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South Africa: the first JAS-39s ordered are about to start flying in the country

Pretoria, South Africa - Nevertheless, operational service to be officialized not before 2008

South Africa is practically the first purchaser of the SAA/BAe JAS-39 Gripen fourth generation multirole light fighter after Sweden but, actually, it will make its combat aircraft enter service later than Hungary and Czech Republic. However, the companies which made the airplane unveiled that the production of the South African aircraft enabled to start performing their first test flights in the country...

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