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increased opportunities to disperse. This will increase the survivability of the air forces
in case of war.
Existing tactical air transport aircraft (TP-84) will be maintained during the period. The
Swedish Armed Forces are studying the possibilities of future acquisition of new tactical
air transport aircraft.
The Helicopter Wing will operate three types of modern helicopters. The Helicopter
units will give special attention to supporting the naval forces with anti-submarine
capabilities as well as to supporting the land forces with tactical transport. The support
to the Police authorities will continue.
Joint Forces
The new focus on preparing to face an armed attack will gave considerable impact on
for the joint forces, not least in the areas of logistics and command and control. The
focus of the land Forces on high intensity warfighting at the Brigade level means that
the logistics and command and control units should be adjusted accordingly. Parts of the
joint logistics and the command and control units will be transferred to the land forces
in case of activation or mobilisation in order to perform tactical tasks within the
Brigades.
The joint forces will consist of the following units, one Armed Forces Headquarters, four
Regional Headquarters, one Communications Battalion, one Command and Control
Battalion, one Electronic Warfare Battalion, one Armed Forces Logistics (FMLOG), two
Logistics Battalions, one Technical Battalion, one Movement Control Company, two
Medical Hospital Companies, two Medical Support Companies, one Special Operations
Group and 19 Depot Units.
All parts of the Armed Forces peacetime establishment with tasks to perform in case of
raised alter or war will be organised as units. Depot units are organised throughout the
country to provide support on local level and to support the activation or mobilisation of
the full force. These Depot Units will also provide complementary training of the other
units. All personnel working at the peacetime establishment but not assigned to other
units will have an assignment at the Depot unit. All parts of the peacetime
establishment and all employed personnel with tasks during raised alert or war will thus
be organised for war service.
Long-term defence material procurement
The Defence commissions proposed the acquisition of another10 JAS 39E, in addition to
the 60 JAS 39 E that are currently planned for. The Defence commission also
recommended procuring a third new submarine as well as a long-range precision strike
missile. A decision on these recommendations will be taken in the early 2020s.
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