Swedish Air Force Flying School

Swedish Air Force Flying School (Krigsflygskolan), also F 5 Ljungbyhed, or simply F 5, is a former Swedish Air Force training wing with the main base located in Ljungbyhed in southern Sweden.

History
The moor at Ljungby was adopted for military use in 1658 by the Scanian Hussar Regiment as a training ground. In 1910, the first flights were commenced from the grounds.

Enoch Thulin set up a public flying school on June 16, 1915.

In 1926, the newly formed Swedish Air Force set up their flying school at Ljungbyhed.

Between 1983 and 1996 the Air Force school of meteorology was also located at Ljungbyhed.

In 1996, F 5 Ljungbyhed was decommissioned and the pilot training was taken over by the Scania Air Force Wing (F 10).

Currently, Lund University School of Aviation has commercial flying training at Ljungbyhed Airport (ICAO: ESTL).

Commanding officers
The commanding officer was referred to as skolchef ("chief of school") and had the rank of colonel.


 * 1926–1932: Arvid Flory
 * 1932–1943: Åge Lundström
 * 1943–1952: Ingemar Nygren
 * 1952–1957: Knut Lindahl
 * 1957–1965: Åke Rehnberg
 * 1965–1971: Bengt Bellander
 * 1971–1975: Åke Lönnberg
 * 1975–1987: Per Widmark
 * 1987–1998: Sven Sjöling

Web

 * Webpage listing all air force squadrons in Sweden
 * Lund University School of Aviation
 * Current use of the airbase grounds
 * Current use of the airbase grounds