Tag: Saab F-39E Gripen

• Sunday, November 16th 2025 - 07:27 UTC

  Sweden to supply Gripen jets to Colombia; Petro orders bombing of narco-terrorist camp

  

  Colombia signed a US$ 4.3 billion deal to buy Swedish Gripen fighter jets at a time when the country, once a staunch ally of the US, is now ruled by a left leaning government locked in tension with President Donald Trump in his Caribbean battle against what he calls narco-terrorist regimes.

• Monday, June 9th 2025 - 07:51 UTC

  Colombia will buy Swedish Gripen 39 fighters to update its Air Force

  

  Colombia following on the steps of Brazil will buy fighter planes from Sweden, the Saab Gripen 39, to replace its aging wing of Israeli Kfir aircraft, and after declining proposals from the US and France, President Gustavo Petro announced in a post on social media.

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 08:09 UTC

  First of 36 Saab F-39E Gripen fighter aircraft arrives in Brazil

  

  The first Saab F-39E Gripen fighter arrived on a ship in the port of Navegantes, state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, on 20 September. The Brazilian variant of the Gripen E/F will be used for a flight-testing campaign, Saab said on 23 September, according to a report from Flight Global.