Hälsinge Air Force Wing


Hälsinge Air Force Wing, also F 15 Söderhamn, or simply F 15, is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located near Söderhamn in northern Sweden.

Heraldry and traditions

Coat of arms

The first coat of arms of the Hälsinge Air Force Wing was used from 1945 to 1994. Blazon: "Sable, the provincial badge of Hälsingland, a buck rampant or, armed and langued gules." The second coat of arms was used from 1994 to 1997. Blazon: "Sable, the provincial badge of Hälsingland, a buck rampant or, armed and langued gules, a chief azure over a barrulet or, charged with a winged twobladed propeller of the last colour."

Colours, standards and guidons

A colour was presented to the wing in Söderhamn in March 1949 by the Chief of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Bengt Nordenskiöld. Blazon: "On blue cloth in the centre the badge of the Air Force; a winged two-bladed propeller under a royal crown proper, all yellow. In the first corner the provincial badge of Hälsingland; a yellow buck rampant, armed and langued red."

March

”Hälsinge flygflottiljs marsch” by Jörgen Lidberg. Its a march arrangement of "When the Saints Go Marching In". The march was estalished on 15 August 1967.

Commanding officers

Commanding officers from 1945 to 1997. The commanding officer was referred to as "wing commander" and had the rank of colonel.

Footnotes

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