JAS 39 Gripen

Loyal Arrow 2009

Ten NATO and non-NATO nations will participate in the life firing exercise Loyal Arrow 09 in Sweden from 8 to 18 June 2009. Some 50 fast jets, which will be based at Norrbotten Wing, will participate in the exercise.

The aim of the exercise is to train units and selected parts of the NATO Response Force Joint Force Air Component Headquarters in the coordination and conduct of air operations.

Additionally, planes from NATO’s Airborne Warning and Control System, better known as AWACS, as well as other transport aircraft and helicopters, will participate in the exercise. Some of the participating units will be flying in from bases in Norway and Finland.

More about the exercise

Air Refuelling Loyal Arrow

A Good Ending for Exercise Loyal Arrow

18 June 2009 kl 15.30 Loyal Arrow

June 17, has seen the concluding ceremony of Loyal Arrow, the NATO-led air exercise. The host for this exercise has been the air base of the F 21 Wing. It was the moment for personnel of the ten participating nations to thank each other after nine days of air exercises. There were representatives from most of the participating countries at the concluding ceremony.

A Swede, a Spaniard and a Brit…

Loyal Arrow Lufttankning baksits tyska Tornado 18 June 2009 kl 15.00 Loyal Arrow

One of the aims of exercise Loyal Arrow was to develop methods for international cooperation. When the German Air Force during the exercise asked the Air Operations Officer of the F 21 Wing, Mats Hakkarainen, if one of the Swedish pilots would like to join a mission that included aerial refuelling, they quickly got an answer.  
– We hope to get training in aerial refuelling in the near future, so I thought it would be an excellent opportunity for one of our pilots to have that experience, says Mr. Hakkarainen.

Aerial Refuelling

Air refuelling Loyal Arrow 17 June 2009 kl 10.00 Loyal Arrow

The “flying gas station”, a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, takes off from Kallax air base loaded with more than 150 000 pounds of aircraft fuel. Today, the shop is open for six hours for the fighter aircraft that participate in exercise Loyal Arrow.

Rescued from Enemy Territory

CSAR Loyal Arrow 16 June 2009 kl 12.00 Loyal Arrow

An injured pilot is in the area controlled by the enemy. He needs help to escape, and the Swedish rescue group is tasked with getting him out. This is the scenario for one of the missions during exercise Loyal Arrow.

The Gripen Flies Every Day

The Swedish JAS39 Gripen have carried out all the planned missions during exercise Loyal Arrow. One of the four participating Gripen-aircraft has just taken off from the F 21 air base. 16 June 2009 kl 09.41 Loyal Arrow

It has been possible for the Swedish pilots to fly every day during exercise Loyal Arrow.
”We have carried out all our planned flights, the other nations have had to cancel a few times because of low cloud base,” says the Carl-Johan Edström, pilot and CO of the second Squadron of the F 21 Wing.

Facts

Loyal Arrow.

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