Saab recently published a great and highly moto 17 minute video of the unveiling of the new two-seat multirole Gripen F (powered by a GE F414G) in Brazil and handing over the first logbook to the commander of the Brazilian Air Force. Interestingly, the presentation is in English, the common language of aviation, naval, and military affairs, rather than Portuguese or Swedish. The Gripen F is type classified as the F-39 in Brazil and will be domestically produced as part of a licensing agreement. A total fleet of 36 F39 E/Fs is planned. This comes as Ukrainian pilots are now training on 16 older-generation JAS 39 Gripen C/Ds donated by Sweden, including IRIS-T, AMRAAM, and Meteor missiles to make them dangerous. In conjunction with the gift, Kyiv plans to allocate €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) from the EU’s Ukraine Support Loan to purchase 20 of the more advanced Gripen E/Fs. Ukraine hopes to operate as many as 150 Gripens at the end of the day. Beyond that, Saab has done a great job…
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