That time the Swedish Air Force flew the Gripen to America

During two weeks of intense training, a large combined force composed of 119 participating aircraft and 2,700 personnel from five nations practised complex combat operations during exercise "Red Flag 13-2" held at Nellis Airforce Base, Las Vegas, United States.
One of those nations was Sweden. The other nations participating with the US Air force assets was the Netherlands, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Sweden had attended the red flag events twice before. This time the Swedish pilots and the eight Gripen C were qualified to receive fuel from hose-and-drogue-equipped KC-135s, McDonnell Douglas ­KC-10s and Lockheed KC-130 tankers, using the Gripen's in-flight refuelling probe. This years exercise allowed the gripens to use tankers during this red flag event and also the first time the Swedish aircraft had deployed to and from the USA with air-to-air refuelling support, in the form of two USAF KC-10s. This meant the number of required and planned stops could be reduced from six or seven landings used on earlier deployments, to only three. It was also the first time the Gripen C MSN19 Block 2-standard aircraft could be really tested with the introduction of night-vision goggles and new air-to-ground and air-to-air engagements weapons. Introducing the GPS-guided Enhanced Paveway II has given the Gripen an all-weather precision engagement capability against ground targets, while its Diehl BGT Defence IRIS-T infrared-guided air-to-air missile improved its self-protection capability during close-in engagement.
Although this footage was taken in 2013, the picture and sound quality are very good and the content should still be of great interest as it captures a time of deepening co-operation with NATO partners and near neighbours. It was a time of technological progression with the Gripen C, which was now Link 16-capable allowing it to exchange their tactical picture in near-real time to other aircraft and other link 16 assets.
Original video U.S Military
Additional editing and graphics by @OFFTRACKPLACES

[@fylecabagnot5703]

They got one hell of a fighter jet.. Mad RESPECT from USA. Welcome, Sweden!!!!

[@voide4491]

wait untils you see viggen

[@fjodorfjader8661]

@@voide4491 Viggen is retired lol

[@voide4491]

@@fjodorfjader8661 ok

[@voide4491]

@@fjodorfjader8661 what about the j20

[@Benderswe1]

@@fjodorfjader8661 true but its one mean fighter

[@fylecabagnot5703]

Sick asf multi role fighter jet, can land in any condition, refuel and take off. Might as well stop by the drive thru at McDonald's for a big Mac.. Love and respect from USA!!!!

[@Jefff72]

As an American, I just want to say, jag älskar Sverige!

[@voide4491]

as a swede i agree

[@calleskurken9025]

@@voide4491 as Swede, resistence is futile

[@mytrashvalorantmontages9067]

as a swede I can stand behind this statement

[@matsfrommusic]

As a Swede, or just someone from Europe, I can't say enough good things about your support for Ukraine, it's actually pretty amazing what you're doing. And this is why I love Americans, for the most part you can count on that your heart's in the right place, and that you're doing it even if it's difficult. It should be more recognized.

[@Jefff72]

@@matsfrommusic I first thought to say, Takk fyrir but then remembered that's Icelandic. Tack så mycket! (I didn't use a translator). When I started to try and learn Swedish, I had no formal education but I had it in German. So I often trained myself wrong using German rules. I thought it sounded like how German uses y like ü but it seems closer to English shirt i.

[@mitchjames9350]

The Gripen is an impressive plane particularly the E and F Variants. The Swedes where smart making it capable of landing and taking off roads and highways so it can refuel and re-arm, also require minimal maintenance and be able to work on it easily. It would be great if there was a two engine version.

[@theolive9631]

The gripen is very good att using the power from its engine efficiently and one of the big reasons it has only one is to make maintenence easier and faster also making it more reliable, remember druing combat they are designed to live in the forest. It is also a multirole aircraft meant to do anything the mission requires and two engines are usually used on fighter planes

[@vitorgustavo289]

I am happy that my Brazil acquired these beautiful fighter jets.

[@robertovalente1510]

A big love for Sweden. God bless from Brasil.

[@Gripenace]

God bless you too. from Sweden.

[@saulcayson1791]

You all prolly dont give a shit but does someone know a method to log back into an instagram account..? I somehow forgot the account password. I would love any assistance you can offer me!

[@kysonxavier5002]

@Saul Cayson instablaster ;)

[@TheKweenII_09]

@@kysonxavier5002 Nej

[@donquixote1502]

Love you back Brasil ❤

[@johnkochen7264]

Looking at the Gripen I think of the old British saying that if it looks right, it probably is and boy, does the Gripen look right!

[@OFFTRACKPLACES]

Its no secret the gripen is one of my favourite aircraft 👍😁

[@davidcarter6737]

Think i spotted my grandpa moving that ladder, young crowd in the Swedish air force!.......love their jets.

[@lars277]

Older or senior people in Europe and Scandinavia are venerated members of their society, very different than Americas' disdain for their older citizens. 😢

[@davidcarter6737]

@@lars277 I meant no offense, it was supposed to be a cheeky remark. Obv iously the gentleman is serving his country well and has my respect.

[@skitidetdu6672]

He's been doing that since Lansen.

[@maximewerd1295]

I am so pleased that they are apart of the team tempest program, respect and love from the UK.

[@donquixote1502]

It´s a privilege to participate with such distinguished people. ❤ from Sweden

[@johnnyrotten6191]

Probably been to eight or nine Red Flag exercises over a 30 year career. Summer was always miserably hot, requiring special gloves to preclude being burned by anything metal on the flightline. Regardless, always loved the international flavor included by allies.... Red, Green or Checkered Flag Exercises were always extremely interesting.

[@OFFTRACKPLACES]

I guess it's easy to forget sometimes its in the middle of a desert!

[@colomet]

I feel like a patriot for my country, this video really says ''Sweden is all you need''

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

Too bad SAAB dont make cars anymore, otherwise this would have been true

[@colomet]

@@Rose.Of.Hizaki we got volvo too lol

[@Unknown-oh4zd]

@@colomet We dont even have Volvo, China has volvo, they building our cars, we are just selling them.

[@colomet]

@@Unknown-oh4zd Sweden is the founder of Volvo, it was sold to chinese investors, they're still produced and manufactured in sweden, but also in china.

[@Unknown-oh4zd]

@@colomet Jag vet, men Kina äger lite mer än bara aktier, dem har lika rätt att bygga och förändra, Volvo har inget att säga till om.

[@Richie_Maina_1]

I don't know why but the jet looks super cool and easy.

[@josephramos980]

definitely if America purchase even one of this Sab Gripen they would observe the full feature and capabilities of that Fighter jet. They would probably adapt any advance feature of the plane and add in their next future Sophisticated or some more advance than the gripen.

[@N1xon45]

Love how a little flutter of those front canards and they're airborne effortlessly.

[@user-cj8kz1dq3y]

I see that we are there to........Dutch AF. Side by side with our Swedish colleaques

[@streetrider2487]

Gripen = Lotus sports car. F15 = Ferrari F430 I love BOTH !!!

[@studentstudent5044]

That’s not a right view I think. Gripen would be like the Porsche, great quality yet simple and maybe not as flash as the ferrari

[@Marcosbdk]

Gripen and all its technology acquired by Brazil, well done!

[@bob707builder8]

I didn't realize how small the Gripen was.

[@gervasionascimento3805]

simplesmente lindo esse caça, e muito tecnológico, mas arquitetura simples, componentes simples, sistema bruto. mas extremamente venenoso aos inimigos, vai ser um dragão mesmo cuspindo fogo

[@ZoDxiScopezz]

that heli pilot in the background at 3:54 knows how to draw attention lol

[@jumpingjeffflash9946]

TDY's to Nellis AFB w/foreign crews while a member of the USAF was always awesome. I miss the USAF.

[@e.sstudios1015]

Such a beauty!

[@christianlivingcaspe8827]

love swedish gripen e aircraft..

[@reksiohundson8706]

Explane why you love Gripen E ? (Just curious , not jugeing , anyone have right to it own sexual preference , and I am ok with it , so long it not hurt any person , animal... or my car)

[@milton.karlsson]

@@reksiohundson8706 hahahaha best comment ever

[@darkiee69]

But these were C's, not E's.

[@julian5857]

@@reksiohundson8706 it's the canard Delta wing for me . I prefer the Eurofighter over the Gripen but the Gripen is sexy too

[@fleetwoodmac2272]

SWEDISH SCIENTIST ARE ONE OF THE BEST

[@leandromelodeoliveira8218]

Ansioso para ver os gripen voando aqui no Brasil 🤩🤩🤩

[@josephnewburgh8531]

Yes, sir, I stand advised these are awesome aerial metallic Falcons!!!❤❤😊😊

[@waitemc]

Respect

[@Thenextwillcome.]

Hight quality but easy to use.

[@chrisparker9886]

Gripen E for the win! 😯 You can keep the C. 😁

[@NiclasHorn]

Dont forget, Sweden has about 10 million ppl. and Sweden got their own fighter jet's.

[@jjt1093]

They have pretty much always had their own jets

[@jjt1093]

@Nine Five well true

[@NiclasHorn]

@@jjt1093 yes we have, Lansen ( the spear) was the first one we had.

[@profeten4510]

@@NiclasHorn no "tunnan" was the first jet

[@thomasgustafsson219]

@@profeten4510 Nope. J21 and J28 was before J29 Tunnan.

[@MelioraCogito]

Would love to have Sweden participate in *Maple Flag* exercises at CFB Cold Lake. As a Canadian, I have members of both sides of my family ancestry (½ total) originating from Sweden (¼ P-GM and ¼ M-GF). The other half being ¼ Scots (M-GM) and ¼ Irish (P-GF). Canada lost its way when the Conservatives decimated Canada's aerospace industry with the cancellation of the AV-Row Arrow project. It's a shame we couldn't follow Sweden's independent lead.

[@KingKong-os7iv]

When is desumber?

[@rthelionheart]

Unless Brazil is somewhere in Africa or Asia, the Gripen is already in America; South America that is. It cannot be all that hard to say that the Gripen was taken to the US instead.

[@user-ol1qm9ey7g]

คือมีเครื่องบิน f15 ก็ไม่ใช่ว่าจะทำให้ยูเครนได้เปรียบมันใช้เวลาเรียนรู้มันซับซ้อนแล้วยุ่งยากมากนี่แหละสุดยอดแล้วยังมีเครื่อง f16 เครื่อง a4แค่มิกซ์ 29 รุ่นเก่าก็เอาชนะเครื่องบินรัสเซียตัวท็อปสุดได้

[@romo2517]

how does the size compare to a f-16? looks small and agile

[@lindahl01]

It is slightly smaller and lighter, aviatia.net/gripen-vs-f-16/

[@lurtzy_]

every swedish person when the talk in english: ehhh, uuuh, eh, öhhh.

[@Nonehasthisnamekek1]

Det kan du ge dig fan på.

[@pekertimulia125]

Style gw biasanya menghindari dogfight, secara ember itu langit punya sendiri.

[@defbybass]

Part two no longer available..🥺😢

[@forwardobserver2.083]

Gripen Aircraft is a Compatible to Philippine Airforces I'm excited PH acquired 14 Units this Fighter?

[@martinrivera6910]

Philippines chose the gripens but the Swedish parliament and most of their parties refused to sell the gripens for political reasons

[@tradingelk6914]

4:26 Gripen toot

[@thethaledwaba8561]

South Aftica uses Gripen also

[@user-ns4rm5ox6y]

Swedish Saab Gripen Jet Fighters As Competitive At Market Sale & Have Best Air Defend Jet Fighters Type , God Bless All, Thanks , ..... Cheerio.*****.

[@renatzkigab2616]

At last my country the Philippines choose this fighter jet as our leading mrf absolutely dreams came true.

[@AlexKall]

Has it actually been officially confirmed yet?

[@noobishsite]

That one time at bandcamp..

[@raulcamposano3129]

I hope our Philipine Government finally approved the plan of buying the mrf Gripen jet fighter from Sweden. having a new modern jet fighter I'm sure the Philipine Government will be respected by other foreign country who are bullying and harrasing the Philipine nation.

[@elpafishing]

Yes 100% approval yan kahit ang makina ng grepin is US made mag ka alyado naman sila

[@martinrivera6910]

Philippines chose the gripens but the Swedish parliament and most of their parties refused to sell the gripens to the Philippines for political reasons🤔

[@leendertwassenaar1934]

Holland should have chosen for Saab planes. We’re the Saab automobiles destroyed because of the possible concurrence of the planes? Or to much concurrence with the electric plans. I will never drive a GM. Car. Saab driver since 1966. Nearly all types. Love them. Leendert Herman Wassenaar78 Holland

[@SparkyFolf]

GM killed SAAB automobile. The remains of saab now live on as a new company called NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden) and they made a prototype vehicle recently in 10 months that has better range than Tesla. It's called NEVS Emily GT. Sadly they aren't going to manufacture any more than the 6 prototype cars, they're selling the project for someone else to build the cars

[@6XCcustom]

the F16, F18 and F15 they need long taxiways, long runways and that these are clean otherwise these planes suck FOD into the engines The only western fighter aircraft that is manufactured from the drawing board to be able to operate from bases in the forest is the Swedish Gripen in wartime, Sweden must operate from bases in the forest to have any chance of operating our warplanes for any length of time The Gripen is made to take off and land from normal car roads Gripen can be refueling and rearming, including reloading the gun and attaching air-to-air missiles, can be completed in less than 10 minutes with only one technician officer and five conscript mechanics and costs much less in maintenance and in flight compared to the F16 The Gripen can handle both American and European weapons such as the IRIS-T, the Meteor missile and the RBS15 anti-ship missile, Taurus cruise missile, etc. Gipen's RCS is from 0.5 to 0.1 sq.m depending on the model F15 of 25 sq.m F16 is of 5 sq.m F18 is of 2 sq.m-0.5- 1 sq.m depending on the model F35 is 0.05 sq.m F22 is 0.001 sq.m china's 5th gen J-20 is 0.1-5 sq.m probably something in between The F 22 Raptor RCS shows how far ahead the US is source Sandboxx and thedtechind.wordpress.com/2020/06/10/rcs-of-4th-generation-fighter-jets/ The Gripen A and C has performed well when participating in the Read Flag exercise, better than the F16, F18 and F15 A Swedish Air Force pilot flying Gripen C at Red Flag in the US has never lost an engagement ever against a US designed fighter He has not flown against F-22 and F-35, but F-15, F-16 and F/A-18s have only been his prey, not his nemesis. the F-22 and F35 are the only operational American fighter that can give Gripen any substantial trouble in Red Flag exercise but Gripen C can also be dangerous for F22 In America Gripen C in an exercise against the F-22 Raptor the F-22 did not detect the Gripen until it was in a position to kill the F22 Raptor source of the above see links below www.quora.com/How-does-the-Saab-JAS-39-Gripen-compare-to-the-F-16-Fighting-Falcon www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=11311&start=2880 www.globaldefensecorp.com/2021/01/07/gripen/ the new SAAB 39 Gripen E model performs in a completely different class it is not fair to compare the SAAB 39 gripen E model with the F16 F15, F16, F18 F already have big problems with gripen A and C model The SAAB 39 Gripen E is more on par with the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II in terms of sensors, radar, Supercruise, etc. now the F35 does not have Supercruise Gripen first participated in Red Flag 2006 with the Gripen A It was assigned to the red team. Reduced AWACS, reduced ground support. The Gripens connected their link systems and acted themselves as AWACs, got the battlefield awareness necessary and avoided all ground defense, scored 10 kills the first day including a Typhoon No losses were recorded on day one they remained undetected. One Gripen pilot knocked down five F-16 Block 50+ during close air combat in Red Flag Alaska. And the Gripen never lost any aerial encounter or failed their mission objectives. It was the only fighter that performed all planned starts, while others were sitting on the ground waiting for the weather to clear up. during a combat exercise with the Royal Norwegian Air Force, 3 Swedish Gripens went up against 5 RNAF F-16's. The result was 5-0, 5-0, 5-1 after having flown 3 rounds 'During Loyal Arrow in Sweden, 3 F-15C's from the USAF were intercepted by a Gripen acting as an aggressor. The result was 2 F-15's shot down and one managed to escape due to better thrust/weight source for the above see link below www.globaldefensecorp.com/2021/01/07/gripen/ www.czdefence.com/article/the-gripen-e-is-comparable-to-the-f-35a-in-many-ways Or look at Professor Justin Bronk at RUSI, his particular areas of expertise include the modern combat air environment, Russian and Chinese ground-based air defenses and fast jet capabilities eurasiantimes.com/jas-39-fighters-precisely-designed-to-fight-russia-british/?amp The SAAB E model has further improved the technology so that the Russian S400 has a very difficult time seeing the Gripen E before it is too late now some of this technology is based on technology from the USA that SAAB has integrated with its technology SAAB has developed a completely unique software that means that in the middle of a flight mission, the Gripen can change its combat task, for example from hunting to ground attack Sweden has applied for nato membership and the video below covers Sweden's arms production which nato is happy to include in the deal if you just want to see what the Gripen has to offer then go to 9.06 kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5erhH2cgKh5iZY Gripen what we must learn from Sweden military aviation history see link below According to RUSI, Sweden's pilot training is significantly longer than in NATO kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3a7aX2AZcqLgpY

[@carlosoliveira7727]

It is remarkable how fake news spread all over the internet . This swedish guy talks about something that happened 2006 but there where no gripens in that red flag exercise and i could not find anywhere in the internet any information to confirm is claims . The man works for Saab and of course cool made up propaganda is usefull to help selling planes , but so far the" super " gripen is not getting much sucess in that.

[@johnevans9292]

Canada buy this plane

[@knightofthesun758]

This is what the Philippines need to defend its Maritime territory.

[@Abelion_Jayakerto]

please exterinate a few rat on the goverment first

[@user-ol1qm9ey7g]

ใช่เหมือนยูเครนจะได้รับมอบเพิ่มเติมอีกจากที่ได้มาอีก 6 เครื่องเพิ่มอีก 4 เป็น 10

[@rmaique]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷💪

[@uncuruptedgaming4678]

I’m glad brazil bought some of the Gripen-F variants

[@strikebr]

As usual, they were a pain in the @ss for the American pilots, flying the JAS 39C, imagine if they had the JAS 39E already. The embarrassment for the Uncle Sam would be a lot bigger.

[@noahway13]

Cliches, sound bites, compliments.

[@antejodu2876]

OOOOOOOOOO, fly all the way to america. What a great achivevment !!!!

[@kronop8884]

Well for a figher jet its quite some achievement crossing the Atlatic doing multiple air to air refuelings.

[@essace6425]

pantad eller?

[@Ranb]

Dutch f-16s now sold to Draken international!

[@bksee7756]

Ugh, I hate that stupid artsy thing where the aircraft flies out of the frame and the camera focuses on a water tower....

[@ezekielseekola1847]

What's those things on the pilots knees

[@d1ckyj0nes]

some form of flight map, check list, documents I guess

[@jonasthemovie]

Tape recorder with Queen - One vision

[@trbooboo9]

only 8

[@craig4867]

GO BRANDON, from Sweden with love!

[@pepscalibra4x4]

Swedish power😎

[@elpafishing]

Swedish and American is in good relationships we all know Saab jas jet use America jet engines same with F18 superhornets but there still remain Volvo engine

[@degtechx]

"America" = continent ... EUA = country !

[@fjodorfjader8661]

💕🇸🇪💕🇸🇪💕🇸🇪💕

[@bjorn2290]

Allways not clean clear air skye around In this area Sweden has more clear clean air in the skye

[@johnraina4828]

Excellent swenglish

[@chocothycflowerio6122]

of course it's different , this is Nevada desert 🏜 .

[@lolkevandewitte1713]

Gripen: the plane we, the Dutch, should have bought in stead of the F35..... we were ‘scammed ‘ into that deal....

[@fernandourbanejamartins4956]

Not too soon Bro...we Brazilian bought them and it's yet to see ALL it's capabilities. For the moment we glad we wont have to spend huge money to keep It flying so

[@tonyhaynes9080]

Gripen or the YF23 Black Widow. I think that the Brits should have gone for either of them too.

[@theOcean41]

If you are talking from a cost aspect then yes you should have gone Gripen. But that's merely because you aren't in an active war. If you were that extra cost would ignored and would be praising your "scammed" jet, because that "scam" Gen4 fighter, F-35s would be dominating non stealth Gen 3 fighters like the Gripen in modern combat.

[@lolkevandewitte1713]

@@theOcean41 by ‘scammed’ I mean that both the minister and the state secretary of the Ministry of Defense, whom decided we should buy the F35 (ignoring other advices), went working as ‘lobbyists ‘ on the payroll of Lockheed Martin after they quit working for the government.... right, after...🙄... The same happened to us in the early ‘60, when was decided to buy the F104. Years later it came clear that Lockheed had payed considerable amounts of money to the husband of the queen of the Netherlands back then, Prince Bernard. He had a lot of influence within the military. It led to a constitutional crisis. Who built the F104? Lockheed..... So it is history repeating itself. Btw, this is public information. Just google on Lockheed an Prins Bernard...

[@jolan2164]

@@theOcean41 the F35 is a gen 5 and the gripen E is a gen 4+. Just FYI

[@grahammartindouglass2413]

Never tested in a real dog fight..or even intense ground fire and middle attack..it's small..light..bit can it Handel repeated 20 or 50mm cannon fire...good for aerial photography apparently...

[@gerbrandbeimers5753]

Dutch f 16

[@brandolfbiendelemos5256]

I hope Philippine government choose this Gripen e/F variants over f16 viper... Its more reliable and economical... Very fitting to Philippine air force...

[@OFFTRACKPLACES]

I think either aircraft would be a great choice, but yes, the Gripen would probaly edge it on cost and more than fullfil the requirements of the Philippine Air Force (Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas)

[@adeelanwar1.0]

It is assembled in Sweden. All its parts and components are imported from other EU countries and USA.

[@kennysandhoj]

Absolutely not true.

[@adeelanwar1.0]

@@kennysandhoj engine comes from USA, Selex AESA radar comes from Italy, Avionics from Switzerland. Only frame is manufactured in Sweden.

[@kennysandhoj]

@@adeelanwar1.0 I've produced engine parts for it myself so.. The engine design is originally from General Electric for the F-18 Hornet but that was never intended for use in a single engine configuration. The RM-12 engine is highly modified for increased performance and reliability is also greatly increased. It is built in Sweden by GKN Aerospace, previously Volvo Aero Corporation.

[@adeelanwar1.0]

@Nine Five even payload mountings are from Switzerland (Raug) and Brazil which purchased Gripen recently discussing purchasing of AA missiles from Ukraine. The most important important and critical parts of engine are imported from US that means that there is no 100% capability in developing the engine. Sweden needs US approval for selling it to any other country. By the way Leonardo is an Italian company not a from Scotland. It is better to say that GRIPEN is an EU product.

[@tobiaslundqvist.71]

"-If you don't know what you are talking about, it's better to be quiet and listen instead!" -Is what my grandfather justed to say! -Clearly you knewer met my grandfather! -Sigh! 😔🙄

[@gowdsake7103]

For me was more impressive when the Canadians flew their Lancaster to the UK

[@zepter00]

Gripen - Cessna 172 of Fighter jets 😉

[@zepter00]

@Nine Five lol. Good joke. Gripen even don’t use NATO compatibile fuel www.thelocal.se/20110407/33058/

[@zepter00]

@Nine Five gripen has poor thrust to weight ratio so it has poor acceleration and rate of climb www.angelfire.com/falcon/fighterplanes/texts/articles/twr.html

[@henry247]

@@zepter00 U're talking abt the old version...the Gripen E has a 1.04 thrust to weight ratio...it can supercruise at Mach 1.2 too...

[@zepter00]

@@henry247 No it cant. Completly clean configuration without any weapon or pods or fuel tanks doesn’t count. It is combat aircraft not buisnes jet.

[@thomasgustafsson219]

@@zepter00 Thats correct. It use the highgrade Jet A1 which has the best quality then JP 5 and JP 8 which US use.

[@GRHDA]

Please remind me when the last time the Swedish air force was actually in combat. Ah!!! Would that be never,

[@_NaLo_]

Congo, 1961 to 1964. The F22 Wing of the Swedish Air Force with nine J29B Tunnan provided close air support and carried out ground strikes as part of a UN peacekeeping mission. Although we haven't been directly involved in a war in a long time, the Swedish Air Force's training conditions have historically been done in very close to real combat conditions (flying fast and very low, simulated dogfights and ground attacks with many planes, etc.). It's one of the reasons why the pilot mortality rate here was so high back in the 50s and 60s.

[@brianwilliams3345]

Ah wonderful plane, Islam's future airforce.

[@tobiaslundqvist.71]

A Russian Troll are we now? You guys sure are everywhere!! 🤣😂

[@theblackhand6485]

Swedish ground crew look to old, not in shape, walk sluggish and thereby not motivated.

[@peterandersson1230]

And still a faster turn around time the other fighters.

[@tobiaslundqvist.71]

Well, they are grown men, with wits! Not little boys with airs! Basically the difference! 👍

[@liberatetutemeexinferis5902]

It's not war time.

[@andreas_petersson]

10 minutes turnaround time and you call them not in shape?

[@nicholasjones7312]

More like not used to hot temperatures.

[@ohakami33]

Gripen it's copy of Merage ... With some amendments

[@jonasthemovie]

In that case the Mirage 2000 is a copy of earlier Saab fighters. Lol.

[@bojangles4071]

The engine is American and the rest of the parts came from other EU nation. It's not Swedish aircraft.

[@andreas_petersson]

It is a Swedish aircraft as it us designed and produced in Sweden. Just because SAAB purchases parts from other countries like any other company do doesn't mean that it's not Swedish.

[@adrianmadden7329]

There are 11 part suppliers from Turkey for the F 35... amongst a host of other nations...

[@tobiaslundqvist.71]

Silly boy you! 🤣😂

[@placebodomingo9989]

The Boeing 787 have Rolls Royce engines, so it must be british then. And the new american trainer jet, t7 Red Hawk, has swedish (Saab) wings so…? It's not your dog that's lazy, it's your mind.

[@jonasthemovie]

@@placebodomingo9989 To be honest, that plane was designed by Saab.

[@trbooboo9]

Russia would wipe em out in 10 minutes

[@mada09]

Russia doesnt want ANYTHING to do with Gripen. Going up against Gripen would completly destroy the russian military budget which would be disastrous for the countrys already very weak economy.

[@tobiaslundqvist.71]

Oh man!,...you Russian Trolls are everywhere, aren't you? 🤣😂

[@jolan2164]

Russian planes are made of cardboard. Low-quality, but high quantity. Your army has a specific doctrine to bring as much fire power as possible into every vehicle they produce therefore it cuts the budget on the rest of the overall vehicle. Making them less durable and less advanced

[@jurgen4466]

like russian wipe the ukrainan. 😂😂😂😂😂 russia air force and military is the laughing stock of the whole world! 😂😂😂😂😂