Saab recycles fighters as the Draken’s era ends By Graham Warwick Saab is claiming to be the first aircraft manufacturer to take responsibility for its product from cradle to grave, after the Austrian air force’s last J35 Draken fighters were returned to the Swedish company to be “dismantled environmentally”. Austria, which ordered 24 J35OEs 18 years ago, was the last country to operate the distinctive Draken. The last eight have now been transported back to Sweden, travelling by truck from Zeltweg airbase through Germany to Ljungbyhed. At Ljungbyhed, Saab Aerotech will remove the avionics and reclaim the precious metals, after...