Gripen International, Two more Hungarian Gripen fighters, of the latest C versions, landed at the Kecskémet air base in Hungary on Wednesday 8th August following their delivery flights from Sweden.
The aircraft, which were flown by pilots from the Swedish Air Force, departed from FMV’s facility outside Linköping and the flights lasted for about two hours.
“With the successful delivery of two more Gripen fighter aircraft to the Hungarian Air Force, we are ahead of the delivery schedule according to the contract.” said Mats Hansson, Programme Director for the Gripen for Hungary programme at FMV.
The remaining three (3) Hungarian Gripen aircraft will be delivered progressively until end of 2007, bringing the Hungarian Air Force up to its full complement of 14 Gripen fighters.
Hungary is the third nation, after Sweden and the Czech Republic, to operate the Gripen fighter and is receiving the latest C (single seat) and D (two seat) versions of the aircraft.
These aircraft are the latest versions of the Gripen.
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