[tanknetter]

Anyway, hope those fifty-something year old Draken III fighters will continue to secure Swedish airspace.

I believe the Draken's are gone now. As are the Viggens, which were seriously impressive aircraft.

The latest top-of-the line Swedish aircraft is the Gripen: it's an F-5/F-20 sized delta/canard aircraft powered by a single F404 engine (F/A-18s use two of them) license-built by Volvo that is also very impressive. Several countries now using them besides Sweden, including the Czech Republic and South Africa. Brazil is trying to get a navalized version to operate off the Sao Paulo (former Foch of the French Navy).

[mylife]

Not a bad little kite.

I dont know **** about them, They apparently lag the MIGs and our Birds but its impressive engineering all the same.