A flight of Draken interceptors moving to another base through the town of Linköping after their runway was bombed (720×897)

[–] pembo210 [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

I found it in one of the military pics subs on reddit from a few days ago. I didn't find much on the actual story, but I liked the image.

They were relocating the planes to the SAAB airfield temporarily as they were rebuilding the runways at their airbase. In theory they could've flown there, but they had just been issued new student pilots and were short on people who could fly the things safely. So the commanding officer decided to try and see if he could relocate an entire interceptor division by road instead, and so he did.

https://old.reddit.com/r/MilitaryPorn/comments/8x2ubg/a_flight_of_draken_interceptors_being_tugged/e20n134/

[–] Owlchemy 2 points (+2|-0)

LOl - I was just ragging on ya. Saw the Swedish markings and read the 'bombed' thing and thought maybe Norway was battling Sweden over cod fishing rights and I slept through the war!

[–] pembo210 [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

I love it, keepin' me on my toes :)

There's so many great pics like this I find on random image searches. There's dozens of people and hundreds of hours that go into a a brief moment in time like this. I love going down that rabbit hole.

[–] Owlchemy 1 points (+1|-0)

I've always liked planes ... why I joined the USAF (then they made me a missile guy - LOL). Anyway, Saab makes some really cool planes. Enjoyed the pic.

A flight of Draken interceptors moving to another base through the town of Linköping after their runway was bombed (720×897)

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