Saab 39 Gripen and Saab 37 Viggen

Saab JAS 39 Gripen and JA/AJ 37 Viggen, Swedish airfighters.

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.

The Saab Viggen (The Bolt) or Saab 37 is a Swedish fighter aircraft manufactured between 1970 and 1990 to replace the Saab J 35 Draken (The Kite or Dragon).The first studies aimed at developing a successor to the Draken were carried out between 1952 and 1957 involving the legendary Finnish aircraft designer Aarne Lakomaa. Construction started in 1964, with a first prototype maiden flight in 1967. The aim was to produce a robust single-engined fighter with excellent STOL performance that could be operated from improvised facilities such as roads and highways in the event of nuclear attacks on major installations. Other requirements included supersonic ability at low level, Mach 2 performance at altitude, and the ability to make short landings at low angles of attack (to avoid damaging improvised runways).

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[xman822]

love sweden a nation of 8 million making all sorts of amazing things!!! i have never been there but respect the swedish way of governance and advanced technology!!

greetings from Holland

[bmwman87]

@xman822 Thanks for the comment. Cheers mate :)

[bmwman87]

Hi! thanks!

yes that´s right :)

[pilot696]

Yeahhh!!!

Eurofighter ,Rafale and Saab Gripen ,European Power!!!

[lucianmop]

haha yeaahh european power, best aircrafts

[MongoKipZ]

@oskarssonrobert Viggen suger ju pung jämfört med Gripen :)

[hurryupche]

mercenaries....soo, im sure this is hell...

[SidsBlog]

4 people dont like tiesto... cos no one doesnt like the gripen...

[Mattebubben]

we have the worlds most Beautiful Women and Aircraft what more is there to know?

[dbtest117]

@Tantraman418 Rather it destroyed all neutrality there ever was in Sweden. But on the rest your quite accurate.

[dbtest117]

@xman822 yep that is less people than New York inhabits... and has been able to build all this, without big depts like USA....

It's really astonishing. But due to all this swedish neutrality is just a big joke. Palme was probably murdered due to secret weapon business that sweden was involved in with bofors. Try google bofors and palme. There are quite a few mysterious deaths involved at the same time as the murder of Palme, all connected to bofors.

Illegal weapon exports....

[Tantraman418]

Thanks for the clips. I have always been a big fan of SAAB Aerospace. Striking out on their own path with amazing designs and performance they helped Sweden maintain a neutral stance politically.

[kay0777]

@pilot696 Saab Gripen = Swedish power ^^