Sweden has mapped out initial plans for the Saab Gripen E entry into service, identifying the type's first operating station.
With deliveries of the first of 60 Gripen Es set to begin in 2022, Saab announced on 1 October that the Swedish Air Force (SwAF) has decided the first aircraft will be assigned to Skaraborg Wing (F7), located at Satenas in the southwest of Sweden.
F7 is one of three SwAF fighter wings, with the other two being Blekinge Wing (F17) at Ronneby, in the far south of Sweden, and Norrbotten Wing (F21), also in the south of the country. A fourth wing, Uppsala Wing (F16), also located in southern Sweden, will be stood up from 2022. Each wing is equipped with two squadrons, which are 71 and 72 for F7...