![During the 1980s, there were more than 250 fighter jets compared with the current fleet of 52 JAS-39 Gripen](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw152i4pEQMcDax3R5uuEZRzv4uIVDW1GoJVEPN80ONgo2BtZ3BpaiqIqrgQngMPfTftIfPdrzGJ25u49s97BKyQRzrP_RetOgteYtYTzrPDNtF2h8bBCQYmhJp29hW6WCD4_U/s200/JAS-39_Gripen_landing.jpg)
"Even some of us who are 100% healthy do take out insurance. The same kind of thinking should be applied where (South Africa) is concerned," South African Air Force deputy chief Maj-Gen Gerald Malinga said.
Maj-Gen Malinga told the commission that the government’s acquisition of arms in 1999 came at a crucial time for the air force, when most of its fighter aircraft were becoming obsolete.
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