Norrbotten Air Force Wing

Norrbotten Air Force Wing (Norrbottens flygflottilj), also F 21 Luleå, or simply F 21, is a Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located in Luleå Airport in northern Sweden. It is one of the three remaining wings in Sweden and currently has two squadrons of multirole aircraft. F 21 in the north and F 17 in the south are the two wings remaining to have operational squadrons. F 7 is a school where pilots begin their training in the JAS 39 Gripen. After that the pilot's training is moved out to the two operational wings there they learn their final skills.

F 21 today
Parts of the Swedish helicopter forces are today stationed at F 21 with MEDEVAC in subarctic climate as its main task. The wing uses the coat of arms of Luleå as the emblem. F 21 currently operates two HKP 10B in Afghanistan.

F21 figures in the crime novel The Red Wolf by Liza Marklund.

Current fleet:
 * JAS 39 Gripen
 * NHIndustries NH90 (HKP 14)

Commanding officers
From 1941 to 1963, the commanding officers was referred to as kårchef ("corps commander") and had the rank of lieutenant colonel. From 1942, the corps commander had the rank of colonel. From 1942 to 1957, the commanding officer of F 21 was also commanding officer of Upper Norrland Air Base Area (Övre Norrlands flygbasområde, Flybo ÖN). When the wing organization was introduced in 1963, the commanding officer was referred to as flottiljchef ("wing commander"), and had the rank of colonel. From 1976 to 1994, the wing commander was referred to as sektorflottiljchef ("sector wing commander") and had the rank of colonel 1st class. From 1 July 1994, the commanding officer is again referred to as flottiljchef ("wing commander"), and has the rank of colonel.

Corps, wing and sector wing commanders

 * 1941–1942: Fredrik Adilz
 * 1942–1946: Gösta von Porat
 * 1946–1951: Lars-Erik Tornberg
 * 1951–1957: Hugo Svenow
 * 1957–1959: Gunnar Lindberg
 * 1959–1965: Bengt Bellander
 * 1965–1966: Jan Oterdahl
 * 1966–1969: Tord Norlin
 * 1969–1976: Rune Larsson
 * 1976–1980: Hans Hansson
 * 1980–1982: Lars-Bertil Persson
 * 1982–1984: Bert Stenfeldt
 * 1984–1987: Carl-Johan Rundberg
 * 1987–1991: Roland Magndahl
 * 1991–1993: Kent Harrskog
 * 1993–1994: Curt Westberg
 * 1994–1998: Roland Sterner
 * 1998–2001: Frank Fredriksson
 * 2002–2005: Jan Otterström
 * 2005–2008: Lars Jäderblom
 * 2008–2011: Per Nilsson
 * 2011–2015: Fredrik Bergman
 * 2015–2018: Carl-Johan Edström
 * 2018–20xx: Claes Isoz

Deputy sector wing commanders
In order to relieve the sector wing commander, a deputy sector wing commander position was added in 1975. Its task was to lead the unit procurement, a task largely similar to the old wing commander position. Hence he was also referred to as flottiljchef ("wing commander"). The deputy sector wing commander had the rank of colonel. On 30 June 1993, the deputy sector wing commander position was terminated.


 * 1975–1976: Hans Hansson
 * 1977–1979: Bror Larsson
 * 1980–1984: Carl-Johan Rundberg
 * 1984–1988: Karl-Göte Widén
 * 1988–1990: Kent Harrskog
 * 1990–1993: ?