Scorpion82
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Will that be the Gripen C? What happened to the Gripen As that were retired years ago?
It will certainly be C/D models. Some A/B were converted to the C/D standard in the 2000s. IIRC 31 airframes were affected, maybe more. It allowed the SwAF to achieve a strength of 100 JAS 39C/D. It must be remembered that 28 C/D out of 84 ordered were leased to Chechia and Hungary, albeit I'm not entirely sure whether both export customers received new build C/D or whether one in fact received convertes A/B models.