Catalina affair
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The Catalina affair was a military confrontation and Cold War-era diplomatic crisis in June 1952, in which Soviet Air Force fighter jets shot down two Swedish aircraft over international waters in the Baltic Sea.
Tp 79 Hugin at F 8 Barkarby in 1951
The Catalina shot down by Soviet forces while searching for the missing Hugin
DC-3 wreckage exhibited at the Swedish Air Force Museum
Tp 47 Canso (Catalina) at the Swedish Air Force Museum
Swedish Air Force
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The Swedish Air Force is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.
DH.98 Mosquito NF.19 night fighter of the Swedish Air Force in 1949
Swedish Air Force P-51D on display at the Swedish Air Force Museum
Saab 37 Viggen (1972–2005)
A Gripen performing at RIAT 2009