🇨🇦 #Canada once funded pilot training for #Hungary. 10-15 yrs ago Hungary's defence budget was really low. 🇭🇺 Gripen pilots couldn't fly much (eventually a renegotiated lease enabled more flying hours). And yep, Canada funded training of pilots. #NATO ottawacitizen.com/news/politic...

🇨🇿 "In connection with drone activity in western Ukraine, our armed JAS-39 #Gripen aircraft took off from the Pardubice base to monitor the airspace at #Poland's eastern border. In the end, no intervention was necessary." #NATO Via X

🇹🇭 Thai forces outline battlefield data upgrades - Intellectual property rights to Link-T through #RTAF #Gripen E/F procurement programme. - Upgrading Saab 340 AEW with capabilities to directly warn and control without going through ground stations. www.nationthailand.com/news/asean/4...

🇿🇦 South African Air Force Saab #Gripen C/D jets arrive at AFB Waterkloof. A nice picture set here from Aviation Media on FB: www.facebook.com/aviationmedi...

Flygvapnet 100 år – så formas nästa generations flygförmåga. Carl-Fredrik Edström, chef för verksamhetsområdet Flyg- och rymdmateriel på FMV: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSbH...

Flygvapnet 100 år – så formas nästa generations flygförmåga

YouTube video by FMV

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🇸🇪 Sweden continuing Future Fighter studies. FMV has now contracted Saab and GKN Aerospace Sweden for continued studies and development of future air combat capabilities - through 2028. Work also includes completing two flying aircraft with autonomous and supersonic capability.

🇸🇪 #Gripen four-ship formation Flygvapnet centennial air show 2026. Pilots from 212. Fighter Squadron "Urban Blå" flying JAS 39C in close formation over Malmen base. Not a display team. 📷F 21 Norrbottens Flygflottilj #military #airshow

🇧🇷 204th Independence Day in Brasilia, Sep 7. #FAB flypast with KC-390, F-39E #Gripen, SC-105 Amazonas (C-295MPA), A-29 Super Tucano. Via Spotters Brasil 📷João Machado

🇨🇿🇸🇰 International Military Air Days (IMAD) 2026. Two armed #Czech Air Force Saab JAS 39C #Gripen conduct a flypast at Piešťany Airport. Flying with #Sidewinder and #AMRAAM. 📷Sipos Tamás www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

🇸🇪 Tips. Måndag 15:00 testar MCF SE-Alert i STHLM/Gotland. Det kompletterar Hesa Fredrik för bl. a. flyglarm så notera därför om din mobil _inte_ får larmet. ⚠️ Själv satt påminnelsealarm 14:59 för att ha koll. SE-Alert låter även vid Tyst Läge men inte om Flygplansläge är på.

Saab Shaking Up #Gripen Training with Project Skynapse "Skynapse could reduce training for pilots flying aircraft with software upgrades from 6 to 12 months to just a couple of days." Perhaps the last piece of the puzzle. www.ainonline.com/aviation-new...

Saab Shaking Up Gripen Fighter Training with Project Skynapse | AIN

Evolving AI-augmented simulator-based approach to ‘gamify’ learning

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Two JAS 39C #Gripen escorting President Macron into Bromma Stockholm Airport. It was wonderfully loud. 📷Anders Wiklund/TT / TT NYHETSBYRÅN

This happened on Saturday -> 🇭🇺 #Gripen #QRA "Hungarian fighter jets were scrambled after an “intoxicated” man allegedly stole a light aircraft and flew close to the country’s only nuclear power plant before making crash landing in a sunflower field." tvpworld.com/95112828/hun...

Hungarian fighter jets scrambled after man allegedly steals plane and flies close to nuclear plant

Investigations are underway to determine the man's motives and how he managed to steal the aircraft.

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First flight of two-seater Saab #Gripen F. The aircraft took off at 09:40 local time from Saab’s airfield in Linköping, Sweden, and remained airborne for 40 minutes. www.saab.com/newsroom/pre... 📷Saab AB

🇸🇪🇫🇮 Sweden will participate in the tasks of surveillance and protection of Finland’s territorial integrity with the Swedish Air Force’s JAS 39 #Gripen fighters and the Navy’s Visby-class corvette puolustusvoimat.fi/en/-/finland...

Finland to cooperate more closely with Sweden in surveillance and protection of territorial integrity

The Finnish Defence Forces is deepening cooperation with Sweden to strengthen the surveillance and protection of Finland’s territorial integrity. Close cooperation with our NATO ally will strengthen security in the North and NATO’s Eastern flank, also enhancing Finland’s and Sweden’s interoperability in all situations, both in peacetime and during emergencies and disruptions.

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🇭🇺 Full recovery expected for Hungarian Gripen pilot. The surgery was successful. (Google Translated)

Sad end to HUNAF 31. In service for 20 yrs. Thankfully the pilot survived. Receiving treatment for spinal injury. HUNAF 31 was at #NATO Tigers Meet 2026 in Greece and also took part in Baltic Air Policing 2025 from where this photo was taken by Dr. István Toperczer. www.kemma.hu/helyi-kozele...

🇭🇺 Crash update: Pilot: 51-year old with 2000 Fh. Spinal injury, surgery tomorrow. Aircraft: (Unconfirmed as 39C #31) was armed and in combat training during QRA standby. Further reported: Loss of instrumentation, emergency landing followed by a runway incident. Ejection.

🇭🇺 Crash in Hungary. This morning a Hungarian Air Force pilot had to eject from his #Gripen fighter jet. Preliminary information says no injuries reported on the ground and pilot is alive. Prime Minister:

🇹🇭🇸🇪 Royal #Thai Air Force at Swedish Air Force 100th anniversary events. The Thai delegation led by ACM Sakesan Kantha at events such at the Centennial Air and Space Power Symposium 2026 and Jubilee Air Show at Malmen base. 📷RTAF 1/2

🇹🇭 Falcon Strike 2026. The ninth iteration of the Falcon Strike training series between Chinese and Thai Air Force units concluded on August 20 at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base.

GKN Aerospace Sweden presented a full scale model of its modular flying #drone demonstrator. Test flights 2027. Exploring new manufacturing methods to cut costs and time. GKN units in NL & UK supply aerostructures and avionics. New engine platform developed in Sweden. 📷GKN

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🇸🇪 FMV and GKN developing unmanned demonstrator aircraft. GKN Aerospace and FMV team up to build a flexible platform with turbojet motor. Within 18 months. Project is already underway, work based on exploring innovative and cost-effective solutions. www.gknaerospace.com/se/nyheter/g...

🇸🇪 TAURUS KEPD 350 launched from #Gripen today! Video below.

🇸🇪 Saabs mockup of unmanned aircraft concept "A3". Saab is now building "A1". A similar design but with fins. Gripen-size & Gripen engine. About 50% constructed. First flight at Vidsel hopefully before end of 2027. Corren's coverage: www.corren.se/nyheter/link... 📷Annie Hogner

🇿🇦 SAAF Saab #Gripen C over Simon's Town, Aug 20. Possibly supporting SA Navy exercise Red Lion 2026. Carrying external fuel and two IRIS-T missiles. 📷Unnamed local. #CapeTown #SouthAfrica

🇭🇺 Kecskemét Air base, August 15. Events celebrating the Hungarian Air Force and Szentgyörgyi Dezső 101. A young boy inspecting HUNAF 46 one of four new Saab #Gripen C delivered this year. 📷HMZ Tamás Kovács

🇹🇭 National Security Council inspection of capabilities. As head of NSC, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul inspected operational readiness of the Royal #Thai Air Force. Korat air base. 📷RTAF

🇨🇴 #Colombia could buy two KC-390. Configured for air to air refueling with two underwing pods plus additional onboard fuel tank. Usable with their new #Gripen E/F, 17 of which are on order. Caracol Radio reporting on Embraer's offer. Pic: GT Source: caracol.com.co/2026/07/31/d...

#FighterFriday Revisit Exercise Salitre 2026 #Chile 🇧🇷 Brazilian Air Force 1 GDA Jaguar Squadron, Saab F-39E #Gripen. 📷 Oscar Emilio Aránguiz Silva #military #aircraft

Air & Space Forces Magazine July / August 2026 #Gripen fighters featured in this issue - four pages on the future of #NATO. "NATO joined #Sweden and #Finland," ... "The combat power that these nations brought into the alliance was significant" PDF www.airandspaceforces.com/app/uploads/...