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.
Model | Swedish designation | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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Combat aircraft | ||||||
JAS 39 Gripen | JAS 39C | ![]() | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | ![]() | Signals intelligence aircraft | 2 | [12] |
Saab 340 | TP 100 A | ![]() | ![]() | Open Skies agreement - surveillance | 1 | [13] |
Aerial refueling | ||||||
Lockheed KC-130 Hercules | TP 84 | ![]() | ![]() | Aerial refueling | 1 [1] | [14] |
Airbus A330 MRTT | – | ![]() | ![]() | 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 | – | ![]() | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | ![]() | Tactical airlifter | 5 [1] | [14] To be replaced by Embraer C-390. [17] |
Embraer C-390 | – | ![]() | ![]() | Tactical airlifter | 0 (4) | 4 planes ordered. [17] |
Saab 340 | TP 100 C | ![]() | ![]() | VIP transport | 1 [1] | Up to 31 passengers [13] ' |
Gulfstream IV | TP 102 C | ![]() | ![]() | VIP transport | 1 [1] | [18] |
Gulfstream G550 | TP102 D | ![]() | ![]() | VIP transport | 1 [1] | Up to 15 passengers [18] |
Global 6500 | Tp 106 | ![]() | ![]() | VIP transport | 0 (2) | Successor to the TP 102 C and D, bought second-hand. [19] |
Trainer aircraft | ||||||
GROB G120TP | SK 40 | ![]() | ![]() | Ab initio flight trainer | 10 (13) [1] | 3 additional planes ordered. [20] |
Model | Swedish designation | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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AgustaWestland AW109 | HKP 15A | ![]() | ![]() | Utility helicopter | 12 [21] | [21] |
HKP 15B | | Naval utility helicopter | 8 [21] | |||
NHIndustries NH90 TTH HCV | HKP 14E | | ![]()
| Transport helicopter | 9 [22] | [22] [23] Higher cabin variant |
HKP 14F | ![]() | ASW helicopter | 9 [22] | |||
Sikorsky BlackHawk UH-60M | HKP 16 | ![]() | ![]() | Transport helicopter | 15 [1] (+12) | [24] Upgraded since 2023. [25] 12 more ordered in July 2024 [26] |
Model | Swedish designation | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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AAI RQ-7B Shadow 200 | UAV 03 Örnen | | ![]() | ISTAR UAV | 8 | [27] Purchased in 2010, 2 systems with 4 drones each. |
AeroVironment Wasp III | UAV 04 Svalan | ![]() | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | ![]() | Fixed-wing surveillance UAV (5 kg) | 12 | |
Elbit Skylark | UAV 02 Falken | ![]() | ![]() | Fixed-wing surveillance UAV | 48 | 48 ordered in 2007. [30] |
Model | Swedish designation | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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Canons | ||||||
Mauser BK-27 | – | ![]() | ![]() | canon (27×145 mm rounds) | Unknown | Gun of the Gripen C/D/E. [31] |
Air-to-air missiles | ||||||
MBDA Meteor | Rb 101 | ![]() | ![]() | 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] |
IRIS-T | Rb 98 | ![]() | ![]() | Heat-seeking air-to-air missile | Unknown | [36] [31] [37] |
AIM-120B | Rb.99 | | ![]() | 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 | | ![]() | Active radar homing air-to-air missile | 250 | Ordered in 2023. [41] [42] |
Air-to-surface missiles | ||||||
AGM-65B Maverick | Rb.75 | ![]() | ![]() | Air-to-ground tactical missile | Unknown | [43] |
RBS 15 Mk1 | RBS-15F | ![]() | ![]() | Air-to-surface/anti-ship missile | Unknown | [44] [45] |
RBS-15 Mk4 Gungir | – | ![]() | Anti-ship / land-attack cruise missile | 0 | Contract for its development, to enter service in the 2020s [44] [46] | |
Taurus KEPD 350 | – | ![]() | ![]() | Air-launched cruise missile | 0 (unknown number ordered) | To be delivered in 2028. [47] |
Bombs | ||||||
GBU-12 Paveway II | – | ![]() | ![]() | Bomb guidance kit | Unknown | [48] |
GBU-49 Paveway II | – | | ![]() | Bomb guidance kit | Unknown | [31] |
Mark 82 | – | ![]() | ![]() | Unguided bomb | Unknown | [49] [50] |
Pods | ||||||
Terma SPK 39 | – | ![]() | Reconnaissance pod | Unknown | [31] [51] | |
Rafael / Zeiss Litening 3 | – | ![]() | ![]() | Targetting pod | Unknown | [31] |
Rafael Litening 5 | – | ![]() | Targetting pod | Unknown | Ordered in 2024 [52] |
Model | Swedish designation | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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Reconnaissance vehicles | ||||||
Mercedes-Benz G-Class W461 | Tgb 15 Terrängbil 15 | ![]() | ![]() | 6×6 reconnaissance vehicles | 90 | 90 ordered in 2020, delivered from 2021 to the air force. [53] [54] [55] |
Command vehicles | ||||||
VW T6 | – | | ![]() | 4×4 vehicle | 28 | Liaison and command vehicle of the Air Force. [56] |
VW Crafter | – | ![]() | ![]() | 4x4 vehicle | 28 | Liaison and command vehicle of the Air Force. [57] [58] |
Emergency vehicles | ||||||
Scania 6×6 Räddningsbil typII | – | – | ![]() | Firefighting trucks | 22 | [59] [60] Manufactured by Rosenbauer International AB in Sweden. |
Utility vehicles | ||||||
Corvus UTV | – | ![]() (illustration) | ![]() | Utility vehicles | 0 (64 ordered) | [61] 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 | – | – | ![]() | Tractor | 7 | [62] |
Valtra N174 | Hjultraktor Tung 7T | ![]() | ![]() | Tractor | 30 | [63] [62] |
List of equipment of the Swedish Armed Forces