Air Component Command

Air Component Command
Flygvapnets taktiska stab
Active1994–2018
CountrySweden
AllegianceSwedish Armed Forces
BranchSwedish Air Force
TypeMilitary staff
RoleOperational, territorial and tactical operations
SizeStaff
Part ofSwedish Armed Forces Headquarters
Garrison/HQStockholm
March"Flygvapnets paradmarsch" (Sernklef)[1]

The Air Component Command[2] (Swedish: Flygvapnets taktiska stab, FTS) was a part of the Joint Forces Command of the Swedish Armed Forces. The staff was located at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm. The Air Component Command commanded the operations of the Swedish Air Force.

History

On 30 June 1994, the Air Staff was dissolved and ceased as a staff and authority. In its place, on 1 July 1994, the Air Force Command (Flygvapenledningen) was formed in the newly established Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters and the Air Tactical Center (Flygvapnets taktiska centrum) in Linköping.[3] The Air Force Command, which was part of the newly established Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, was a production unit which sorted directly under the authority of the head of the agency, that is, the Supreme Commander.[4] The Air Force Tactical Center was in turn directly subordinate of the military commander of the Middle Military District (Milo M).

On 1 July 1998, the Air Force Tactical Center, along with the Air Force Command, was reorganized and formed the Air Force Center (Flygvapencentrum, FlygvapenC) and the Chief of Air Force Staff position was replaced by the Inspector General of the Air Force position on 30 June 1998[5] who became the commander of the Air Force Center.[6] The Swedish Air Force' highest command was now localized to Uppsala.[3]

The Defence Act of 2000 meant that more than 20 units and some 20 staffs were disbanded which were reduced to six. The Defence Act also resulted in the Air Force Center being disbanded as an independent staff, and instead, the Air Force Center, as of 1 July 2000, came to operate as the Air Force Tactical Command (Flygvapnets taktiska kommando, FTK). The Air Force Tactical Command was one of three tactical commands within the Joint Forces Command (OPIL).[7] On 1 January 2003, the position the Inspector General of the Air Force position was changed to Inspector of the Air Force.[8]

On 1 April 2007, the command was reorganized, and it received it current name was the Air Component Command (Flygvapnets taktiska stab, FTS).[9] The Air Component Command was then organized under Joint Forces Command. In 2007, the Swedish Air Force's highest command was again re-located to Stockholm. Since 1 January 2014, there is once again a position like Chief of Air Force, this time in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters's Training & Procurement Staff (Produktionsstaben).[10]

In February 2018, the Swedish Armed Forces proposed in its budget for 2019 to the Government a reorganization of the command structure. The proposal was, among other things, designed with a new command and new organizational units in new locations. This was to provide better conditions for a robust and sustainable command. The new organizational units that the Swedish Armed Forces wanted to form were proposed to be named the Army Staff, the Air Staff and the Naval Staff. These would be formed by a merger of the Training & Procurement Staff and the Joint Forces Command, as well as other complementary parts from the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters and the Defence Materiel Administration. The staffs were proposed to be formed on 1 January 2019 and commanded by an army chief, a naval chief and an air force chief.[11]

Heraldry and traditions

Coat of arms

The coat of the arms of the Air Tactical Center 1994–1997. Blazon: "Chequey or and azure, a chief azure charged with a winged two-bladed propeller or."[12]

The coat of the arms of the Air Component Command 2007–2018. It was used by Air Staff 1937–1994, the Air Force Command 1994–1997, the Air Force Tactical Center 1997–1998, the Air Force Center 1998–2000 and the Air Force Tactical Command 2000–2007. Blazon: "Azure, a winged two-bladed propeller or".[12]

  • Coat of the arms of the Air Force Tactical Center (FTC) 1994–1997.
    Coat of the arms of the Air Force Tactical Center (FTC) 1994–1997.
  • Coat of arms of the Air Staff 1979–1994, the Air Force Command 1994–1997, the Air Force Tactical Center 1997–1998, the Air Force Center 1998–2000, the Air Force Tactical Command 2000–2007 and the Air Component Command 2007–2018.
    Coat of arms of the Air Staff 1979–1994, the Air Force Command 1994–1997, the Air Force Tactical Center 1997–1998, the Air Force Center 1998–2000, the Air Force Tactical Command 2000–2007 and the Air Component Command 2007–2018.

Commanding officers

Flygvapenledningen (1994–1998)

Chiefs

Deputy Chiefs

Flygvapnets taktiska centrum (1994–1998)

Chiefs

  • 1994–1997: Jan Jonsson
  • 1997–2000: Anders Johansson
  • 2000–2000: Lennart Brodin

Flygvapencentrum (1998–2000)

Chiefs

Deputy Chiefs

Flygtaktiska kommandot (2000–2007)

Chiefs

Deputy Chiefs

Flygtaktiska stabsledningen (2007–2018)

Chiefs

Deputy Chiefs

Names, designations and locations

Name Translation From To
Flygvapenledningen Air Force Command 1994-07-01 – 1998-06-30
Flygvapnets taktiska centrum Air Force Tactical Center 1994-07-01 – 1998-06-30
Flygvapencentrum Air Force Center 1998-07-01 – 2000-06-30
Flygvapnets taktiska kommando Air Force Command[17] 2000-07-01 – 2007-03-31
Flygvapnets taktiska stab Air Component Command[2] 2007-04-01 – 2018-12-31
Designation From To
FVL/FTC 1994-07-01 – 1998-06-30
FlygvapenC 1998-07-01 – 2000-06-30
FTK 2000-07-01 – 2007-03-31
FTS 2007-04-01 – 2018-12-31
Location From To
Stockholm Garrison 1994-07-01 – 1997-12-31
Linköping Garrison 1998-01-01 – 1998-06-30
Uppsala Garrison 1998-07-01 – 2007-??-??
Stockholm Garrison 2007-??-?? – 2018-12-31

Footnotes

  1. ^ Also Deputy Inspector General of Air Force.[14]
  2. ^ Also Deputy Inspector General of Air Force until 2001.[15]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Sandberg 2007, p. 200
  2. ^ a b "Försvarsmaktens gemensamma identitet – direktiv för användandet av Försvarsmaktens namn, profil och bild" (PDF). 1.3 (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 2013-09-16. p. 67. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b Braunstein 2005, p. 14
  4. ^ "Regeringens proposition 1992/93:100" (in Swedish). Stockholm: Riksdag. 1992. p. 24. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  5. ^ Harrskog 1998, p. 3
  6. ^ "Historik" [History] (in Swedish). Swedish Air Force. 1999-12-06. Archived from the original on 29 August 2000. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  7. ^ Jonsson 2000, p. 1
  8. ^ Liander 2002, p. 5
  9. ^ "Operationell manual för sambands- och informationssystemtjänst inom Försvarsmaktens militära luftfartsverksamhet, Informationssystemtjänst" (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Swedish Armed Forces. 2011-06-01. p. 57. M7739-351043 COM IS. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Nya namn på nya poster" [New names for new positions] (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Budgetunderlag 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 2018-02-28. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  12. ^ a b Braunstein 2006, p. 57
  13. ^ "Flygvapnets nye chef" [The Air Forces's new chief] (PDF). Flygvapennytt (in Swedish) (1). Stockholm: Flygstaben: 2. 1994. SELIBR 8257600.
  14. ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2000). Sveriges statskalender 2000 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 223. ISBN 9138316927. SELIBR 8261600.
  15. ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2001). Sveriges statskalender 2001 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 224. ISBN 9138318385. SELIBR 8261601.
  16. ^ "PÅ NY POST" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (7). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 5. 2013. SELIBR 4109339. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  17. ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (2002). Sveriges statskalender 2002 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. p. 224. ISBN 9138319519. SELIBR 8428312.

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