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Combat aircraft · Multirole fighter

JAS 39 Gripen

Sweden's fighter and the only European alternative to the F-35 on the northern flank — flown by three of the module's air forces and pledged to Ukraine — designed from the start to operate from dispersed road bases.

Gripen Schweden Swedish service entry 1996 (C/D from 2002); Gripen E deliveries to Sweden from 2023

Status zum
2025-10
Zuletzt überprüft
2026-09-28

EinschätzungHohe Konfidenz

Erkennungskontext, kein Datenblatt. Der Katalog umfasst wichtige öffentlich dokumentierte Systeme, die für die von Vigil beobachteten Konflikte relevant sind — keine vollständige Kriegsgliederung. Stückzahlen, Verfügbarkeit oder aktuelle Zuteilungen werden nicht festgehalten.

Der Eintrag Was dieses System ist, woher es stammt, wer es betreibt und für welche Module von Vigil es relevant ist — mit den Belegen, auf denen jede dieser Angaben beruht.

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Eintrag

FamilieGripen
VariantenGripen C/D; Gripen E/F
HerkunftSchweden
HerstellerSaab
EpocheSwedish service entry 1996 (C/D from 2002); Gripen E deliveries to Sweden from 2023
Kommt vor inNATO Eastern Flank · Ukraine–Russia (pledged)

Relevanz für Konflikte

Dies ist der einzige Eintrag des Katalogs zu diesem System. Es ist für die unten genannten Module relevant; der Force Atlas jedes Moduls zeigt, wie es dort eingesetzt wird.

Betreiber

Sweden and the eastern flank: The Swedish Air Force's only fighter, with the Gripen E entering service from 2023 beside the C/D and the government's 2025 decision to keep the C/D fleet longer. Sweden's first NATO air-policing contribution was flown with the type in 2025. No holdings recorded. · Czechia and the eastern flank: Fourteen aircraft leased from Sweden since 2005; in June 2025 the ministry accepted a renewed lease to 2035, bridging to the F-35. Programme facts only. · Hungary and the eastern flank: Fourteen aircraft leased since 2006 and, under the 2024 agreement with Sweden, passing into Hungarian ownership with four additional aircraft. Hungary's Baltic air-policing rotations are flown with the type. Programme facts only. · Ukraine: A letter of intent signed at Linköping in October 2025 under which Ukraine intends to acquire an initial batch of up to 20 Gripen E/F and Sweden intends to donate up to 16 Gripen C/D; no contract, delivery or fielding is established as of September 2026. Pledged, not fielded.

GeberSweden (pledged C/D donation to Ukraine, not executed)

Rolle auf dem Gefechtsfeld

Air defence and multirole strike from dispersed bases: a fighter built around the Swedish doctrine of scattering aircraft to road strips and turning them around with small conscript crews, which is the capability the flank's air forces are now studying for their own airfields.

Stärken

Designed for dispersal — short take-off from roads, refuelling and rearming by a handful of ground crew in minutes — and cheap to fly by fighter standards; a European supply chain, and the lease model that let Czechia and Hungary field a modern fighter without buying one.

Einschränkungen

A small production base and a small operator community, which is why the Czech lease extension was negotiated as a bridge rather than a destination; the Gripen E's sensors and weapons are modern but the aircraft is not low-observable. The Ukrainian acquisition is an intention, not a delivery. No holdings or basing are recorded.

Visuelle Erkennung

A small single-engine canard-delta with a single fin: close-coupled foreplanes just behind the cockpit, a delta wing and side intakes. Smaller than the Typhoon, with which it shares the canard layout.

Dokumentierter Einsatz im Konflikt

NATO EASTERN FLANK. Hungarian Gripens have flown Baltic air-policing rotations since 2015, Czech Gripens since 2009, and Sweden flew its first NATO air-policing contribution from Poland in 2025. The lease decisions of June 2025 (Czechia) and 2024 (Hungary) are the programme facts the module tracks. No holdings or basing are stated. UKRAINE–RUSSIA. Pledged only: the October 2025 letter of intent is the whole of the public record, and the module records it under Ukraine's fighter transition as an intention beside the delivered F-16 and Mirage fleets.

Betreibende Teilstreitkräfte und Dienste

Dokumentierte Verbände

Eingeschätzt zum Stand — 2025-10 Zuletzt überprüft — 2026-09-28