Presentation of JAS-39 Gripen

Video presentation of JAS-39 Gripen one of the main candidates for the 4th generation fighter of Hellenic Air Force (HAF)...

The Saab JAS 39 "Gripen" (Griffin or "Gryphon") is a fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. Gripen International acts as a prime contracting organisation and is responsible for marketing, selling and supporting the Gripen fighter around the world.
The aircraft is in service with the Swedish Air Force, the Czech Republic Air Force and the Hungarian Air Force, and has been ordered by the South African Air Force.
In October 2007 the Thai government decided to purchase the Gripen to replace the country's aging F-5 fleet.

Development
The Gripen is designed for performance, flexibility, effectiveness and survivability in air combat. The designation JAS stands for Jakt (Air-to-Air), Attack (Air-to-Surface), and Spaning (Reconnaissance), indicating that the Gripen is a multirole or swingrole aircraft that can fulfill each mission type. Gripen got its name in a public competition in 1982. The griffin is the heraldry on Saab's logo and suited the multirole characteristics of the aircraft. Furthermore, the griffin is the symbolic animal on the coat of arms of Östergötland, the province in which Saab AB is headquartered (Linköping).
Sweden chose to develop the Gripen rather than purchase a variant of the F-16, F/A-18A/B, or the "F-5S" version of the Northrop F-20 Tigershark.
In April 2007, Norway signed an agreement on a joint development programme of the aircraft regarding co-operation in advanced development work on future versions of the aircraft. The value of the deal, which will allow Norwegian companies to take part, is about NOK 150 million over two years.

Design
In designing the aircraft, several layouts were studied. Saab ultimately selected an unstable canard design. The canard configuration gives a high onset of pitch rate and low drag, enabling the aircraft to be faster, have longer range and carry a larger payload.
The combination of delta wing and canards gives the Gripen significantly better takeoff and landing performance and flying characteristics. The totally integrated avionics make it a "programmable" aircraft. It also has a built-in electronic warfare unit, making it possible to load more ordnance onto the aircraft without losing self defence capabilities.
The Gripen affords more flexibility than earlier generations of combat aircraft used by Sweden, and its operating costs are about two thirds of those for JA 37 Viggen.
The specifications for the Gripen required the ability to operate from 800 m runways. Early on in the programme, all flights from Saab's facility in Linköping were flown from within a 9 m × 800 m outline painted on the runway. Stopping distance was reduced by extending the relatively large air brakes; using the control surfaces to push the aircraft down, enabling the wheel brakes to apply more force and tilting the canards forwards, making them into large air brakes and further pushing the aircraft down.
One interesting feature is the Gripen's ability to land on public roads, which is a part of Sweden's war defence strategy. Once on the ground, it can be refueled and re-armed in ten minutes by a five man mobile ground crew operating out of a truck, then take off again and resume flying sorties.
For the long-term future, Saab is reported to be looking at a new engine − such as the General Electric F414 or a thrust-vectoring version of the Eurofighter Typhoon EJ200 engine − and conformal fuel tanks or a fuselage stretch for greater range.

Operational history
The Gripen is in operational service with the Swedish Air Force, which has ordered 204 aircraft (including 28 two-seaters). The Czech Air Force and the Hungarian Air Force also operate the Gripen, and currently lease 14 Swedish Air Force aircraft each, with the option of eventually acquiring them. In both cases two of the aircraft are two-seaters. The Czech and the Hungarian Air Force are the first Gripen operators within NATO. Gripen has also been ordered by the South African Air Force (26 aircraft, including nine two-seaters). The British based Empire Test Pilots' School (ETPS) is operating Gripen as its advanced fast jet platform for test pilots worldwide.

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[Scipione01]

Wish we bought that plane, not f 16, but Romanian politicy is a crap!!

[ygdrasil21]

Swedish language, Swedish design Swedish warplanes!

[danapane]

hm Pakistan need to be buy this jet

[excarman]

sweden has some very talented, foward thinking aircraft designers

[adymartianul]

@Scipione01 Romania didn't buy F16. :D

[manneigheden]

@imytopgun Hej lille pojk! Gripen har den absolut bästa kraschstatistiken bland svenska stridsflygplan någonsin, och en av de bästa av alla fjärde generationens stridsflygplan. Det är bara det av de få (3-4) krascher har fått enormt mycket uppmärksamhet, då de skett i mycket uppmärksammade stunder.

What i was saying, is the gripen has very good chrashstatistics!

[Fruitjoke]

I hope the swiss air force will buy THIS jet.

[Skandalf]

Am I the only one here who thinks this is the sexiest fighter in the world?

[yamahaevo]

@hand112 You are stupid! 12 years?

[ghm389]

To me, this is a modified f-16 fighting falcon...Reworked into the model u see now...

[ghm389]

What I wanna is what the hell is a yoystick....YOY

[mouzata]

@Scipione01 Hope Bulgarian government won't make your mistake. but since our policy is crapier than yours... we'll stay with the hopes only