Item Number: AV7243004
Item Name: Saab Gripen JAS-39A Swedish Air Force '39-2' Prototype Development Aircraft
Company: Aviation 72 Diecast Models
Scale: 1:72nd Scale
Description: Measures 8.5" long x 5" wide (wingspan)
The Saab JAS 39 Gripen is a light single-engine multi-role 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. The Gripen has a delta wing and canard configuration with relaxed stability design and fly-by-wire flight controls. It is powered by the Volvo RM12, and has a top speed of Mach 2. Later aircraft are modified for NATO inter-operability standards and to undertake in-flight re-fuelling.The Swedish Air Force placed a total order for 204 Gripens in three batches. The first delivery occurred on 8 June 1993, when 39102 was handed over to the Flygvapnet during a ceremony at Linköping; the last was handed over on 13 December 1996.The air force received its first Batch II example on 19 December 1996. The JAS 39 entered service with the F 7 Wing (F 7 Skaraborgs Flygflottilj) on 1 November 1997. The final Batch three aircraft was delivered to FMV on 26 November 2008. In 2007, a programm was started to upgrade 31 of the air force’s JAS 39A/B fighters to JAS 39C/Ds. The SwAF had a combined 134 JAS 39s in service in January 2013.
Condition: Used. Comes in Original Box with Stand.
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