Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:06:40 +0100 From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamfitter.com> Subject: Re: Whats the big deal about the Viggen?
Goran Larsson wrote: > > In article <vpkhnmefb27c18nopsam.supernews.com>, > Mark Gerritsma <usenetnopsamtmfweb.nld> wrote: > > > On more interesting fact about the Saab JAS-37 and JAS-39: > > There has never been an aircraft in the Swedish airforce of the > type JAS 37. We have, and had, AJ 37, SH 37, SF 37, SK 37, and > JA 37 but no JAS 37. It wasn't until the 39 that they built an > aircraft versatile enough to have J, A, and S on the same aircraft > type. Hunting, Attacking and Reconnaissance of the net produced this: http://www.canit.se/~griffon/aviation/gripen/ "The designation JAS stands for Jakt (Fighter), Attack (Attack) and Spaning (Reconnaissance) and means every Gripen can fulfill all three mission types." IMO, Jakt is better translated to (Hunt). Fighter is the general mission for the plane.
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