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If you're in southern Sweden on Wednesday, make sure to look up: you might just catch sight of an airborne Christmas tree. https://www.thelocal.se/20181211/why-you-should-watch-out-for-a-flying-christmas-tree-in-sweden-today Tue, 11 Dec 2018 08:22:12 +0100 why-you-should-watch-out-for-a-flying-christmas-tree-in-sweden-today More than three decades ago, the Swedish Air Force was involved in a secret incident in the skies above the Baltic Sea that placed them right in the middle of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. https://www.thelocal.se/20181129/swedish-pilots-honoured-by-us-for-secretive-cold-war-rescue Thu, 29 Nov 2018 17:10:25 +0100 swedish-pilots-honoured-by-us-for-secretive-cold-war-rescue Stockholm residents may have been surprised to hear loud noise and see the sight of 16 fighter jets flying over the Swedish capital on December 13th, but it's nothing to be alarmed about. https://www.thelocal.se/20171213/why-16-fighter-jets-flew-over-stockholm-december-13 Wed, 13 Dec 2017 15:42:09 +0100 why-16-fighter-jets-flew-over-stockholm-december-13 A 22-year-old has become the first woman in Sweden to graduate as a fighter pilot in 26 years. https://www.thelocal.se/20170127/sweden-gets-its-first-female-fighter-pilot-in-over-25-years Fri, 27 Jan 2017 08:44:10 +0100 sweden-gets-its-first-female-fighter-pilot-in-over-25-years Swedish and Danish reconnaissance planes were set to conduct an observation mission over Moscow on Wednesday to study Russia's military capability. https://www.thelocal.se/20150812/swedish-air-force-to-fly-through-russian-skies Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:23:20 +0200 swedish-air-force-to-fly-through-russian-skies A lost teddy bear trying desperately to get back to his best friend received help from an unexpected source: the Swedish air force. https://www.thelocal.se/20150709/swedish-military-helps-lost-teddy-return-home Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:01:01 +0200 swedish-military-helps-lost-teddy-return-home UPDATED: Sweden has summoned the Russian Ambassador for a dressing down after two Russian planes violated Swedish airspace last week. https://www.thelocal.se/20140919/russian-flights-condemned-by-social-democrats Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:57:00 +0200 russian-flights-condemned-by-social-democrats The Swedish Armed Forces on Friday published previously classified pictures of foreign aircraft taken close to Swedish airspace for the first time since the end of the Cold War. https://www.thelocal.se/20121102/44196 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:42:00 +0100 44196 US military officials were in Sweden this week in an effort to persuade a former US airman who has been living a secret life in Sweden for 28 years to return home to face trial for deserting from the US Air Force. https://www.thelocal.se/20120629/41732 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:09:00 +0200 41732 Officials with the US Air Force have said they still want to apprehend a former US airman who claims he has been living a secret life in Sweden for 28 years after deserting from a US military base in Germany. https://www.thelocal.se/20120618/41518 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:28:00 +0200 41518 An American man who deserted from a US Air Force Base in Germany in 1984 has come forward after living a secret life in Sweden for nearly three decades, despite being wanted as a fugitive by the US military. https://www.thelocal.se/20120616/41486 Sun, 17 Jun 2012 01:27:00 +0200 41486 The Swedish military has been hit by a smuggling scandal stemming from the Air Force's just completed mission in Libya. https://www.thelocal.se/20111026/36976 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:13:00 +0200 36976 Sweden upped the ante in its effort to secure a contract to sell 36 Saab Gripen fighter jets to Brazil, saying it would build 40 percent of the plane in Brazil, officials said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20090918/22150 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:25:00 +0200 22150 The pilot who had to emergency land a JAS Gripen fighter plane that caught fire on Thursday afternoon might have forgotten to release the landing gear, according to the Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten). https://www.thelocal.se/20090808/21178 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:12:00 +0200 21178 The difficult economic situation in Thailand may scuttle the country’s planned purchase of Saab JAS Gripen fighter planes. https://www.thelocal.se/20090522/19608 Fri, 22 May 2009 19:27:00 +0200 19608 A prominent Riksdag member has expressed outrage upon learning that Sweden's new JAS Gripen fighter jets can’t receive encrypted communications. https://www.thelocal.se/20090220/17724 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:06:00 +0100 17724 Saab’s next generation Gripen fighter is on the short-list of options under consideration by the Brazilian Air Force, the company said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20081002/14704 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:35:00 +0200 14704 A Swedish Air Force pilot has been suspended for flying a few metres above the heads of colleagues on the ground. The pilot flew his 30 tonne aircraft at 350 kilometres per hour past parachutists. His job is now on the line. https://www.thelocal.se/20080203/9859 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:09:00 +0100 9859