SAAB JAS 39 Gripen in flight

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 aircraft that can fulfill each mission type.
Flying properties and performance are optimised for fighter missions with high demands on speed, acceleration and turning performance. The combination of delta wing and canards gives the JAS 39 Gripen good take-off and landing performance and flying characteristics. The totally integrated avionics make it a "programmable" aircraft. The Gripen also has a built in electronic warfare unit making it possible to load more ordnance onto the aircraft without losing self defence capabilities.

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[omgomg113]

SWEDISH POWER"

[Filmfanatiken]

The best fighterplane, the best pilots, and soon we have Gripen NG..... :-)

[101financepeace]

The newest aircraft of the Swiss air force!

Love it.

[kerkchaii]

Ohhh!!! Nice.

[sakoshooter48]

@cryteeek ?

[bulwrestling]

This is awesome plane . This plane shows americans that the europeans are better than them . I thing my countri Bulgaria must buy those plane to kick some turkish asses ;)

[bergvoll14]

Yes every body!!! Lets go for Gripen. Regards Svein, Norway

[ALANLEEY]

waw i didnt know sweden had packed heat.

[smorgasbord3]

@swedelock I would like to believe in what you are saying but I rather think that 40-60 are in active service. Those figures are still certainly also however over rated.

[gummybearkiller1]

6 Norwegian gay pacifists watched this video.

[aztaclalz]

@iamstarstuff001 Not on par with F-16, completely different. Gripen has way more capable tasks to handle than the F-16. Right now, some of them are stationed in Libya and has already done 1/4th of the work the rest of the surveillance-teams have done - And no, I am not a swedish fanboy, lol.

[21mij]

@Hallelujaa123 around 200+ i think