SAAB might have some spare fighters looking for a use...
Fourteen white tail Saab GripensA small scandal is emerging within the Swedish Defence Industry. It was reported this week in the Svenska Dagbladet that the Försvarets MaterielVerk (FMV, Swedish Defence Material Adminsitration) had ordered fourteen more Gripen hulls with Saab AB just in order to keep the production line open. According to the given information ten of these hulls are JAS39C models and four JAS39D models.The Swedish Government agreed to this policy and were hopeful that the aircraft could have been exported to overseas customers, but an order never came in. Several, mainly eastern European countries, were approached in the past, like Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia, hoping those would buy the Saab JAS39C/D Gripen. But to no avail.The white tails, although "only" empty hulls, have cost the Swedish taxpayer a lot of money. FMV does not want to say the amount of money involved, but claims that these hulls have been budgeted for in the Gripen E contract.
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