F 11 Nyköping
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| Official name: | Kungliga Södermanlands Flygflottilj |
| Location: | Nyköping, Nyköping Municipality |
| Founded: | 1941 |
| Closed: | 1980 |
| Wing commander: | B Schyberg (1941-1945) A Henricson (1945-1949) |
| Types of aircraft: | Reconnaissance |
| Main types: | B 3, J 9, S 16, S 18, J 28, S 29, S 31, S 32, S 35 |
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F 11 Nyköping, Södermanlands Flygflottilj, Södermanland Air Force Wing, or simply "F 11", is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located in south-east Sweden.
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[edit] History of the airbase
The wing was set up outside Nyköping in 1940 as a long range reconnaissance wing wit two squadrons of S 16B. After the war, the aircraft were replaced with J 9 from F 8 Barkarby and an additional squadron of B 3 from F 1 Hässlö.
In 1946 two additional squadrons of S 18 were added.
In 1948 F 11 became the sole Swedish operator of three squadrons of S 31 when the B 3 and J 9 became obsolete.
In 1953 J 28 jet fighters were used for one year to train pilots for the introduction of the S 29 in 1954.
The S 18 squadrons were replaced by the S 32 in 1958 and the S 29s by J 35s in 1964. These four squadrons served until the decommissioning of the wing in 1980.
[edit] Current use
The airfield was used as a cargo airport from 1984 and from 1997 serves as Stockholm-Skavsta Airport (IATA: NYO, ICAO: ESKN) for international flights.
[edit] References
Webpage listing all air force squadrons in Sweden
[edit] See also
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