Chief of Air Force (Sweden)


Chief of Air Force is the most senior appointment in the Swedish Air Force. The position Chief of Air Force was introduced in 1926 and the current form in 2014.

History

The position and the staff agency "Chief of the Air Force" was created for a central leadership of the Air Force in peacetime through the formation of the Swedish Air Force as an independent military branch which took place on 1 July 1926. Following a larger reorganization of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1994, the staff agency Chief of the Air Force ceased to exist as an independent agency. Instead, the post Chief of Air Force Staff was created at the then newly instituted Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. In 1998, the Swedish Armed Forces was again reorganized. Most of the duties of the Chief of Air Force Staff were transferred to the newly instituted post of "Inspector General of the Air Force". The post is similar to that of the "Inspector General of the Army" and the "Inspector General of the Navy". It was later renamed to "Inspector of the Air Force".
On 1 January 2014, the "Chief of Air Force" position was reinstated in the Swedish Armed Forces. The position has not the same duties as before.

Tasks

Tasks of the Chief of Air Force:
The command flag of the Chief of Air Force is drawn by Brita Grep and embroidered by hand by the company Libraria. Blazon: "Fessed in yellow and blue; on yellow two blue batons of command with sets of open yellow crowns placed two and one in saltire, on blue a winged two-bladed yellow propeller."

List of chiefs

Chiefs of Air Force

Chiefs of Air Force Staff

Inspectors General of the Air Force

Inspectors of the Air Force

Chiefs of Air Force

List of deputy chiefs

Deputy Chiefs of Air Force

Footnotes