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Royal visit in Exercise Loyal Arrow

By: Manfred Reudenbach/PAO Loyal Arrow 2009 – 14 June 2009 kl: 09.48

Last updated: 8 July 2013 kl: 14.41

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On Saturday the 13th of June His majesty the King of Sweden arrived at Kallax Air Base, Norrbotten Wing F 21 to visit Loyal Arrow. His Majesty the King was accompanied by General Roger A. Brady, Commander of NATO’s Allied Air Component Command at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

His Majesty the King of Sweden, Carl XIV Gustav, arriving at Norrbotten Wing. Photo: Sara Burlage/Försvarsmakten

General Roger A. Brady, His Majesty the King and senior exercise staff during the briefing. Photo: Sara Burlage/Försvarsmakten

Joint Force Air Component Director, Colonel Chris Weggeman and Group Captain Colin Bond presenting the exercise Air Operations Center. Photo: Sara Burlage/Försvarsmakten

General Roger A. Brady, His Majesty the King and senior exercise staff during the briefing. Photo: Sara Burlage/Försvarsmakten

Joint Force Air Component Director, Colonel Chris Weggeman and Group Captain Colin Bond presenting the exercise Air Operations Center. Photo: Sara Burlage/Försvarsmakten

A busy programme was put together for His Majesty. The visit was opened with an information briefing about Norrbotten Wing by the base commander Colonel Per Nilsson. The Exercise Co-Director, Brigadier General Johan Svensson and Colonel Chris Weggeman, the NATO Air Component Command Director then briefed the monarch about the exercise. The colonel then took the Swedish King on a tour of the exercise facilities of the Kallax Air Base.

After that His Majesty then went on board the HMS Illustrious, the British Royal Navy aircraft carrier based in the Gulf of Bothnia participating in Loyal Arrow, and later visited the German Deployable Control and Reporting Centre (DCRC), which trains in the exercise for their upcoming assignment to the NATO Response Force. The monarch completed the visit to Loyal Arrow by watching the second wave of aircraft take off in the afternoon.