http://www.flightglobal.com/landingpage/gripen.html
Does this Demo model they mention in their remarks (not the chart data) stack up rangewise with the F-14D "Bombcat"?
I understood the F-14D to have a range in the vicinity of 2400 nm. By range are we talking "ferry range" or "tactical radius"? -- "Range" gets tossed about pretty informally, it seems.
I was mentally comparing the F-14 and the Gripen to the Su-33, MiG-29K, and other competitors. I think the F/A-18F is good for 1800nm "range", something like that. Still not out there in "Tomcatland" where they need to be, to protect CBG's in my NSHO.
Most of the smaller fighters like the F-16, Rafale, F/A-18A/B, and MiG-29 have ranges under 900nm or thereabouts, more like 700-800nm, iirc.