Thought this was a cool photo. The Viggen has been retired from the Swedish Air Force but was a visually striking aircraft. I wasn't aware that the vertical fin could fold down, but the Swedes had/have an extensive network of underground hangars:
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Thought this was a cool photo. The Viggen has been retired from the Swedish Air Force but was a visually striking aircraft. I wasn't aware that the vertical fin could fold down, but the Swedes had/have an extensive network of underground hangars:
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That is awesome! Thanks for sharing.
I was geeking out to a video of the Fins taking off from a highway in F-18s and E-2s the other day.
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The Winter War was not that long ago, and the Finns are wisely keeping their stuff wired tightly.
Ivan thinks he has a long memory, I bet the Finns have a longer one.
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There are little bunkers like that scattered all through Sweden. During the Great Nordic Biker War there where military vets who were fully patched members of the Hell's Angels that broke into a few for some hardware, nothing more than a padlock to keep them out. Took out a rival's clubhouse with an M72 LAW.
Cool pic's!
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The Swedes also have an interesting network of "emergency airfields", which are two lane highways that are widened in strategic locations around the Country and have markings and recessed lighting for various kinds of aircraft. I have been to that Country several times and the Swedish Secret Police (Säpo) doesn't like foreigners taking pictures of these locations. The locals also are closed-mouth about their network of "airfield" highways.
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That's pretty cool!Originally Posted by OH58D
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There was some sort of article in Aviation Leak and Space Technology years ago about those roads, if I recall correctly. They had a couple of pics, and they also mentioned that hosts seemed a wee bit agitated.
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AW&ST never let security get in the way of a good story!!
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If you spend much time around the guys who really, really know their craft, and who truly live this stuff, you tend to find that they are very soft-spoken and modest -- almost to the extreme. To my mind, that is a model worthy of emulation
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Very true. I remember reading stuff in there that made my jaw fall open.
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