Gripen jets are made by the Saab Company in Sweden. The jets are comparable to F-16s, but are easier to service and can take off and land on highways. Like the F-16, the Gripen jet is a supersonic aircraft, but it is easier to load with missiles than an F-16. By the time this deal is over, 150 of the Swedish jets will be in the Ukrainian armed forces.
Where is the U.S. in all this? Probably giving more aid to Netanyahu, starving Cubans, trying to work out a deal to open the straits of Hormuz, and sucking up to Putin. It is so good to see Sweden stepping up.
See Pranav Baskar, “Sweden to Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine” New York Times, (May 29, 2026), p. A10.
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