AV7243005 Aviation 72 Saab Gripen JAS-39A 39131 Swedish Air Force Splinter Markings

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AV7243005 Aviation 72 Saab Gripen JAS-39A 39131 Swedish Air Force Splinter Markings

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Aviation 72
1/72 scale
AV7243005
Saab Gripen JAS-39A
39131
Swedish Air Force
Splinter Markings

RRP £52.00

Model Description

Aviation 72 1/72nd scale AV7243005 Saab Gripen JAS-39A 39131 Swedish Air Force Splinter Markings. Buy online at Flying Tigers.

 

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 refuelling.

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 programme 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.

On 14 June 2004, it was announced that the Czech Republic was to lease 14 Gripen aircraft, modified to comply with NATO standards. The agreement also included the training of Czech pilots and technicians in Sweden. The first six were delivered on 18 April 2005. The lease was for an agreed period of 10 years at a cost of €780 million; the 14 ex-Swedish Air Force aircraft included 12 single-seaters and two JAS 39D two-seat trainers.

RRP £52.00

Weight 650 g
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Model Code: AV7243005

Model categories:
Aviation 72, Future Military Model Releases, Military Aviation, Saab Gripen

Weight 650 g
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Model Type

Scale

Historical Era

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