Farks Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 Link to pdf It's unfortunately only available in swedish, but it does have plenty of pictures and stuff. I suppose one could take to Google Translate, but making sense of what it comes up with can be a translation job on its own. Or maybe some of us native speakers can help out if we're in the mood and asked nicely or given belly rubs, etc. :music_whistling: For the uninitiated; this book covers Swedens air attack aviation during the cold war, which includes the Viggen. The air attack units were often informally refered to as "ÖB:s Klubba", hence the book title. To quote myself from another thread: "E1" refers to "Första Flygeskadern" ("First Air Group") which was the unit all air attack squadrons belonged to, and which Björn Bjuggren commanded between 1952 and 1964. E1 was a special unit since it obeyed directly under the swedish supreme commander ("Överbefälhavaren" or "ÖB" for short), unlike the rest of the armed forces which were commanded by their respective military district commander (including the rest of the air force). Because of this E1 was commonly referred to as "ÖB:s Klubba", which roughly translates into "The SUPCOM's War Hammer".A couple of other air force books by the same author is also available for free: "Fienden i Öster" - covers swedish fighter units of the same era. "Flygvapnets Spaningsflyg" - covers swedish aerial recce units of the same era. Enjoy!
Zius Posted October 4, 2018 Posted October 4, 2018 Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!! Modules: Bf 109, C-101, CE-II, F-5, Gazelle, Huey, Ka-50, Mi-8, MiG-15, MiG-19, MiG-21, Albatros, Viggen, Mirage 2000, Hornet, Yak-52, FC3
Mags Posted October 5, 2018 Posted October 5, 2018 Thank you! Nice reading this while commuting. Intel Core i7-4770K - ASUS Maximus VI Formula, Socket-1150 - Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400MHz 16GB - NVIDIA GTX1080Ti - Eizo 27" LED FlexScan EV2736W-BK, 2560x1440 (Processor, graphiccard and MOS-FET custom watercooled)
RyanFlint Posted October 7, 2018 Posted October 7, 2018 (edited) I converted the book to english with onlinedoctranslator.com and the result looks pretty good. If you wanna have a look. On the drive is also a translation of the DCS Anti-Air Guide by Spartiaten https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/150YoWe-4y1S2ZbxPjPLgXdsBrhXn52dI Edited October 7, 2018 by RyanFlint
metzgerov Posted October 8, 2018 Posted October 8, 2018 Thank you sir!!! Very happy to read this and learn more about the Swedish efforts and tactics during the Cold War with my fave plane in the world. The Viggen.
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