F 1 Hässlö

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F 1 Hässlö
Official name:	Kungliga Västmanlands Flygflottil
Location:	Hässlö, Västerås Municipality
Founded:	1929
Closed:	1983
Wing commander:	Harald Enell (1929-1934) Egmont Tornberg (1934-1937) G.Q. Ström (1937-1938) Axel Ljungdahl (1938-1942) Gustaf Adolf Westring (1942-1945) A Falk (1945-1950) Ingvar Berg (1950-1954) G Odqvist (1954-1959) Henrik Nordström (1959-1964) Rolf Svartengren (1964-1966) N Palmgren (1966-1968) T Persson (1968-1975) Stig Bruse (1975-198x) Börje Björkholm (198x-1983)
Types of aircraft:	Bomber, fighter and reconnaissance 1929-1938 Bomber 1938-1949 Fighter 1949-1983
Main types:	B 3, B 4, B 18, J 6, J 7, J 8, J 30, J 33, J 32B, J 35F
Other types:
Other:

F 1 Hässlö, Kungliga Västmanlands Flygflottilj, Royal Västmanland Air Force Wing, or simply "'F 1", is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located at Hässlö Flygplats near Västerås in central Sweden.

1 History of the airbase
2 Current use
3 References
4 See also

[edit] History of the airbase

The 1st Flying Corps was set up near Västerås City July 1 1929 on the grounds of the recently disbanded 18th Infantry Regiment. The airfield at Hässlö was brought in use in 1931.

In 1936, the 1st Flying Corps was redesignated F 1 as the 1st Air Wing and received B 3 bombers. These were later supplemented with B 4 dive bombers.

In 1949, F 1 was reorganized as a night fighter wing with 60 surplus J 30 from England. They were in turn replaced by 60 J 33 in 1952. All of the J 30 and J 33 in Sweden were based at F 1.

In 1959, the night fighter squadrons were converted to regular fighter squadrons of J 32B. These were in service until 1968 when they were in turn replaced with J 35F until the decommissioning of the wing in 1983.

[edit] Current use

The airfield is known today as Stockholm-Västerås Airport (IATA: VST, ICAO: ESOW) with daily flights to England and charter to Mediterranean destinations.