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JAS 39 Gripen taxiing in after display, Farnborough 2006. Gripen A, or JAS 39A: initial single seat version that entered service with the Swedish Air Force in 1996. A number have been upgraded to the C standard or been converted to 39D at a 2:1 ratio. [467]
The Swedish Air Force is being adapted to new future tasks. Today about 80 Gripen C/D fighters remain in service. Some orders have been made and 60 new Jas 39 Gripen E units will join the air force in the coming years. Saab has also joined the primarily French project for the unmanned future stealth plane Dassault nEUROn.
According to a former Polish military defence vice-minister, the offer for JAS 39 Gripen was a better deal. [24] F-16s cost $3.5 billion, compared to 3.2 billion euro for Saab's Gripen, and 3.6 billion euro for Dassault offer, [25] at a time when both currencies had a similar value.
BANGKOK (Reuters) -The Thai Air Force said on Tuesday it wanted to acquire Gripen 39 fighter jets built by Sweden's SAAB to replace its ageing jet fighters. The Air Force said it had spent 10 ...
All received MS20 upgrade. 14 planned. One JAS 39 Gripen C (701108) crashed during an air show on 14 January 2017. AEW&C; Saab 340 AEW&C Sweden: AEW&C: B.K1 S100B Argus: 2 2 [1] Aircraft mounted with an Erieye radar. Reconnaissance; Fairchild AU-23 Peacemaker Switzerland: Reconnaissance: B.JT2 AU-23A: 15 15 [1] mounted with EO/IR: Piaggio P.180 ...
Aircraft still in service noted. Early aircraft. Early balloons of the Army and Navy. Designation: Number Used: ... JAS 39A: Saab JAS 39 Gripen: 106:
The Saab JAS 39 Gripen (Griffin or "Gryphon") is a fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. The aircraft is in service with the Swedish, Czech, Hungarian, Brazilian, and the South African air forces. The Royal Thai Air Force has also received the aircraft.
The versatile Gripen is the second lightest jet fighter currently in production, and features advanced canard-delta aerodynamics. The JAS 39 Gripen is a single-engine light fighter manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. With an empty weight of 6,800 kg (15,000 lb) it is the second lightest fighter in production as of 2016.