Saab confirmed the Gripen F first flight at Linköping on 28 August 2026. A Brazilian Air Force test pilot flew in the rear seat.
Brazil · DEFENCE
Key Facts
—First flight The Gripen F first flight ran 40 minutes from Linköping on 28 August 2026.
—Crew Saab’s Jakob Högberg flew with Brazilian Air Force test pilot Abdon de Rezende Vasconcelos.
—Order Brazil contracted 36 jets in 2014, 28 single-seat F-39E and eight two-seat F-39F.
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