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Hoping for some airshow fun this weekend
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2026 5:32 pm
by Micael
So if everything goes according to plan I hope to spend this Saturday at Malmen airbase. This year is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Swedish airforce so they’ve tried to put together a (for Sweden) unusually packed airshow, along with a bunch of static ground exhibits. This is the preliminary display schedule:
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We’ve got some oddities such as someone managed to talk the relevant Britons into doing a temporary paint job in the SwAF livery on a Spitfire for the display, since we don’t have an airworthy one available ourselves. On the ground the displays are apparently going to include a pair of Saab J21s which is a rarity. I’m hoping to be able to get into a Gripen E simulator as well, though I expect the lines to be ferocious for that. They’re expecting crowds into the six figures so that aspect is going to be interesting. Assuming I do make it there I hope to have some photos to share afterwards.
Re: Hoping for some airshow fun this weekend
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2026 11:24 pm
by Nightwatch2
F-35 and F-15 as Strategic Bombers?
We want pictures!!
Re: Hoping for some airshow fun this weekend
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2026 3:17 am
by Micael
Nightwatch2 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2026 11:24 pm
F-35 and F-15 as Strategic Bombers?
We want pictures!!
Hehe, I suspect they mean strategic bombers
and F-35+F-15. Presumably what they have in the UK and can spare for a trip over here at that moment. B-52s would be the likely candidate but I am intrigued that they didn’t write it out so maybe there’s a B-2 in the UK as well?
Re: Hoping for some airshow fun this weekend
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2026 4:01 am
by Nightwatch2
Micael wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2026 3:17 am
Nightwatch2 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2026 11:24 pm
F-35 and F-15 as Strategic Bombers?
We want pictures!!
Hehe, I suspect they mean strategic bombers
and F-35+F-15. Presumably what they have in the UK and can spare for a trip over here at that moment. B-52s would be the likely candidate but I am intrigued that they didn’t write it out so maybe there’s a B-2 in the UK as well?
IF there’s a B-2 anywhere - how could you tell?
Re: Hoping for some airshow fun this weekend
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2026 10:19 am
by Micael
Nightwatch2 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2026 4:01 am
Micael wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2026 3:17 am
Nightwatch2 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2026 11:24 pm
F-35 and F-15 as Strategic Bombers?
We want pictures!!
Hehe, I suspect they mean strategic bombers
and F-35+F-15. Presumably what they have in the UK and can spare for a trip over here at that moment. B-52s would be the likely candidate but I am intrigued that they didn’t write it out so maybe there’s a B-2 in the UK as well?
IF there’s a B-2 anywhere - how could you tell?
I have concluded I have amazing stealth-nullifying vision ever since I saw a B-2 do a 4th of July flyover in the US some twenty odd years ago.