27 may 1975 Swedish AF used Soesterberg for a fuelstop on their way to Le Bourget airshow. They came with 4 Viggens. The Klu was even thinking to buy the Viggen as a successor for the Starfighter at that time. They came 3 versions: 2 fighters, a recce one and a duel. All versions in one day! Support in these days: a still bare metal Dakota and a C-130. The Viggens had all kind of missles to impress the Paris ladies and I had never seen before.
Before one could fly a Viggen, lessons were given in the Saab 105, a dozen (!) or more came in. The Saab105's, Dakota and C-130 came on 10 june 1975
I hope you enjoy these BW pics , and if you have pics of the Sweds at Soesterberg : please post them!
Thanks to Hans Drost for mind settin'
On with the show:
Recce version:
Duel:
Fighters, note the missles!
This one took the long way to the X service, nice , very nice.
And the ones with the screwdrivers and pipe wrench's
And the ones which would fly the Viggen then and are done with it by now.