The South African Air Force (SAAF) accepted its first new Gripen fighter aircraft, a two-seat JAS 39D (aircraft SA01), on 30 April. The delivery follows an extensive two-year flight-test programme in South Africa to integrate local avionics, defence and combat systems.
Initial work was conducted in Sweden before migrating to a dedicated Gripen flight-test centre established at the SAAF's Test Flight Development Centre near Bredasdorp in the Southern Cape.
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