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This is a list of equipment used by the Swedish Air Force, the branch of the Armed Forces of the Sweden that specialises in aerial warfare. It covers active equipment, such as aircraft and ordnance.

Aircraft

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Fixed wing aircraft

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Model Swedish designation Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
Combat aircraft
JAS 39 Gripen JAS 39C Sweden Swingrole fighter 71[1] A total fleet of 120 Gripen C/D/E planned.[2]
JAS 39D 23[1]
JAS 39E 3 (60)[3]
Surveillance aircraft
Saab 340B AEW S 100D Argus Sweden Airborne early warning and control 1 6 purchased, 4 sold, 2 modernised to the standard S100D.[4][5]

1 donated to Ukraine,[6] the second to be donated, and to be replaced with the GlobalEye.[7]

Global 6000 - GlobalEye S 106 Canada

Sweden

Airborne early warning and control 0 (3) 2 ordered in June 2022 with option for 2 more orders.[8][9]

1 ordered un June 2024.[10][11]

Delivery planned for 2027.

Gulfstream IV SIGINT S 102B GIV-SP Korpen United States

Sweden

Signals intelligence aircraft 2 [12]
Saab 340 TP 100 A Sweden Open Skies agreement - surveillance 1 [13]
Aerial refueling
Lockheed KC-130 Hercules TP 84 United States Aerial refueling 1[1] [14]
Airbus A330 MRTT – Spain

United Kingdom

France

Germany

Aerial refueling 12 (shared) Co-sharing 12 planes within the Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet.[15]

8 nations (Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands)

Military Transport
Boeing C-17 – United States Heavy airlifter 3 (shared) Co-owning 3 planes within the Heavy Airlift Wing.[16]

12 nations (Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, the United States)

Lockheed C-130E Hercules TP 84 United States Tactical airlifter 5[1] [14]

To be replaced by Embraer C-390.[17]

Embraer C-390 – Brazil Tactical airlifter 0 (4) 4 planes ordered.[17]
Saab 340 TP 100 C Sweden VIP transport 1[1] Up to 31 passengers[13]'
Gulfstream IV TP 102 C United States VIP transport 1[1] [18]
Gulfstream G550 TP102 D United States VIP transport 1[1] Up to 15 passengers[18]
Global 6500 Tp 106 Canada VIP transport 0 (2) Successor to the TP 102 C and D, bought second-hand.[19]
Trainer aircraft
GROB G120TP SK 40 Germany Ab initio flight trainer 10 (13)[1] 3 additional planes ordered.[20]

Helicopter

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Model Swedish designation Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
AgustaWestland AW109 HKP 15A Italy Utility helicopter 12[21] [21]
HKP 15B Naval utility helicopter 8[21]
NHIndustries NH90 TTH HCV HKP 14E Finland (assembly)

France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands (design and suppliers)

Transport helicopter 9[22] [22][23]

Higher cabin variant

HKP 14F ASW helicopter 9[22]
Sikorsky BlackHawk UH-60M HKP 16 United States Transport helicopter 15[1] (+12) [24]

Upgraded since 2023.[25]

12 more ordered in July 2024[26]

Unmanned aerial vehicle

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Model Swedish designation Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
AAI RQ-7B Shadow 200 UAV 03 Örnen United States ISTAR UAV 8 [27]

Purchased in 2010, 2 systems with 4 drones each.

AeroVironment Wasp III UAV 04 Svalan United States Fixed-wing surveillance UAV (0.5 kg) 3 [28]

Surveillance drones purchased in 2012 for the missions in Mali and Afghanistan.[29]

AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma UAV 05B Korpen United States Fixed-wing surveillance UAV (5 kg) 12
Elbit Skylark UAV 02 Falken Israel Fixed-wing surveillance UAV 48 48 ordered in 2007.[30]

Ordnance

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Model Swedish designation Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
Canons
Mauser BK-27 – Germany canon (27×145 mm rounds) Unknown Gun of the Gripen C/D/E.[31]
Air-to-air missiles
MBDA Meteor Rb 101 United Kingdom

Germany

France

Italy

Spain

Sweden

Active radar homing air-to-air missile Unknown Used by the Gripen C/D since 2016,[32] and will be used with the E.[33]

First order, 2010.[34] Second order, 2025.[35]

IRIS-T Rb 98 Germany

Italy

Sweden

Greece

Norway

Spain

Heat-seeking air-to-air missile Unknown [36][31][37]
AIM-120B Rb.99 United States

Sweden

Active radar homing air-to-air missile Unknown [38][31][39]

Local licence production of this variant.[40] Some transferred to Ukraine.

AIM-120 C8 Rb.99 United States Active radar homing air-to-air missile 250 Ordered in 2023.[41][42]
Air-to-surface missiles
AGM-65B Maverick Rb.75 United States

Sweden

Air-to-ground tactical missile Unknown [43]
RBS 15 Mk1 RBS-15F Sweden Air-to-surface/anti-ship missile Unknown [44][45]
RBS-15 Mk4 Gungir – Sweden Anti-ship / land-attack cruise missile 0 Contract for its development, to enter service in the 2020s[44][46]
Taurus KEPD 350 – Germany

Sweden

Air-launched cruise missile 0 (unknown number ordered) To be delivered in 2028.[47]
Bombs
GBU-12 Paveway II – United States Bomb guidance kit Unknown [48]
GBU-49 Paveway II – United States Bomb guidance kit Unknown [31]
Mark 82 – Italy Unguided bomb Unknown [49][50]
Pods
Terma SPK 39 – Denmark Reconnaissance pod Unknown [31][51]
Rafael / Zeiss Litening 3 – Israel

Germany

Targetting pod Unknown [31]
Rafael Litening 5 – Israel Targetting pod Unknown Ordered in 2024[52]

Air force vehicles

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Model Swedish designation Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
Reconnaissance vehicles
Mercedes-Benz G-Class W461 Tgb 15 [sv]

Terrängbil 15

Austria

Germany

6×6 reconnaissance vehicles 90 90 ordered in 2020, delivered from 2021 to the air force.[53][54][55]
Command vehicles
VW T6 – Germany 4×4 vehicle 28 Liaison and command vehicle of the Air Force.[56]
VW Crafter – Germany 4x4 vehicle 28 Liaison and command vehicle of the Air Force.[57][58]
Emergency vehicles
Scania 6×6

Räddningsbil typII

– – Sweden Firefighting trucks 22 [59][60]

Manufactured by Rosenbauer International AB in Sweden.

Utility vehicles
Corvus UTV –

(illustration)

Spain Utility vehicles 0

(64 ordered)

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Electric UTV ordered in January 2025 for €3 million, with options that could bring the value of the contract to €5.4 million)

Support vehicles
Valtra N163 – – Finland Tractor 7 [62]
Valtra N174 Hjultraktor Tung 7T Finland Tractor 30 [63][62]

Planned investments

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Iveco IDV MUV [fr] (illustration of a communication variant)

Aircraft

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  • Research ongoing for the jet fighter force after 2040.[64]
  • Potential combat drone collaboration with Germany.[65]

Weapons

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  • Anti radiation missiles to be introduced between 2031 and 2035.[66]

Vehicles

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  • Iveco MUV [fr], variant planned to be ordered under a framework agreement for the Swedish Armed Forces signed in 2023[67]

See also

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List of equipment of the Swedish Armed Forces

References

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  36. ^ "Robot 98".
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  38. ^ "Jaktrobot 99".
  39. ^ "Gripen AIM-120" (PDF).
  40. ^ "RB99 - Arboga Robotmuseum" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-06-28.
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