Mats Helgesson

Mats Helgesson
Born	Gothenburg, Sweden
Allegiance	Sweden
Service/branch	Swedish Air Force
Years of service	1980s–present
Rank	Major General
Commands held	F 17 Kallinge (2009–12) Chief of Air Force (2015–)

Mats Helgesson is a Swedish Air Force major general. He was appointed Chief of Air Force in October 2015.

Helgesson was born and raised in Gothenburg. He began his military career as a reserve officer at Norrland Dragoon Regiment in Arvidsjaur in the early 1980s. He served as squaron commander at the F 7 Såtenäs before being appointed commanding officer of F 17 Kallinge in 2009. Helgesson served in this position until 2012 when he was appointed as head of J 0 at the Swedish Joint Force Command's (Insatsstaben) Development Department at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. He was then appointed head of Test and Evaluation (T&E) at the Defence Materiel Administration in 2013. Helgesson was appointed Chief of Air Force and was promoted to major general on 17 September 2015 and took office on 1 October 2015.

Helgesson has two children.

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