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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Last four Gripens to arrive in South Africa in September

[JAS-39 Gripen]The South African Air Force’s (SAAF’s) last four Gripens, currently in Sweden, will be delivered in August/September this year. They participated in Exercise Lion Effort in March/April and will take part in a Swedish air show later this month.

According to SAAF Colonel J C J Butler, Senior Staff Officer Combat Operations, the final four Gripens Cs will arrive in South Africa at the end of August or early September. They are currently being modified to the latest build standard, Block 4.

The SAAF will display a Gripen at the second Aerospace Forum Sweden, which will be held in Linkoping between May 31 and June 3. A Gripen, crewed by a SAAF pilot, is scheduled to fly during the public air show on June 3.

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