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Saab AB Aerospace
JAS 39E  Gripen

General information
Type Multirole fighter
National origin Sweden
Manufacturer Saab AB
Designer Industrigruppen JAS, FMV
Status In service
Primary users Swedish Air ForceBrazilian Air Force
South African Air Force
Hungarian Air Force
Number built ~300 (2023)
History
Manufactured 1987–present
Introduction date 9 June 1996
First flight 9 December 1988
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History Saab AB (originally Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget
Saab JAS 39E/F Gripen ett jakt-,
(attack- och spaningsflygplan, hence "JAS")



Gripen E-series is a new fighter aircraft system. Developed to counter and defeat advanced future threats, the E-series is for customers with more pronounced threats or wider territories to secure.

Jet aircraft performing rolls while climbing.
Underside of a Gripen in flight, 2012

Gripen E - The Game Changer

Designed to defeat any adversary. Made for forward-thinking air forces, Gripen E incorporates cutting-edge technologies, the latest systems, sensors, weapons and pods to ensure combat advantage, delivering air superiority in highly contested environments. Silent networking and total sensor fusion across a tactical air unit to blind and confuse the enemy. One aircraft active, the others go passive. Together the team gets the first missile launch opportunity and the first kill. Gripen E re-defines the rules of the game.


Index of the 204 Gripen delivered to Sweden

Front view of a Brazilian Gripen during an exercise, October 2022
  • 98 Gripens operative C/D-version aircraft.
  • 32 Gripens disassembled or destroyed. JAS 39D required two 39A hulls to build.
  • 28 Gripens leased to the Czech Republic and Hungary.
  • 24 Gripens in hangar storage awaiting decommission.
  • 12 Gripens sold to Thailand.
  • 4 Gripens returned to Saab to be used as test aircraft.
  • 4 Gripens lost in accidents.
  • 2 Gripens donated to Flygvapenmuseum in Sweden and Royal Thai Air Force Museum in Thailand.
 

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Saab AB Svenska Aeroplan

Saab AB Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget
Saab JAS 39E/F Gripen ett jakt-, (attack- och spaningsflygplan, hence "JAS")
Data Saab JAS39 C/D Version

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General Info

      • Crew: 1 JAS 39C / 2 JAS 39D
      • Length: 14.9 m (48 ft 11 in) JAS 39C
      • 15.6 m (51 ft) JAS 39D
        • Wingspan: 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
        • Height: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
        • Wing area: 30 m2 (320 sq ft)
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  • Fuel capacity: 3,000 L (790 US gal) (2340 kg) (internal); 3,500 L (920 US gal) (2730 kg) (external)
  • Payload: 5,300 kg (11,700 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Volvo RM12 afterburning turbofan engine, 54 kN (12,000 lbf) thrust dry, 80.5 kN (18,100 lbf) with afterburner
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Performance

  • Maximum speed: Mach 2 (2,100 km/h; 1,300 mph; 1,100 kn) at 15,240 m
    • Mach 1.2 (1,470 km/h; 913 mph; 794 kn) at sea level
  • Combat range: 800 km 
  • Ferry range: 3,200 km 1,700 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 15,240 m 
  • g limits: +9/−3 (+12 if needed)
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    • Guns: 1 × 27 mm Mauser BK-27 revolver cannon with 120 rounds (single-seat models only)
    • Hardpoints: 8 (two hardpoints under fuselage, two under each wing, and one on each wing tip, with one of these for FLIR / ECM / LD / Recon pod) with a capacity of 5,300 kg (
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Special Links Saab AB Svenska Aeroplan

Links to Youtube & Others

The Saab JAS 39 Gripen, also designated as the F-39 Gripen, is a fourth-and-a-half generation single-engine light multipurpose fighter manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. It was designed to replace the Saab 35 Draken and 37 Viggen in the Swedish Air Force.

Saab JAS 39E/F Gripen
ett jakt-,  "JAS"

The SAAB JAS-39 Gripen is a light-weight multi-role fighter indigenously developed by Sweden to replace the legendary Draken and Viggen.

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During 2011, the Gripen was deployed to police the no-fly zone over Libya where they flew over 650 combat missions.

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