The Quest for Relevant Air Power

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RNLAF CH-47 Chinook flying through a narrow
valley in the former Yugoslavia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
JAS 39D Gripen dual-seat combat aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Swedish C-130 Hercules in Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
ASC 890 Erieye with Gripen C and D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
FAF C-135FR tanker refuelling Gripen C and D
in midair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
JAS 39B Gripen at Exercise Cold Response in
Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
13 SF 37 reconnaissance Viggens were upgraded
to AJSF 37 standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Swedish C-130 Hercules in Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Split from Gripen dual-seat cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Gripen is a versatile weapons platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
SwAF C-130 refuelling Gripen C and D in midair . . . . . . 318
ASC 890 Erieye airborne early warning and
control aircraft escorted by Gripens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Airbus A310 MRTT refuelling GAF Tornado and
Swiss Air Force F/A-18D Hornet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
RNLAF F-16 at Kandahar Airfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Rafale flying over Afghanistan armed with
AASM precision-guided munitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
ASC 890 Erieye is the SwAF’s NATO interoperable
airborne early warning and control aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
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