The Upper Norrland Air Defence District (, Flybo ÖN) was an air defence district within the

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that operated from 1942 to 1957. The unit was based in

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. It was responsible for air base and supply service as well as for air defence warning service in

Upper Norrland Upper Norrland () is a national area () of Sweden. The national areas are a part of the NUTS statistical regions of Sweden. Geography Övre Norrland is the northernmost region of Sweden and forms part of Sápmi (Lapland). It is the Sweden's la ...

History

According to the Defence Act of 1942, Sweden was divided territorially into five air defence districts. The eastern and

air defence districts were established on 1 July 1942, the others a year later. The task of the air defence districts was to be responsible for the air base and supply service within the respective area, after 1948 also for air defence warning service. The task was also to maintain the administration of training sites and wartime airfields as well as facilities and depots at these in peacetime, as well as to prepare the

's basing in war. The Upper Norrland Air Defence District included the VI Military District, except for the covering Upper Norrland which consisted of

Norrbotten County Norrbotten County (, Meänkieli/, ) is the northernmost county or '' län'' of Sweden. It is also the largest county by land area, almost a quarter of Sweden's total area. It shares borders with Västerbotten County to the southwest, the Gulf ...

and

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. The Upper Norrland Air Defence District and the air defence district organisation ceased on 1 October 1957. The duties were taken over by the air commands (''flygeskader'').

Tasks

The main duties of the air defence district commanders during peacetime were war preparation work, including planning of the base and supply service as well as air defence warning service, as well as voluntary training for the air defence warning service, as well as management of training airfields and certain

supply depot Supply depots are a type of military installation used by militaries to store battlefield supplies temporarily on or near the front lines until they can be distributed to military units. Supply depots are responsible for nearly all other types of ...

s. The main tasks in war were to lead the base and supply service within the air defence district as well as to command the grouped base units, regarding the depots in terms of their use as bases for combat air units, as well as to lead the air defence warning service and to command the air defence warning service units. Base service operations (mainly ground service) were aimed at ensuring the operations of combat air units and preparing their operations in the air. The base service included station service, air traffic control, ground air defence and ground defence (in cooperation with certain forces from the army), signal service,

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and provision, medical care, transport and airfield repairs (some) and snow removal.

Commanding officers

The commanding officer of

Norrbotten Wing Norrbotten Wing (), also F 21 Luleå, or simply F 21, is a Swedish Air Force wing (air force unit), 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 Squa ...

(F 21) was also commander of Flybo ÖN. *1942–1946:

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*1946–1951: Colonel *1951–1956: Colonel *1956–1957: Colonel

Names, designations and locations

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