to use the Swedish Gripen as a stopgap until it acquires the F-35 in 2031. The Czech Air Force will continue to operate the Swedish-made Saab JAS 39C/D Gripen multirole ...