Description
Italeri 1/72 JAS 39 Gripen With SAAF Decals
The JAS-39 is the new Swedish multi-role fighter presently being delivered to the Air Force. It is under serious consideration by former East-bloc countries, South American countries and others. The Gripen is one of the most recent European fighters. It is competing against the Rafale, the Eurofighter Typhoon and the American F-16s and F-18s of the most recent design. This quite elegant and extremely maneuverable aircraft is able to use a vast air-to-air missile arsenal as well as air-to-ground missiles in different roles: interceptor, attack fighter and navy interceptor. Scale: 1 : 72 Box Size (mm): 290 X 190 X 45 Model Length (cm): 20 Country: Sweden
South Africa operates single-seat JAS 39 Gripen C models, part of a fleet of 26 fighters (along with two-seat Gripen Ds) acquired to replace older aircraft, serving with 2 Squadron at AFB Waterkloof for roles including border patrol and air defense.
