Songkhla residents gathered on Wednesday morning to watch a Gripen fighter jet land and take off from a highway as part of a rehearsal for an official event. The test is part of the RTAF's ...

The Royal Thai Air Force will conduct a highway takeoff and landing test for the Gripen fighter jet on Thursday on Highway 4287 in Songkhla province. The exercise will involve two flights - a ...

The governments of Thailand and Sweden, in partnership with Swedish aerospace giant Saab, are in the final stages of negotiations for the sale of JAS 39 Gripen E/F multirole fighters. This move ...

In addition to general performance, the evaluations also tested the Gripen’s flight control system, performing drastic corrections in the final landing phase to verify the aircraft’s expected ...

The Gripen fighter jets are known for requiring minimal runway length — reportedly as short as 400 meters for takeoff and 500 meters for landing. Last month, in January 2025, the RTAF’s 701 Squadron ...

The Gripen is equipped with reinforced landing gear that positions the airframe high above the ground to prevent any debris from being sucked into the jet engine’s air intake. Moreover ...

The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) is set to conduct a test involving the takeoff and landing of a Gripen fighter jet on Highway 4287 in Songkhla province tomorrow, February 27. The exercise, comprising ...

Unlikely as it is, the main competitor of the F-35 is the Saab Gripen-E. These two fighter types, are as different as they could get, one akin to a bulky people carrier, the other a stripped-down ...

Yesterday, the CBC reported that Canada has already paid for its first 16 F-35As, with delivery scheduled for early 2026.

Defence ministers from Portugal and Canada now say they must consider alternatives to the US-made Lockheed Martin F-35 ...