Saab JAS 39D Gripen - 821

This Gripen is carrying a Sidewinder (Rb 74) exercise missile on its right wing tip.

The Saab JAS 39 Gripen (English: "griffin" is a light single-engine multirole fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. It was designed to replace the Saab 35 Draken and 37 Viggen in the Swedish Air Force.

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In the late 1970s, Sweden sought to replace its ageing Saab 35 Draken and Saab 37 Viggen.[10] The Swedish Air Force required an affordable Mach 2 aircraft with good short-field performance for a defensive dispersed basing plan in the event of invasion; the plan included 800 m long by 9 m wide rudimentary runways as stated in the Base 90 directives. Another goal was for the aircraft to be smaller than the Viggen while equalling or improving on its payload-range characteristics.

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Source: Wikipedia

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