Saab JA-37 Viggen
Published on September 25, 2017
The Saab 37 Viggen (Swedish: “thunderbolt”) was a Swedish single-seat, single-engine, short-medium range fighter aircraft and attack aircraft, manufactured between 1970 and 1990. Several variants were produced to perform the roles of all-weather fighter-interceptor, ground attack, and photo-reconnaissance, as well as a two-seat trainer.
The Viggen has been phased out in favour of the advanced later generation JAS 39 Gripen with the last front line Viggen retired from the Swedish Air Force in November 2005. A few aircraft were kept flying for electronic warfare training against JAS 39 at Malmen, Linköping airbase. The last Viggen flight took place in June 2007.
