Gripen-F Two-Seat Fighter Completes Maiden Flight In Sweden

SAAB has successfully completed the first flight of Gripen-F, the two-seat variant of Gripen-E. The aircraft took off at 09:40 local time from SAAB’s airfield in Linköping, Sweden, and remained airborne for 40 minutes.The flight was conducted by SAAB chief test pilot Jakob Högberg and Brazilian Air Force test pilot Lieutenant Colonel Aviator Abdon de Rezende Vasconcelos. This inaugural sortie