Photos and video
Photos and video from the exercise can be downloaded from the SAF Mynewsdesk site.
Mynesdesk
Army
When: 26 April, time tbc
Where: Axamo airport, Jönköping
Activity: Clearing of mines following the attack on the airport – support by Police and Rescue Services
Registration and more information:maddelena.lago@mil.se
When: 27 April, at 1300
Where: Kvarn
Activity: Swedish units exercise mechanised combat ahead of Aurora 23
Registration and more information: joakim.elovsson@mil.se
When: 28 April, at 1200
Where: Skövde Garrison, Klagstorp
Activity: Swedish brigade + US marines joint exercise + Swedish chief of division on site
Registration and more information: joakim.elovsson@mil.se
When: 2 May, at 1300
Where: Skillingaryd
Activity: 4th Brigade attacks with armoured vehicles and combat vehicles across body of water
Registration and more information: maddelena.lago@mil.se
When: 2 May, at 1015
Where: Växjö
Activity: The Life Regiment Hussars conduct intelligence collection with air activities.
Registration and more information: hanna.ljungberg@mil.se
When: 3 May, at 1300
Where: Eksjö
Activity: Total defence exercise, field hospital and helicopter medivac
Registration and more information: maddelena.lago@mil.se
Navy
When: 28 April, at 0915
Where: Berga, Haninge Garrison
Activity: Nyland Brigade joins the Swedish troop, mobilisation, Nayv Commander on site
Registration and more information: michaela.linge@mil.se
When: 2 May, at 0830
Where: Oskarshamn
Activity: Finnish motorised battalion arrives
Registration and more information: michaela.linge@mil.se
When: 3 May at 1245 – 1700
Where: Meeting at the guards at Älvsborg Marine Regiment
Join us on a voyage on the HMS Carlskrona and see how the navy ensures the flow of goods, singlehandedly and together with other nations.
Chief of Navy Ewa Skoog Haslum and the Chief of Älvsborg Marine Regiment Fredrik Herlitz as well as foreign guests will participate.
Sign up with name and social security number and send it to johanna.frejme@mil.se no later than 2 May at 1000.
Bring your identity card and suitable clothes.
When: 8 May at 11:30 – 16:30
Where: Korsö island, Stockholm archipelago
Activity: Final battle where troops from the 5th Amphibious Battalion exercise with units from British Royal Marines.
Recipients on site: Chief of Defence ÖB Micael Bydén, Armed Forces Director General Mikael Granholm and Chief Swedish Navy Ewa Skoog Haslum.
At the end of the visit there is a press briefing and an opportunity for journalists to do own interviews. The number of places is limited and we reserve the right to select media outlets if the number of registered visitors exceed the number of available places.
Register and find out more here: michaela.linge@mil.se
Air Force
When: 18 April time tbc
Where: Uppsala Garrison
Activity: Advanced flyover: JAS 39 ahead of Aurora 23 and the Air Show
Registration and more information: therese.akerstedt@mil.se
When: 20 April time tbc
Where: Linköping
Activity: What effects will Aurora 23 have on Linköping – what is to happen in the region?
Registration and more information: jesper.moldvik@mil.se
When: 24 April time tbc
Where: Uppsala Garrison
Activity: F 16 moves the mobile company for transport to the south
Registration and more information: kristoffer.olofsson@mil.se
When: 30 April at 1000
Where: Stockholm, Bromma
Activity: Defending Stockholm – Patriot system on site + Commander Joint Forces Command
Registration (no later than 29 April 1400) and more information: therese.akerstedt@mil.se
When: 2 May time tbc
Where: Linköping
Activity: Attack and mass casualties at the Helicopter Wing – support by public agencies
Registration and more information: jesper.moldvik@mil.se
When: 5 May time tbc
Where: Såtenäs
Activity: Activity at F 7 during Aurora 23 + conscripts final exercise at Råda air base
Registration and more information: lena.bogren@mil.se
When: 5 May time tbc
Where: Skavsta
Activity: DV-day air force – fighter aircraft return to F 21 in Luleå
Registration and more information: jesper.moldvik@mil.se or jesper.sundstrom@mil.se
Region
When: 17 April time tbc
Where: Östersund
Activity: US Marine Corps cross the border to Norway
Registration and more information: johanna.granander@mil.se
When: 18 April time tbc
Where: Sveg
Activity: US Marine Corps – crossing a body of water with the support of the Swedish Transport Administration
Registration and more information: johanna.granander@mil.se
When: 26 April at 1000
Where: Ystad
Activity: The Swedish Armed Forces conducts execise features with rescue service
Registration and more information: jan.bohman@mil.se
When: 29 April at 1200
Where: Ystad
Activity: General public-day
Registration and more information: jan.bohman@mil.se