Small oval air intakes are located onĮither side of the fuselage. Highly swept along both leading and trailing edge. Small canopy, extending beyond the trailing edge of the tail fin, which is small and is The single-seat combat aircraft has, a single engine and is equipped with two 30mmĪutomatic cannons and Sidewinder air-to-air guided weapons.
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Under license and later bought a number of ex-Swedish aircraft, and Austria ordered 24 modified Of these, 51 were exported to Denmark, Finland assembled 12 In all, 612 Drakens wereīuilt between 19. Search and track system, and both radar and IR guided missiles. The Swedish Air Force, including the all-weather J35F with its then advanced radar, infra-red The J35A Draken entered service in 1959 and was followed by five different versions for After much research includingįlight-testing of a 70 percent scale aircraft, the first prototype of the innovativeĭouble-delta Draken flew in late 1955 and Sweden´s first Mach 2 fighter was a reality, Introduced what was perhaps the most daring chapter so far in the history of the SwedishĪircraft industry, had been taken as far back as 1949. The decision to develop the Saab 35 Draken supersonic fighter, which
The Saab 35 Draken is a second generation supersonic interceptor with a distinctiveĭouble delta wing. User Countries: Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Austria The J 35 was exported to Denmark, Finland and Austria.Įngines: 1 * Volvo Flygmotor 76 kN SFA RM.6C Performance, but is said to be difficult to fly. Section is higly swept and has the oval jet intakes in the leadingĮdges the outbords sections have less sweep.
The Draken was optimized for short runwaysĪnd high climbing speed. (Image credit: Paramount Group).The J35 is a Swedish jet fighter. The first Mirage F1B operated by Draken International taxiing at Lakeland. Whatever, here are some interesting shots of the Draken’s first Mirage F1B. The official news release for the Draken’s first Mirage F1 flight does only say that “Paramount Aerospace specializes in the modernization of fixed wing platforms including leading the previous modernization of the Mirage F1M while still in Spanish Air Force military service.” According to the South African company, they signed a contract with Draken last year for the overhaul and ongoing engineering support of the fleet of Mirage F1’s.
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Paramount Aerospace Systems, a subsidiary of Paramount Group, is the global aerospace and technology company providing upgrade and engineering support for Draken International’s Mirage F1 fleet. Draken’s Mirage F1 landing at Lakeland, Florida. Indeed, the base livery is exactly the same used by the Armée de l’Air (and for this reason similar to the one of ATAC’s that has purchased 63 Mirage F1 previously belonging to the FAF).Īccording to the Dutch specialized media outlet, the aircraft, registered “N552EM/522 (former AdlA 509) was bought by South African defense contractor Paramount Group, transferred to Paramount Aerospace Systems USA at Fort Worth (TX) and then supplied to Draken International”. However, as unveiled by Scramble Magazine, the first regenerated Mirage F1 to take to the skies is not a former Spanish jet but an F1B example previously operating with the French Air Force. After extensive research, these Mirage F1s proved to be the best equipped and lowest time fighters of their kind available to the industry,” said a company news release last year. The Spanish Mirage F1M fleet was decommissioned in February 2013 and stored in Albacete Air Base, Spain until Draken’s purchase in September 2017. “In 1996, the Spanish Air Force, along with Thomson-CSF (Thales Group), spent $96M on a modernization upgrade, including cockpit enhancements, LCD MFDs, Advanced HUD, INS/GPS, Electronic Attack systems and a special performance upgrade for the Cyrano IVM radar. Previously flown by the Spanish Air Force, these aircraft will join Draken’s existing fleet of radar-equipped Douglas A-4K Skyhawks and Aero Vodochody L-159E “Honey Badger” fighter jets to support Draken’s Nellis AFB ADAIR contract which provides adversary training for the USAF Weapons School, Red Flag exercises, operational test support, RTU support, and Combat Air Forces abroad. In 2017, Draken International announced the procurement of 22 Mirage F1M and F1B fighter jets. Here’s what we have written in the past article about the first Mirage F1 in digital paint scheme: The first aircraft rolled out at Lakeland was painted in a digitized desert camouflage that seemed to be inspired by the modern digital patterns also sported by the Russian aircraft but also reminded of the color scheme of the South African Air Force Mirage F1CZ.
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