The museum has a knowledge centre (faktarum), with library and archives, containing literature, periodicals, plans, photographs and personal files relating to aviation.

[citation needed] The establishment of the Swedish Air Force Museum was also aided by the Östergötland Society for Aviation History (ÖFS).

[2] Today, ÖFS acts as a support organisation for the museum, and actively works at tasks such as the restoration of aircraft.

The Second World War, when the Swedish Airforce increased in size and the first SAAB planes joined in the period 1939–1945.

A German built Junkers Ju 86 twin-engined bomber (the only one left in the world), and a wide range of British, American, Italian and Swedish-made aircraft (among others) 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.

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.