FLYGBASSYSTEMETS LOGISTIKUTVECKLING : KALLA KRIGET TILLS IDAG

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study is to achieve a better understanding of how logistics associated with the unique swedish system of air force tactics, commonly known as the ”Flygbassystemet”, has developed from the cold war up until today. Further the study interests in how the development can be understood through the presence of principles of military operational logistics constructed by Moshe Kress. Through the use of a case study design with qualitative text analysis on manuals from the Swedish armed forces from the time period 1987 until as late as 2018, the study has found that there has been a development in how the system is logistically prepared and supplied. The study indicates that the system during the late 1980´s relied greatly on own support and supplies in storages around the air base. Relatively few resources came from the civilian sector. Nowadays the study indicates that fewer supplies are stored close by to the air base than prior and that logistic support is centralized and supplied via the armed forces logistics units to the air base. Civilian supplies in the shape of food and fuel is also used to much larger extent than prior. This development is also to be found when studying the development of military logistics in NATO during the same time period. Regarding the principles of military logistics the result was relatively unclear and the principles was found to mixed extent when analyzing the manuals. Hence, no further specified conclusions could be drawn from the analysis regarding the presence of principles other than that the principles of flexibility and improvisation were found in all manuals to a large extent.