Swedish Air Force Museum The Swedish Air Force Museum ( in Swedish , Flygvapenmuseum ) is located at Malmen Airbase in Malmslätt , just outside of Linköping , Sweden . Malmen is where Baron Carl Cederström , nicknamed the " Flyer Baron " founded his flying school in 1912 . Malmen Airbase is home to the Royal Swedish Airschool operating SAAB 105 ( SK60 ) jet trainers . Along with the Swedish Army Museum ( Armémuseum ) in Stockholm , and the Marinmuseum at Karlskrona , Flygvapenmusem constitutes the government agency " Statens försvarshistoriska museer " ( " Swedish Museums of the Defence Forces " ) . History . The museum ’ s collection of artefacts includes aircraft , engines , instruments and uniforms . The museum has a knowledge centre ( faktarum ) , with library and archives , containing literature , periodicals , plans , photographs and personal files relating to aviation . The museum is part of the National Swedish Museums of Military History , a government agency . The establishment of the Swedish Air Force Museum was also aided by the Östergötland Society for Aviation History ( ÖFS ) . Today , ÖFS acts as a support organisation for the museum , and actively works at tasks such as the restoration of aircraft . The museum has been in existence since 1984 , and served both as the F 3 Malmslätt squadron museum and a storage building in Ryd . The inauguration of the museum in 1984 marked the beginning of a public aviation museum at Malmen – the cradle of Swedish aviation . In 1989 , the museum underwent an additional expansion with a second exhibition hall , enabling it to exhibit a large collection of aircraft from the decade following 1910 to today ’ s JAS 39 Gripen . Design and facilities . In 2010 the museum had a major expansion and rebuild . The exhibitions are now divided in themes , for example : 1 . Pioneers in aviation , describing the early developments in Swedish aviation history in the period 1910 - 1926 . 2 . Between the wars , describing the establishment of the Swedish Airforce and the early developments of the Swedish aviation industry in the period 1926 - 1939 . 3 . The Second World War , when the Swedish Airforce increased in size and the first fighter planes joined in the period 1939 - 1945 . 4 . Aviation technology 5 . Sweden during the Cold War , showing preparations made in case of war in the period of the 1950s - 1980s . The various exhibitions including the displayed aircraft are shown on three levels in the museum . There are two large hangar sized exhibition halls with a large number of aircraft and a third downstairs showing the DC - 3 that was shot down in 1952 and eventually found in 2003 . After interim storage , the plane was placed in its final location at the Swedish Air Force Museum on 13 May 2009 . There is a Restaurant and Cafe , ( Calle C Restaurang & cafe ) , at the museum . Across the road from the museum there is a parking lot . Awards . The Air Force Museum won the award for the 2011 Swedish Museum of the year . The Air Force Museum also won the prize for the 2010 Exhibition of the Year . The 2011 Swedish Museum of the Year award is sponsored by the Swedish chapter of the International Council of Museums ( ICOM ) and the Association of Swedish Museums . The award for the 2010 Exhibition of the Year is sponsored by FORUM for exhibitors . Collection . A Saab - built Junkers Ju 86 twin - engined bomber , and a wide range of British , American , Italian and Swedish - made aircraft reveal the diversity of types flown by the Swedish Air Force including aircraft from every stage of Swedish military aviation . Noteworthy exhibition objects from the pioneering days of World War I include an Albatros B . IIa ( Sk 1 or Ö2 ) trainer , as well as Nieuport and Bréguet combat aircraft . All service aircraft of significance from the post - war years are exhibited , from the Saab J 29 " Flying Barrel " , a sturdy fighter of the 1950s , to the contemporary 4th generation multirole fighter JAS 39 Gripen . Recently , new exhibitions have been added , based around the salvaged " Tp 79 " ( Swedish Air Force designation for C - 47 ) ELINT aircraft , shot down by a Soviet MiG - 15 in 1952 and a Saab 39 Gripen simulator . Just outside the museum an English Electric Canberra ( Tp 52 ) , Vickers Varsity ( Tp 82 ) , Hunting - Percival Pembroke ( Tp83 ) and Douglas C - 47A Skytrain ( Tp79 ) are on display but not yet fully restored .