Hälsinge Wing

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Field	Value
unit_name	Hälsinge Wing
native_name	Hälsinge flygflottilj
image	[[File:Hälsinge flygflottilj vapen.svg
dates	1945–1998
country	Sweden
allegiance	Swedish Armed Forces
branch	Swedish Air Force
type	Wing
role	Fighter wing (1945–1961)
Attack wing (1962–1993)
Attack/Recon wing (1993–1998)
command_structure	3rd Air Command (1945–1948)
2nd Air Command (1948–1961)
1st Air Command (1961–1966)
Milo Ö (1966–1982)
Milo NN (1982–1993)
Milo M (1993–1998)
garrison	Söderhamn/Sandarne
colors
colors_label
march	"When the Saints" (Lidberg)
identification_symbol	[[File:Roundel of Sweden – Low Visibility.svg
identification_symbol_label	Roundels
aircraft_attack	A 32A, AJ 37,
aircraft_bomber	B 5, B 17
aircraft_fighter	J 21A, J 28B, J 29
aircraft_helicopter_multirole	Hkp 3, Hkp 4, Hkp 10
aircraft_trainer	Sk 12, Sk 14, Sk 15, Sk 16, Sk 50, Sk 60 Sk 61, Sk 37
aircraft_transport	Tp 83
aircraft_general	J 32B, AJS 37, AJSF 37, AJSH 37
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Hälsinge Wing (), also F 15 Söderhamn, or simply F 15, is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located near Söderhamn in northern Sweden.

Heraldry and traditions

Coat of arms

The first coat of arms of the Hälsinge Wing was used from 1945 to 1994. Blazon: "Sable, the provincial badge of Hälsingland, a buck rampant or, armed and langued gules." The second coat of arms was used from 1994 to 1997. Blazon: "Sable, the provincial badge of Hälsingland, a buck rampant or, armed and langued gules, a chief azure over a barrulet or, charged with a winged twobladed propeller of the last colour."

File:HMS Hälsingland vapen.svg|Coat of arms used from 1945 to 1994. File:Hälsinge flygflottilj vapen.svg|Coat of arms used from 1994 to 1997.

Colours, standards and guidons

A colour was presented to the wing in Söderhamn in March 1949 by the Chief of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Bengt Nordenskiöld. Blazon: "On blue cloth in the centre the badge of the Air Force; a winged two-bladed propeller under a royal crown proper, all yellow. In the first corner the provincial badge of Hälsingland; a yellow buck rampant, armed and langued red."

March

"Hälsinge flygflottiljs marsch" by Jörgen Lidberg. It's a march arrangement of "When the Saints Go Marching In". The march was established on 15 August 1967.

Commanding officers

Commanding officers from 1945 to 1997. The commanding officer was referred to as "wing commander" and had the rank of colonel.

• 1945–1960: Gösta Seth
• 1960–1965: Olof Knutsson
• 1965–1972: Sven Lampell
• 1972–1975: Ingvar Hedin
• 1975–1978: Gunnar Unell
• 1978–1981: Åke Sjögren
• 1981–1987: Roland Magndahl
• 1987–1994: Sven Borgvald
• 1994–1997: Christer Hjort
• 1998–1998: Sture Gafvelin (acting)

Names, designations and locations

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Name	Translation	From	To	Designation	From	To	Location	From	To
Kungl. Hälsinge flygflottilj	Royal Hälsinge Wing	1945-07-01	–	1974-12-31
Hälsinge flygflottilj	Hälsinge Wing
Hälsinge Air Group	1975-01-01	–	1998-06-30
F 15		1945-07-01	–	1998-06-30
Söderhamn Airport		1948-??-??	–	1998-06-30
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References

1. {{harvnb. Sandberg. 2007
2. {{harvnb. Braunstein. 2006
3. {{harvnb. Braunstein. 2005
4. {{harvnb. Braunstein. 2005
5. {{harvnb. Appich, Jr.. 1988

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