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Aircraft:10407 (WHITEFOX 397)Photo date:Type:7 Jun, 2013Operator:Photo views:Location:1988Photo by:The Swedish Armed Forces helps the rescue services to suppress a large fire that broke out in a pile of garbage at the Hagby re-cycling station in Täby, north of Stockholm, in June 2013.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/6542
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Aircraft:10407 (WHITEFOX 397)Photo date:Type:22 Oct, 2015Operator:Photo views:Location:1399Photo by:The last operational Super Puma, H-97, has just made its final landing - the very last landing of a HKP10 in the Swedish Armed Forces.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/6732
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Aircraft:10407 (WHITEFOX 397)Photo date:Type:22 Oct, 2015Operator:Photo views:Location:1440Photo by:The last HKP 10 Super Puma bows for the audience at Malmen Airbase prior to making its very last landing in service with the Swedish Armed Forces earlier today. Six Super Pumas will now be offered for sale, two are to be displayed in air museums and one will be used as a technical training airframe.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/6731
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Aircraft:10407 (WHITEFOX 397)Photo date:Type:14 Oct, 2015Operator:Photo views:Location:1462Photo by:Two generations of medium-size military helicopters are seen during the retirement ceremony of the HKP 10 Super Puma. The NH90s, seen in the background, are now taking over after the Super Pumas.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/6722
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Aircraft:10407 (WHITEFOX 397)Photo date:Type:14 Oct, 2015Operator:Photo views:Location:1622Photo by:The very last HKP 10 Super Puma is being celebrated during the official retirement ceremony of the helicopter system. This historic event marked the end of the HKP 10 episode in the Swedish Armed Forces.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/6721
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Aircraft:10407 (WHITEFOX 397)Photo date:Type:14 Oct, 2015Operator:Photo views:Location:1509Photo by:WHITEFOX 397 is making a low pass at Junkön Island in Luleå's archipelago during one of its very last flights. The helicopter, which passed 7000 hours on this very flight, was later displayed at the official retirement ceremony at F21 Air Force Base later the same day. It was expected to make its last landing a week later.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/6720
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Aircraft:10407 (H-97)Photo date:Type:13 Nov, 2014Operator:Photo views:Location:875Photo by:Jaeger soldier aspirants is seen together with one of the very last HKP 10 Super Pumas at the Lomben shooting range during the Höstlöv Exercise in November of 2014.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/7385
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Aircraft:10407 (Whitefox 97)Photo date:Type:29 Sep, 2014Operator:Photo views:Location:1218Photo by:Passing Västerås Airport.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/6186
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Aircraft:10407 (Whitefox 97)Photo date:Type:1 Aug, 2014Operator:Photo views:Location:1138Photo by:First military helicopter to arrive when the big forest fire started in Västmanland.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/6176
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Aircraft:10407 (Helge 97)Photo date:Type:1 Aug, 2014Operator:Photo views:Location:1741Photo by:First Puma to arrive for the big forest fire outside Västerås.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/6267
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Aircraft:10407Photo date:Type:12 Jul, 2012Operator:Photo views:Location:2686Photo by:Hovering around among the massive cliffs in the Gearggevaggi Valley near Vassijaure (east of Riksgränsen) in northern Sweden. The valley leads to the legendary Rissajaure Lake ('Trollsjön'), which is the clearest and purest lake in Sweden.
The helicopter is a national combat search and rescue training helicopter ('D model') for the international 'B models', which are currently deployed in Afghanistan. The helicopter was visiting the mountain world for the annual mountain rescue exercise together with two other Super Pumas.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/4937 -
Aircraft:10407Photo date:Type:12 Jul, 2012Operator:Photo views:Location:2395Photo by:Practicing in the unique Gearggevaggi valley in the uppermost northern parts of Sweden.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/5031
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Aircraft:10407 (WHITEFOX 397)Photo date:Type:17 Mar, 2012Operator:Photo views:Location:1788Photo by:Soldiers from the Armed Forces and Home Guard assists the search efforts following the Norwegian Hercules that went missing near Kebnekaise on 15 March 2012. The airplane, which carried a crew of five, was en-route from Narvik (Norway) to Kiruna (Sweden) to pick up two cars when it disappeared in the Swedish mountain world.
A massive search party participated in the search and rescue operation, which was conducted in bad weather. Several air resources were scrambled, including Lifeguard 906 (SE-JOJ) from Skellefteå, a police helicopter from Boden (SE-HPV), two Norwegian Sea Kings, two Danish EH101 Merlins (that were a part of the same exercise as the lost Hercules plane) and one Swedish HKP 10 Super Puma (10407). In addition to these helicopters, four Bell 412s were offered by the Norwegian Armed Forces. Two HKP 15s (Agusta 109) were launched from the Swedish military helicopter base in Linköping, and an extra rescue helicopter was being prepared by the Swedish Maritime Administration. Several military fighters and observation airplanes (AWACS, etc) were circling the area as well.
On March 17, two days after the accident, scattered pieces of the wreckage were found near the ridge between the two peaks of Sweden's highest mountain, Mt Kebnekaise. None of the crew members on the Hercules survived the accident.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/6608 -
Aircraft:10407 (H-97)Photo date:Type:28 Aug, 2004Operator:Photo views:Location:1092Photo by:Headed home after an exercise at the Sandö Rescue School in Kramfors.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/1729
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Aircraft:10407 (H-97)Photo date:Type:ca. 2004Operator:Photo views:Location:1362Photo by:Photographed together with a rescue swimmer at the Boden Heliport in northern Sweden. The Super Pumas were later moved to the F21 Air Force Base at Kallax Airport in Luleå.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/1691
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Aircraft:10407 (H-97)Photo date:Type:6 Jun, 2003Operator:Photo views:Location:2629Photo by:A conscript rescue swimmer is about to set the rescue sling as the rest of the crew standing by in the background, preparing to hoist the patient back to the aircraft.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/2573
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Aircraft:10407 (H-97)Photo date:Type:22 May, 2003Operator:Photo views:Location:1098Photo by:Photographed during an instrument training session near Luleå. The curtains are there to hide references to the world outside. In addition to the curtains the trained pilot has to use special IFR 'Foggles' to eliminate all visual impressions except for the instruments.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/2459
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Aircraft:10407 (H-97)Photo date:Type:12 May, 2003Operator:Photo views:Location:2264Photo by:Parked next to H-89 (10411) at the apron in Boden.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/5208
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Aircraft:10407 (H-97)Photo date:Type:May, 2003Operator:Photo views:Location:968Photo by:Rescue swimmer Rickard Gillberg is waving me off as the rescue helicopter H-97 was about to departure for a training sortie.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/2342
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Aircraft:10407 (H-97)Photo date:Type:12 Apr, 2003Operator:Photo views:Location:1204Photo by:Leaving a patient at the Sunderbyn Hospital near Luleå in Northern Sweden.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/2466
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Aircraft:10407 (H-97)Photo date:Type:10 Apr, 2003Operator:Photo views:Location:2598Photo by:Peek-a-boo! The Swedish Armed Forces’ H-97 is lurking behind a peak during a mountain hoisting exercise near Mt Kebnekaise in the most northern parts of Sweden. We went there with two Super Pumas for a couple of weeks to carry out various snow/mountain exercises.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/2865
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Aircraft:10407 (H-97)Photo date:Type:9 Apr, 2003Operator:Photo views:Location:1145Photo by:H-97 is in for some field maintenance at the Abisko base.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/2431
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Aircraft:10407 (H-97)Photo date:Type:9 Apr, 2003Operator:Photo views:Location:1625Photo by:Parked for the night in the Swedish mountain world.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/5735
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Aircraft:10407 (H-97)Photo date:Type:7 Apr, 2003Operator:Photo views:Location:2759Photo by:The Super Puma pilots Grimstål and Bergdahl en-route to Abisko from Kebnekaise.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/3426
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Aircraft:10407 (H-97)Photo date:Type:12 Mar, 2003Operator:Photo views:Location:2074Photo by:Landing at Gruvberget during a training sortie. The crew of the local rescue helicopter had been alerted that two pilots had ejected out of a SK37 Viggen fighter and their emergency transmitters indicated that they had landed in this area. This was a very common rescue exercise, and it had been carefully prepared by the colleagues at the helicopter base in Boden.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/3830
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Aircraft:10407Photo date:Type:12 Mar, 2003Operator:Photo views:Location:2614Photo by:Blocking the ski tracks during a rescue exercise in Boden.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/3993
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Aircraft:10407 (Q-97)Photo date:Type:4 Sep, 1992Operator:Photo views:Location:958Photo by:Q-97, or 'Madeleine' as the aircraft was nicknamed, is seen in Vänersborg - south-west of the F7 Såtenäs Air Force Base in Lidköping.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/10407/1696
10407
Information about 10407
This aircraft was originally constructed by Aérospatiale in Marignane, France, but was dismantled right after completion and shipped to Sweden. The company FFV Aerotech in Linköping assembled the helicopter according to the Air Force's specifications and completed the aircraft in February of 1991. The aircraft was given the number "97" and was nicknamed "Madeleine".
The helicopter type, which was designated HKP 10, served as an Air Force search and rescue aircraft and operated parallel to BO105s and Bell 204s, but outlived them both. Number 97 mainly operated at the F17 base in Ronneby, but was later transferred to the F15 base in Söderhamn, and eventually to the F21 base in Luleå.
ARMED FORCES HELICOPTER WING
1998 saw the structural birth of a new joint helicopter force - the Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing. From 1 January 1999 the unit merged the helicopter operations from all the three military branches (Air Force, Army, and Navy) together. The new organisation had no impact on the HKP 10s other than providing them with a slightly wider range of tasks.
MODIFIED TO A “D” MODEL
H-97 was one of two Super Pumas (10402 being the other one) that were modified into D models (HKP 10D) by HeliOne in Norway. The conversions were ordered in late-2008 and took place during 2009. The purpose of the modification was to get two national training helicopters that would complement the existing fleet of three HKP 10Bs (10403, 10406 and 10408) that were aimed for the two year long participation in the International Security Assistance Force’s operation in Afghanistan from 2011.
The D model, also known as "B light", is very similar to the B-model when it comes to its improved avionics and enhanced nursing cabin, as well as its NVG capacity. The combat features, like IR suppressors, ballistic protection and so on has not been installed in the D model. However, the Ds are prepared to be modified into B models if needed.
The Afghanistan training is mainly conducted at the F21 Air Force Base in Luleå, where the D models serve as fully dedicated training helicopters. Additional mission training has been performed in Africa and Spain.
The Swedish international medical evacuation unit, SAE ISAF MEDEVAC, served in Afghanistan between April 2011 and April 2013. The helicopter unit consisted of two HKP 10B Super Pumas that were based at Camp Marmal in Mazar-e Sharif, northern Afghanistan. The unit carried out 82 inter-hospital medical missions during its two years in service. SAE ISAF MEDEVAC was replaced by the Swedish unit SAE ISAF UH-60 at the end of March 2013. The new unit consisted of total of four HKP 16 Black Hawks.
RETIREMENT
The HKP 10 (A, B and D) is in the process of being decommissioned from its duty in the Swedish Armed Forces, and the nine Super Pumas have been grounded one by one. A total of four helicopters were still operating in mid 2014, and by March 2015 only two remained in service. Both remaining helicopters were HKP 10Ds (10402 and 10407), and the last one of them is expected to operate no longer than December 2015.
The type was operated out of the F21 Kallax Air Base in Luleå the last year. They were primarily used to train some of the new pilots that were intended for the HKP14 (NH90).
The Armed Forces considered to sell six of its Super Pumas, namely 10402 (D), 10405 (A), 10407 (D), 10410 (A), 10411 (A) and 10412 (A). The average flight time accumulated by these airframes were about 6450 hours each. The three B models were not intended to be sold. 10406 (B) was handed over to the Aeroseum Aviation Museum in Gothenburg in February 2015. 10403 (B) was donated to the Armed Forces' technical school in Halmstad in August 2015.
The helicopter type, which was designated HKP 10, served as an Air Force search and rescue aircraft and operated parallel to BO105s and Bell 204s, but outlived them both. Number 97 mainly operated at the F17 base in Ronneby, but was later transferred to the F15 base in Söderhamn, and eventually to the F21 base in Luleå.
ARMED FORCES HELICOPTER WING
1998 saw the structural birth of a new joint helicopter force - the Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing. From 1 January 1999 the unit merged the helicopter operations from all the three military branches (Air Force, Army, and Navy) together. The new organisation had no impact on the HKP 10s other than providing them with a slightly wider range of tasks.
MODIFIED TO A “D” MODEL
H-97 was one of two Super Pumas (10402 being the other one) that were modified into D models (HKP 10D) by HeliOne in Norway. The conversions were ordered in late-2008 and took place during 2009. The purpose of the modification was to get two national training helicopters that would complement the existing fleet of three HKP 10Bs (10403, 10406 and 10408) that were aimed for the two year long participation in the International Security Assistance Force’s operation in Afghanistan from 2011.
The D model, also known as "B light", is very similar to the B-model when it comes to its improved avionics and enhanced nursing cabin, as well as its NVG capacity. The combat features, like IR suppressors, ballistic protection and so on has not been installed in the D model. However, the Ds are prepared to be modified into B models if needed.
The Afghanistan training is mainly conducted at the F21 Air Force Base in Luleå, where the D models serve as fully dedicated training helicopters. Additional mission training has been performed in Africa and Spain.
The Swedish international medical evacuation unit, SAE ISAF MEDEVAC, served in Afghanistan between April 2011 and April 2013. The helicopter unit consisted of two HKP 10B Super Pumas that were based at Camp Marmal in Mazar-e Sharif, northern Afghanistan. The unit carried out 82 inter-hospital medical missions during its two years in service. SAE ISAF MEDEVAC was replaced by the Swedish unit SAE ISAF UH-60 at the end of March 2013. The new unit consisted of total of four HKP 16 Black Hawks.
RETIREMENT
The HKP 10 (A, B and D) is in the process of being decommissioned from its duty in the Swedish Armed Forces, and the nine Super Pumas have been grounded one by one. A total of four helicopters were still operating in mid 2014, and by March 2015 only two remained in service. Both remaining helicopters were HKP 10Ds (10402 and 10407), and the last one of them is expected to operate no longer than December 2015.
The type was operated out of the F21 Kallax Air Base in Luleå the last year. They were primarily used to train some of the new pilots that were intended for the HKP14 (NH90).
The Armed Forces considered to sell six of its Super Pumas, namely 10402 (D), 10405 (A), 10407 (D), 10410 (A), 10411 (A) and 10412 (A). The average flight time accumulated by these airframes were about 6450 hours each. The three B models were not intended to be sold. 10406 (B) was handed over to the Aeroseum Aviation Museum in Gothenburg in February 2015. 10403 (B) was donated to the Armed Forces' technical school in Halmstad in August 2015.